Key Account Manager

Who we are

Nothing exists to make tech feel exciting again.

We’re building a different kind of company, one that puts design, emotion, and human creativity at the heart of everything we do. From the way our products look to how they sound, feel, and function, we care about the details that make technology not just useful, but inspiring.

This is a place for the curious. The creators. The ones who ask why not and mean it. If you're drawn to bold ideas, fast moves, and work that actually makes you feel something, you’ll fit right in.

We're not here to follow the rules. We're here to make better ones.

About Nothing

Founded in London in 2020, Nothing is a design-led tech company building an alternative to the industry giants. Our products – from award-winning smartphones to expressive audio and wearables – blend iconic design with intuitive engineering to put people and creativity back at the centre of consumer tech.

Backed by GV (Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, C Ventures, and influential investors like Tony Fadell (iPod), Casey Neistat, and Kevin Lin (Twitch), we’ve grown from startup to global challenger in just a few years.

The Role:

We’re looking for a Key Account Manager to join our UAE/GCC division as soon as possible. Working alongside our Sales Lead, you will play a vital role in co-creating the vision and strategic priorities for the UAE/GCC business. The Key Account Manager will be trusted to manage, nurture and lead relationships with key retailers in the region. You will devise, sell and execute bespoke and transformational joint business plans with partners that will outperform our competition and help us to achieve our bold ambitions for 2025 and beyond. The Key Account Manager will need to be a passionate and exceptional brand ambassador for us and will be trusted to maintain an expert knowledge of our product offering.

Responsibilities:

• Development of appropriate joint business plans to drive the sales and objective within the key strategy retail partners.
• Own the sales forecast across all products and routes in the accounts.
• Ownership of the sales goals and objectives for Nothing in the managed accounts.
• Drive the right activities to ensure that channel partners achieve the sales objectives.
• Gain deep understanding of your retailers’ and partners strategies and tactics as well as in-depth understanding of shoppers and trends.
• Co-create, sell and execute tailored and transformational joint business plans with retail partners that will outperform competition and deliver the business objective for Nothing.
• Build robust and sustainable relationships externally and internally.
• Constantly evaluate business models with retailers and drive change of go-to-market model when appropriate.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in managing leading retailers in the region.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, business, or in a related field.
• Fluent in English is a must. Arabic would be an added advantage.
• Proven effective relationship builder with retailers, carriers, e-tailers and distributors in GCC countries (UAE, Qatar...).
• Strong attention to detail.
• A strong bias-to-action and used to getting things done in a short timeframe.
• Good communication skills, able to get buy-in from stake-holders within the company.
• Entrepreneurial and comfortable with changing environments as well as multiple overlapping projects.
• Last but not least, enjoy the hustle of a startup with the impact of a global business
• Driving Licence.