As our next Strategic Account Specialist, you’ll play a key role in helping us build the UK’s go-to home improvement marketplace. From driving revenue through smarter product adoption to helping tradespeople grow on the platform, your work will help millions of homeowners find the right tradesperson for the job, fast, fair, and without the faff.
Forget long lists, here’s what you’ll actually spend your time on:
Selling - run a proactive outbound sales motion to upsell revenue through the adoption and optimisation of Checkatrade’s diverse suite of products
Strategic planning and execution - develop robust monthly action plans for your portfolio with deep knowledge of your accounts’ performance goals/challenges
Inbound issue resolution and mitigation - run internal investigations and proactively identify and problem solve to remove blockers to trade growth on the platform
Relationship and credibility building - build high-trust, credible relationships through frequent touch points and strategic support for accounts
It’s not about ticking every box. It’s about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You’ll do well here if you bring:
A hybrid hunter/farmer mindset, motivated by hitting short-term targets while building long-term value
Resilience. You stay focused and keep moving, even when things don’t go to plan
A strong sense of ownership over your portfolio, performance, and commercial outcomes
A collaborative, people-first approach. You build relationships that make people want to work with you
Commercial experience managing a book of revenue, with a track record of driving results
Confidence using CRM and AI tools, or the curiosity to pick them up quickly
Adaptability, curiosity, and a willingness to learn fast
We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here’s just a taste:
Competitive salary + annual bonus or commission (role dependent)
Employee Share Program
Health, well-being and learning support
Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
Birthday/Special day leave
Buy & sell holiday scheme
1 week’s paid charity leave and much more
How we’ll get to know each other:
Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
1st stage interview with the Head of Account Management
2nd stage interviews with Senior Stakeholders
Final stage including a case study presentation
If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box.
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About us
We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.
We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.
Checkatrade is one of the UK’s top online marketplaces for home improvements and repairs.
Our mission is to be the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with trades and tools to make home improvements easy – because we believe safe and happy homes improve lives, support livelihoods, and build communities.
From our humble beginnings in 1998 to becoming a national household name, we’re on an exciting journey. For more than 25 years Checkatrade has stood for reputation and raising standards – whether that is for our trade members, consumers, or our colleagues. We think big and are passionate about changing the face of home improvements and repairs.
Today, we are a modern online marketplace and a force for good. We strive every day to support people to improve their homes and we don’t settle for the status quo – we are evolving, innovating, and growing.
With generous investment from private equity partners Brookfield, we have an ambitious growth plan and a robust roadmap to get there. Led by our values – All In, Customer Obsessed and AI Powered – we are 500 high-performing individuals working across the UK, with high-spec offices in London and Portsmouth.
We are here to be the best and inspire others to do the same, and to get there we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people – so if that sounds like you, you couldn’t join at a better time!
