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Richard EdwardsRE

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About Richard

I help B2B SaaS companies fix revenue problems that aren’t solved by “trying harder”.

I’m a senior SaaS revenue and customer growth operator with 15+ years’ experience across sales, expansion, retention, and forecasting in enterprise and upper mid-market environments. I’m typically brought in when growth has stalled, forecasts can’t be trusted, churn or expansion is underperforming, or Sales, Customer Success, and Product are pulling in different directions.

Clients hire me for short, outcome-focused engagements where they need senior judgement and execution without a long consulting process. I work directly with founders, CROs, Heads of Sales, and Heads of Customer Success to diagnose issues quickly and put practical fixes in place.

Typical projects include:
•Diagnosing churn, retention, or expansion issues and implementing corrective actions
•Designing or repairing Customer Success and expansion playbooks
•Building reliable renewal and expansion forecasting for leadership or investors
•Aligning Sales, Customer Success, and Product around a realistic go-to-market motion
•Pressure-testing PLG approaches and deciding what should be product-led, sales-assisted, or sales-led
•Supporting leadership teams through revenue resets, transitions, or scale-up phases

I also bring practical product-led growth experience at enterprise and upper mid-market scale, including completion of the ProductLed MBA. My approach is not “PLG everywhere”, but using product signals to prioritise human effort and improve time-to-value, retention, and expansion without breaking existing revenue motions.

I work on time-bound, clearly scoped projects and do not take open-ended advisory retainers. I’m comfortable working remotely, hybrid, or on-site where it adds value.

Available for short-term, interim, or project-based work alongside an active search for a permanent senior revenue leadership role.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • IPRally Technologies
    VP Growth
    January 2022 - September 2025 (3 years and 8 months)
    • - Scaled ARR from €1.6m → €4.7m (+161%)
    • - Maintained GRR ~91–93% while expansion normalised
    • - Delivered NRR from 180% → 127% as the base scaled
    • - Reduced forecast variance from ~20% to <5%
    • - Owned renewal risk, expansion readiness, and forecasting
    • - Built and led Customer Success from 1 → 5
    • - Implemented MEDDPICC across Sales and CS
    • - Partnered with CEO, CRO, Product, and Engineering on GTM and roadmap
    Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy Revenue Forecasting & Predictability Sales Excellence Pricing
  • PatSnap
    Director (EMEA & APAC)
    January 2017 - January 2021 (4 years)
    • - Owned enterprise new-logo revenue across EMEA & APAC
    • - Led 6 AEs and 6 SDRs
    • - Delivered $1.85m net new ARR in best year
    • - Improved ACV +22% YoY and NRR +13%
    • - Unified GTM messaging, pricing, and roadmap
    • - Acted as executive voice of customer to engineering teams
    Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy Enterprise & Upper Mid-Market Deal Orchestration Business Plan Development Designing the Right Mix of PLG, Sales-Assisted & Sales-Led Motions
  • Centaur Media Plc
    Sales Director
    January 2005 - January 2017 (12 years)
    • - Founded and scaled a new paid SaaS / subscription business
    • - Grew revenue from £0 → £2.5m ARR
    • - Owned product definition, pricing, GTM, and enterprise deal execution
    • - Managed teams of up to 9 salespeople
    • - Multiple years as Top Biller and Salesperson of the Year
    Sales Excellence Pricing Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy

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Education

  • BA
    Canterbury Christ Church University
    BA
  • BSc
    Canterbury Christ Church University
    BSc

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