Account Manager - Bay Area

Rohde & Schwarz

$170K — $227K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Integrity: High ethical standards in dealings with team and customers.
  • Technical Knowledge: Strong background in electrical engineering or physics, with expertise in T&M instrumentation.
  • Experience: Over 5 years managing complex accounts.
  • Exceptional Soft Skills: Proficient in high-level meetings and negotiations, with the ability to read social cues.
  • Strong Sense of Hospitality: Commitment to outstanding customer service and responsiveness.
  • Competitive Drive: A persistent desire to succeed and earn customer trust.
  • Education: Preferred degree in BSEE or similar field.
  • Citizenship: Must be a US citizen or hold permanent work authorization.

Responsibilities

  • Grow your accounts and drive market share as a self-motivated account manager.
  • Organize and follow up diligently to build trust with customers and colleagues.
  • Provide regular updates through CRM tools to keep management informed without prompting.
  • Collaborate with your team and share insights to refine strategies for success.
  • Act as the customer advocate within the company, leveraging available resources to support them.
  • Pursue continuous improvement of technical knowledge and sales skills, while embracing guidance and collaboration.

Benefits

  • Support from a century-old technology leader in the industry.
  • Access to a broad and high-performance T&M portfolio.
  • Collaboration with local engineering, calibration, and service teams.
  • Opportunities for continual learning and professional growth.
  • Joining a passionate team focused on innovative technology solutions.
Full Job Description
R&S is seeking an Account Manager based in the Bay Area to join our stellar Sales team. The ideal candidate will combine a strong technical background, with confident soft skills, and a hunger to win multi-million dollar deals. As an account manager, you will have the backing of nearly 100 years of technology leadership, one of the industry's broadest and highest performance T&M portfolios, and local engineering, calibration and service teams.

Your tasks

  • Take charge - Grow your accounts, be self-motivated, competitive, and strive to take market share
  • Take responsibility - Follow up, stay organized, and constantly earn the trust of your customers and colleagues.
  • Communicate - Keep management up to date using your CRM tools so they don't need to ask you for updates. Maintain notes, account management organization, and funnel hygiene. Be honest about your sales forecast and ask for help when you need it.
  • Collaborate and Support - Work with your team, share winning strategies and pitfalls alike, and leverage technology experts from our Munich HQ.
  • Advocate for your customers - You're the customer's advocate within R&S. Use your available resources to give them the best support R&S can offer.
  • Continual learning - Always improve your technical and portfolio knowledge, and sales skills. Strive to grow in your role, and in your career. Accept guidance, adopt new processes and collaborate on goals


Exciting insights into Rohde & Schwarz

Our colleagues provide insider information about:
  • Daily adventures and challenges
  • Our passionate team
  • The technologies behind the innovative projects and solutions


Your qualifications

  • Integrity: Hold yourself to the highest ethical standards, be honest with your team and customers.
  • Technical Knowledge: Have a strong background in electrical engineering, physics, or related field, with fluency in T&M instrumentation (oscilloscopes, spectrum and network analyzers, wireless testers, etc) and their applications.
  • Experience: 5+ years managing complex accounts
  • Exceptional Soft Skills: Be comfortable in high level meetings and negotiations. Quickly "read the room."
  • A Strong Sense of Hospitality: Provide customers with exceptional service, support and responsiveness.
  • Competitive Drive: Have a strong desire to compete and win. Earn your customer's trust and make them want to work with you
  • Education: BSEE or similar degree is preferred
  • Citizenship: Must be a US citizen or have existing permanent work authorization


Interested?

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

The total compensation for this position is $170K-$227K. Total compensation includes base salary, variable pay (when applicable) plus benefits. The range is determined by the position, geographic location and level. Individual pay within the range is determined by several factors including location, education or training, relevant work history, sales incentive structure and job-related skills.

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