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Director, Strategic Account Management

305k – 350kSan Francisco, CANew York, NYChicago, ILHybrid8+ YOE
Summary

Lead and scale the US Strategic Account Management team for a multi-product enterprise SaaS platform. Own team performance, customer lifecycle strategy, and revenue growth through retention and adoption.

About the role

What you will do

  • Build strong account management teams that consistently meet and exceed quota
  • Define and manage key customer lifecycle events across our strategic customer segments
  • Provide leadership and direction to a high-performance team – including hiring, training, and pace setting
  • Develop specific and targeted goals and quotas to expand and accelerate revenue opportunities
  • Create, monitor and manage key performance metrics
  • Find innovative and creative ways to improve and increase performance
  • Implement best practices to support consistent and consultative sales and client success processes
  • Develop and refine an effective go-to-market strategy as we expand geographic and language coverage
  • Take an entrepreneurial approach to the role, working collaboratively with the rest of the leadership team to get things done

What you will need

  • 8+ years of experience scaling and managing a client-facing enterprise or strategic account management team in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience managing managers for at least 3+ years
  • Experience as a top-performing account manager or sales executive
  • Proven track record of team quota-attainment via new product sales and upgrades
  • Proven leadership skills, people management skills
  • Great with numbers including strong analytical skills
  • Highly effective communicator with good people instincts - able to build trust and work well with a diverse group inside and outside the company
  • Eager for a very hands-on role, where you’ll be asked to take on and run with a range of projects outside your comfort zone, and learn quickly
  • Highly organized, self-motivated and detail-oriented, with great follow-through on projects/tasks big and small
  • High integrity individual who’s enthusiastic about building a great company for the long term
  • Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it

Compensation

  • This role is a 60/40 base/commission split
  • The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location
  • A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location
Skills
Enterprise Account ManagementStrategic Account ManagementTeam LeadershipQuota AttainmentPeople ManagementPerformance MetricsGo-to-Market StrategyClient SuccessRevenue GrowthAnalytical Skills
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