Account Manager- SMB, Growth & Retention (Core)

About the role

We're seeking a self-driven, growth-minded account manager with a proven track record of success to join our hybrid-remote US-based Account Management team. As an account manager at Rippling, you'll be the CEO of your book of business, guiding customers in optimizing the use of Rippling's suite of back-office HR products and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Proactively engage customers in your book via key lifecycle events: go live, benefits renewal, executive business reviews, contract renewal, etc.
• Consult with clients to understand their HR, IT, Finance, and global workforce management needs through a solutions-based approach.
• Navigate a strategic sales process by building relationships with multiple external and internal stakeholders through remote and in-person meetings.
• Negotiate and coordinate customer procurement and contract execution as part of managing the broader customer relationship.
• Build and manage a pipeline of new subscription cross-sales, product upgrades, and contract renewals to monthly targets.
• Develop and demonstrate a broad knowledge of current and new Rippling products via executing customer adoption playbooks and prospecting.
• Partner with cross-functional product, support, and customer operations teams to ensure customer success and secure long-term commitments, directly influence Rippling’s product roadmap, and increase operational efficiency.
• Take an entrepreneurial approach to the role by being a proactive and strategic partner to customers, tailoring your approach to maximize Rippling product adoption based on each customer’s unique business operations.

Requirements

• 2+ years of SaaS experience in account management, sales, or quota-carrying customer success.
• Track record of consistently meeting and exceeding quota via new product sales and upgrades (license expansion sales are not likely relevant).
• Demonstrated ability to run a consultative discovery and demo meeting and run a structured sales process.
• Proven success building and maintaining long-term commercial relationships.
• Highly effective communicator with good people instincts—able to build trust and work well with a diverse group inside and outside the company.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and detail-oriented; great follow-through on projects/tasks big and small.
• Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it.

Qualifications

• Competitive and creative drive to win over customers and think outside the box to get a deal done.
• Highly effective communicator with good people instincts—able to build trust and work well with a diverse group inside and outside the company.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and detail-oriented; great follow-through on projects/tasks big and small.
• Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build and maintain long-term commercial relationships.
• Proven success in running consultative discovery and demo meetings.
• Experience in managing customer contracts and procurement processes.
• Knowledge of SaaS products and solutions.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + benefits + equity.
• On-Target Earnings (base salary + sales commission) + benefits + equity.
• Hybrid-remote work option.
• Equal opportunity employer.

Pay

• Base salary + benefits + equity.
• Salary range: 130,000 - 130,000 USD per year (US) 125,000 - 125,000 USD per year (US).