Commercial Specialist

Powering Great Work

We started as the place to find a trusted trade. Now, as we shape the future of home improvement, we're building the tech to transform that landscape for everyone - better products, smarter data, AI where it actually helps - so trades can spend less time on admin and consumers can find someone they trust, first time. That's Powering Great Work, and it's why every team here exists:

🔧 Trades spend less time on admin and more on winning work and growing their business

🏠 Homeowners get a trusted trade, first time, every time

🚀 We get to build products that change homes and lives across the country

As our next Account Executive, you'll help bring more trades onto Checkatrade across different regions and categories. It's a new business role: you find high-potential trade businesses and guide them from the first conversation to a signed deal. You'll sit in our Strategic Growth team, at the heart of how we grow the trade network that homeowners rely on.

The job, unfiltered

• Win new trade businesses by finding high-potential small and medium trades, building proposals that make sense for them and negotiating terms.

• Hand each new trade over smoothly to our vetting team, so the start of their Checkatrade journey goes well.

• Spot opportunities in the market, using data and insights to see where Checkatrade is strong and where we can grow.

• Work with Account Management, Vetting, Product and Operations to find the regions and categories that would benefit most from Checkatrade.

• Learn our product suite inside out, so every business case is tailored to the prospect in front of you.

• Own the outbound sales cycle, from prospecting and qualification through to proposals, negotiation and closing.

The fit

• Solid experience in commercial or new business sales, ideally in similar markets, with a strong focus on outbound acquisition.

• A track record of finding new clients, building tailored proposals and hitting revenue targets.

• The knack for building strong relationships with tradespeople, and working closely with colleagues across teams.

• Confidence juggling multiple priorities and improving how things get done.

• Experience building customer relationships, whether through digital outreach or face-to-face conversations.

• Tenacity and resilience. This is a test-and-learn environment where persistence matters.

Nice to have: familiarity with CRM systems (Salesforce) and outbound tools, and an understanding of AI-powered optimisation tools.

(Don't self-select out because you don't tick every box. We'd rather meet you.)

What you get

💰 Competitive salary, annual bonus & equity scheme

🩺 Health, wellbeing and learning support

🚲 Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme, Cycle Scheme

🎂 Birthday/special day leave, buy & sell holiday scheme

❤️ 1 week's paid charity leave, and more

How this goes

• Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners

• 1st stage interview with our Head of Sales SMB

• 2nd stage interview with our Head of Sales SMB and Sales Operations Manager

• 3rd stage interview with our VP of Sales

Not this one? Stay close anyway. Join the Talent Community https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/checkatrade/form/register-interest and we'll ping you the second something better fits.

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.