Affirm

Key Account Manager

Affirm$155K — $237K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 6-10 years of B2B client-facing experience in a high-tech environment.
  • Proven track record in negotiating and closing complex contracts with Fortune 100 companies.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with a knack for compelling presentations.
  • Experience leading cross-functional projects with meticulous attention to detail.
  • Ability to cultivate productive relationships and exhibit outstanding executive presence.
  • Excellent analytical skills to assess merchant performance and program impact.
  • Familiarity with retail, consumer finance, integrated software solutions, and e-commerce preferred.
  • Proficient in Salesforce and standard business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a subject matter expert and team lead for omni-retail account management best practices.
  • Oversee portfolio of key accounts, developing strategic initiatives for revenue and GMV growth.
  • Lead execution of account plans that include financing optimizations and marketing strategies.
  • Analyze partner performance to propose programs for enhanced product adoption and visibility.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams to drive partnership initiatives and business results.
  • Ensure customer health through proactive management for satisfaction and outcomes.
  • Drive customer advocacy and resolve critical issues, collaborating with product and support teams.

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.
  • Flexible spending stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family-forming expenses.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules to promote work-life balance.
  • Employee stock purchase plan with discounts for sharing in the company’s growth.
Full Job Description
As a Key Account Manager, you will join a growing team driving value and growth with large strategic merchants. This is a high-profile, customer-facing role requiring outstanding results-oriented, relationship and program management skills.

This role oversees a portfolio of Affirm's strategic accounts with the goal of driving ambitious results across the business. Success in this role entails delivering strong results, collaborating across different teams and levels with key stakeholders, strong analytical skills and excellent executive presence including written and verbal communications.

What You'll Do
  • Act as a SME and team lead across omni-retail for best practices on managing accounts, driving outcomes and building relationships.
  • You will oversee a portfolio of key accounts and will be responsible for developing and driving strategic initiatives including complex contract negotiation, pricing and expansion opportunities to drive revenue and General Merchandise Volume (GMV).
  • You will lead and execute account plans that include financing optimizations, executive relationship engagement, and marketing strategies, often against ambitious timelines.
  • You will analyze partner performance and recommend programs to increase product adoption, grow up-funnel awareness and visibility, and sell into expansion opportunities.
  • You will orchestrate cross-functional teams across our Product, Technical, Credit, Analytics, Marketing, and Risk teams to execute partnership initiatives and drive business results.
  • Manage customer health to ensure overall customer satisfaction and business results.
  • Drive customer advocacy and critical issues by collaborating with development, product management, and support teams to improve the Affirm offering for our merchants.

What We Look For
  • Bachelor's degree with 6-10 years of B2B client-facing experience in a high-tech environment and evidence of account growth/impact.
  • Experience negotiating and closing large, complex commercial contracts for F100 companies.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to give compelling presentations.
  • Experience in leading cross-functional projects with a high attention to detail.
  • Ability to build and manage productive internal and external relationships and influence towards outcomes; outstanding executive presence.
  • Excellent analytical abilities to review merchant performance and report on the impact of specific programs to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of retail, consumer finance offerings, integrated software solutions, and e-commerce preferred.
  • Comfortable using Salesforce and standard BI tools.

Base Pay Grade - K
Equity Grade - 6

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range.
Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, which includes the annual base pay and the sales incentive target.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA On Target Earnings (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $175,000 - $237,500
USA On Target Earnings (all other U.S. states) per year: $155,000 - $217,500

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

#LI-Remote

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We're extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

About Affirm

Affirm is a publicly traded financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Founded in 2012, the company operates as a financial lender of installment loans for consumers to use at the point of sale to finance a purchase. Affirm was founded in 2012 by Max Levchin, Nathan Gettings, Jeffrey Kaditz, and Alex Rampell as part of the initial portfolio of startup studio HVF. Levchin, who co-founded PayPal, became CEO of Affirm in 2014. In October 2017, the company launched a consumer app that allowed loans for purchases at any retailer. The company announced a partnership with Walmart in February 2019. Under the partnership, Affirm is available to customers in-store and on the Walmart website. Affirm has partnered with e-commerce platforms including Shopify, BigCommerce, and Zen-Cart. On November 18, 2020, Affirm filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for an initial public offering. On December 12, 2020, it was reported that Affirm had postponed its IPO. On January 13, 2021, Affirm became listed on NASDAQ with symbol AFRM, raising about $1.2 billion in its IPO. By the next day, the price of shares had doubled, making Levchin's stake worth about $2.5 billion. In May 2021, Affirm acquired Returnly, a financial technology service company, for $300 million.
Learn more about Affirm
Size
1,300 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$97.6 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$617.1 million
NASDAQ

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