Strategic Account Executive

You’ll join NextRoll’s New Business Sales team, reporting to the Managing Director, EMEA Revenue, with responsibility for winning strategic advertisers and agencies across the UK and wider EMEA market.

As a Principal Strategic Account Executive, you’ll own the full sales cycle from self-generated pipeline through negotiation and close. You’ll identify high-value opportunities, engage senior decision-makers, shape the commercial strategy and position NextRoll’s AdRoll platform across display, CTV, and DOOH.

This is a senior individual contributor role for a commercially driven seller who understands how modern media is bought and can credibly engage sophisticated advertisers, agencies and media leaders. You’ll combine strong industry relationships with prospecting, consultative selling and deep programmatic expertise to create new opportunities, win net-new logos and grow investment into NextRoll’s fastest-growing channels.

You’ll work closely with Solutions, Marketing and Customer Success to develop compelling solutions, navigate complex buying processes and deliver meaningful new business revenue for NextRoll.

This role is open in London or UK Remote.

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• Own the full sales cycle for strategic opportunities, from prospecting and pipeline creation through commercial negotiation and close.
• Build and convert self-generated pipeline, with a strong focus on net-new logos.
• Develop trusted relationships with senior marketing, media, advertising and agency decision-makers, building consensus across complex, multi-stakeholder buying groups.
• Identify opportunities to shift and grow customer media investment across display, CTV, and DOOH.
• Bring a strong understanding of programmatic and ad tech to customer conversations, translating complex media capabilities into clear commercial outcomes.
• Lead with a consultative approach, understanding customer business challenges and developing strategic, differentiated proposals that address them.
• Partner with Solutions, Marketing and Customer Success to develop, position and close high-value opportunities.
• Create compelling commercial business cases and confidently negotiate with senior stakeholders to drive deals to close.
• Maintain disciplined pipeline management, forecasting and CRM hygiene, providing accurate visibility into revenue performance and deal progression.
• Consistently achieve and exceed new business revenue targets, while contributing to the evolution of NextRoll’s EMEA go-to-market strategy.

• 8+ years of experience in ad tech and/or media sales, with experience selling across multiple media channels and deep expertise in one or more of CTV, DOOH, display, audio, linear or addressable TV.
• Experience selling from the platform side of the ecosystem, ideally with a DSP, SSP or other ad tech platform, rather than primarily selling media-owner inventory.
• Strong understanding of programmatic advertising, including buying models, targeting, measurement, data and the broader digital media ecosystem.
• A proven track record of self-generating pipeline and winning net-new business, with clear evidence of consistently achieving or exceeding revenue targets.
• Strong outbound prospecting skills and the ability to turn cold or underdeveloped relationships into meaningful commercial opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to sell consultatively and strategically, connecting media solutions to business objectives rather than selling products in isolation.
• Comfortable navigating complex organisations, multiple stakeholders and senior-level buying processes.
• Strong commercial judgement, negotiation skills and executive presence.
• Credibility with sophisticated advertisers, agencies and media buyers, with the ability to challenge thinking and introduce new approaches.
• Highly self-directed and accountable, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, evolving environment.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. The range includes base salary and variable pay tied to sales targets.

On-Target Earnings (OTE): £135,502.71– £171,503.43

Includes:

Our compensation plan is structured to reward performance against sales targets, is uncapped*, and includes accelerators for overachievement.

In addition to competitive compensation, we also offer equity + benefits.

How We Determine Pay:

The range provided is NextRoll’s reasonable estimate of the On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this role. The actual amount will be based on job-related and non-discriminatory factors. Compensation is determined using objective, gender‑neutral criteria aligned to NextRoll’s job architecture, including scope of responsibility, relevant experience, skills, and geographic labor market considerations. Consult with your Recruiter during the initial call to determine a more targeted range based on these job-related factors.

NextRoll is a leading marketing technology company that empowers businesses to drive sustainable growth while building trusted connections with their audiences. Built on nearly two decades of AI and data expertise, NextRoll delivers its solutions through AdRoll, its flagship brand and connected advertising platform. The AdRoll platform brings together two powerful offerings: the AdRoll product, which helps brands generate awareness, deepen engagement, and drive measurable revenue through AI-powered multi-channel campaigns; and AdRoll ABM, a full-funnel account-based marketing product that unifies buyer insights, predictive AI, and multi-touch advertising to accelerate pipeline and revenue for B2B teams. Together, these solutions give marketers the clarity, efficiency, and performance they need to grow with confidence. NextRoll is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

We are committed to building diverse teams of “Rollers” and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Learn more about our DEI impact via our DEI Annual Report on our Culture page. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, sex, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or other characteristics. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request reasonable accommodation, contact candidateacommodations@nextroll.com.