Account Manager, Communities
Own retention, renewals, and expansion for strategic Commerce & Loyalty accounts, leading quota-carrying growth initiatives and executive customer governance. The role requires at least five years of relevant commercial experience, complex deal expertise, and strong e-commerce and MarTech knowledge.
About the job
Responsibilities
Revenue Ownership & Growth
- Carry and exceed a formal quota composed of renewal revenue (GRR) and expansion (NRR) within assigned commercial accounts.
- Identify whitespace within current customers to expand Community Verification products and drive growth through UX changes.
- Lead the end-to-end sales cycle for expansion opportunities, from discovery through contract amendment and closing.
Renewal & Retention Excellence
- Proactively manage renewals beginning 180 days before expiration, preventing dark periods and budget lapses.
- Identify at-risk accounts by monitoring usage health, program performance, and organizational changes.
- Navigate complex procurement hurdles and vendor-management processes to secure multi-year renewals and master service agreements.
Strategic Account Governance
- Maintain and deepen relationships with procurement decision-makers, including e-commerce, MarTech, and performance-marketing stakeholders.
- Lead executive business reviews that translate technical performance data into customer-acquisition ROI, conversion-rate optimization, and broader business objectives.
- Serve as a liaison between commercial clients and Product, providing retail-specific feedback that influences the product roadmap.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a quota-carrying account management, customer success, or hunter sales role.
- Deep knowledge of e-commerce, MarTech, and performance-marketing personas and budgets.
- Experience with customers in apparel, consumer electronics, home goods, and/or sports and outdoors is preferred.
- Demonstrated year-over-year quota attainment and success meeting retention targets.
- Experience managing portfolios and closing opportunities with ACVs from $100,000 to $1 million and sales cycles of 6 to 12 months.
- Ability to navigate complex retail organizations and holding companies during executive transitions.
- Experience collaborating with Marketing, Solutions Consulting, and Customer Success.
- Comfortable working in a growth-stage startup with minimal guidance.
- Strong planning, time-management, consultative problem-solving, and customer-relationship skills.
Performance Indicators
- Gross Retention Rate (GRR): ensuring existing contracts renew on time.
- Net Revenue Retention (NRR): growing accounts through upsells and cross-sells.
- Pipeline velocity: moving expansion opportunities through the procurement funnel.
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual base salary: $129,500–$161,000.
- Additional compensation may include a company bonus, sales incentive, equity, and benefits.
- Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts; life and disability insurance; 401(k) with company match; parental leave; unlimited paid time off subject to policy; company holidays; commuter benefits; employee assistance; pet insurance; wellbeing and childcare discounts; referral bonuses; and learning and development benefits.
Skills
E-Commerce, MarTech, Performance Marketing, Account Management, Customer Success, Salesforce, Contract Negotiation, Executive Business Reviews, Customer Acquisition, Conversion Rate Optimization, Revenue Retention, Upselling
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