Account Manager, SMB
Manage and grow a book of ~300 SMB accounts at Apollo.io by driving renewals, upsells, and expansion revenue through consultative sales, high-volume meetings, and pipeline execution. Requires 1+ year owning large SMB books with proven quota attainment.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Manage the entire sales process from initial conversation, trial management, negotiation, legal, and close with an average deal cycle of 30 days or less.
- Negotiate a high volume of renewals (~10) each month within your book of business.
- Manage a pipeline of primarily inbound inquiries from your book of business to identify, engage, and develop relationships with potential buyers.
- Take 5+ meetings per day between upsells and renewals, running 25+ meetings per week.
- Consistently create 3x pipeline month over month.
- Achieve and exceed monthly and quarterly quotas.
- Tier your account list to identify top expansion opportunities as well as top ‘at risk’ accounts.
- Proficient in the Discovery step: asking questions in a consultative way and actively listening to tie back to value and business driven outcomes.
- Communicate directly with Director and above level contacts primarily within the sales, marketing, and RevOps departments.
- Effectively articulate how our platform can solve customer challenges to drive expansion opportunities.
- Clearly articulate an overview of your pipeline and deals in your funnel at each stage.
- Accurately predict your most likely outcome within a 10% margin.
- Work closely with Customer Success, Support, Onboarding and Product teams to deliver a seamless customer experience.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of experience owning a large book of existing accounts (~500+ accounts) within the SMB segment (<200 employees), working majority expansion opportunities and owning retention. (SaaS experience is a plus)
- Top performer in your current role.
- Proven track record of consistently meeting targets, min of 3 trailing quarters.
- Experience using strong consultative selling skills & sales process in their day to day.
- Ability to communicate, present to, and influence key stakeholders across both technical and non-technical roles.
- Adaptable with the ability to pick up new technologies, assess situations quickly, and find smarter ways to achieve goals.
- Coachable— loves to learn, receive feedback, and improve their skills.
- Must be willing to be in office 3 days per week.
Nice-to-Haves
- SaaS experience.
Compensation
- Annual Pay Range: $110,000—$130,000 USD (OTE, inclusive of base and commission/bonus target).
- Additional benefits: equity; company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; at least 10 paid holidays per year, flex PTO, and parental leave; employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits; global travel coverage; life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance; FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Skills
Salesforce, Consultative Selling, Account Management, Renewals, Upselling, Pipeline Management, Discovery Calls, Objection Handling, Demo Presentation, Stakeholder Influence
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