Account Executive

At Perlego, we believe in the key role you will play to achieve our shared mission. You'll belong to a culture of dreamers, team players and avid learners with a flexible, value-based approach. Here, you can become your best self, and through your talent, make a real impact in the world of education.

What We Do

Perlego is on a mission to make education accessible to everyone. Learners worldwide struggle to afford and access the books they need to succeed. Dubbed “The Spotify for Textbooks,” Perlego gives learners unlimited access to our catalogue of 1.5 million ebooks from over 9,000 of the world’s leading publishers. We partner with hundreds of universities, businesses, and training providers to put a library in every learner’s pocket, and we are only getting started.

About the team

We're looking for an Account Executive to join our growing B2B Account Management Team, responsible for delivering a great experience to the customers who use our platform. We’re a lean team whose goal is to grow and maintain Perlego’s existing B2B revenue by building and nurturing relationships with our customers. Our global customer base of over 400 partners are at the heart of everything we do, so ensuring their journey with Perlego is smooth from onboarding to renewal is crucial. We work closely with Operations, Finance, Product, Content and Marketing, so this is a brilliant opportunity for anyone looking to work cross-functionally within a high-growth start-up environment.

What makes you a good fit for this opportunity?

• You are looking to work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• You like to work autonomously, enjoy a challenge, and want to make an impact
• You enjoy solving problems and strive to give customers the best possible experience
• You enjoy building and championing relationships with an array of external stakeholders
• You have a customer-first mindset and take accountability for solving problems, and you appreciate the nuances between different types of personas
• You are a confident and competent communicator, with excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise
• You are self-aware and proactively identify areas for improvement
• You are comfortable working with and interpreting data to inform priorities and decision-making

In this role, you will:

• Drive Customer Success responsibilities within the Account Management function and build up to being responsible for an individual revenue quota within your first year at Perlego
• Work closely with each Account Manager to identify target accounts and effectively onboard customers and drive success that ultimately results in growth and renewal
• Act as the first point of contact for hundreds of our partners who need assistance on their journey towards full product adoption and engagement
• Build and nurture relationships with customers and know how to identify areas of improvement to be able to drive product adoption & usage to successful contract renewals
• Consistently utilise engagement metrics to identify areas of improvement as well as opportunities
• Gather user feedback and work with colleagues across the business to help build the best possible product by creating company-wide feedback loops
• Implement strategies to boost levels of customer engagement, ultimately helping to define our Customer Success playbook in the Account Management team
• Help customers achieve their objectives by understanding their success metrics and how to overcome their challenges
• Act as a Platform and Catalogue expert on all things Perlego, delivering webinars and creating newsletters
• Be the Account Executive of your own quota of accounts from September onwards, with a full annual quota and target in place from 2027

Requirements

This is the perfect role for you if you have:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent time management and organisation skills
• Natural people skills: you’re easily able to build trust, credibility, and strong relationships with different people
• A willingness to collaborate with others to solve problems
• A desire to work in a fast-paced startup environment. You should be comfortable with ambiguity and want to work in an environment that offers huge opportunities for growth
• Grit and a positive attitude

⭐️ It’s a plus if you….

• Speak a second European language
• Have experience using CRM software
• Have worked in a scaling startup environment
• Have worked in a customer-facing role
• Have worked in Customer Success or Account Management

Benefits

• Hybrid working with 2–3 days per week in our London office
• A collaborative, supportive sales and marketing environment
• Clear progression opportunities within the company
• The chance to make a real impact on Perlego’s B2B growth and our mission
• 22 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with an additional day each year
• All employees also enjoy the days between Boxing Day and New Year off, to reset and refresh for the new year - this is in addition to your annual leave
• After three years, there is an opportunity to take a 1-month unpaid sabbatical, and after five years, there is an opportunity to take a 1-month paid sabbatical
• Competitive Parental leave policies
• Health care plan through Vitality

Compensation

£30,000 per year plus commission