Principal Account Manager

iCIMS Talent Acquisition

$95K — $110K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in account management, customer relationship management, or B2B sales within Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
  • Proven track record of meeting retention and growth sales quotas consistently.
  • Strong sales acumen with a readiness for quota responsibilities.
  • Skillful in relationship building and uncovering customer needs through a consultative approach.
  • Negotiation skills with the ability to navigate complex client organizations.
  • Effective communicator who can present material clearly and handle objections well.
  • Influential in connecting with multiple organizational layers, including senior leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively seek and generate new business opportunities within assigned accounts.
  • Manage a dynamic sales pipeline to consistently meet quotas and performance metrics.
  • Lead the contract renewal process by collaborating with various internal teams.
  • Ensure accurate and timely documentation of customer data, pipeline, and forecasts.
  • Utilize a consultative approach to identify customer issues and propose tailored solutions.
  • Research and analyze target accounts to align product features with client needs.
  • Maintain comprehensive product knowledge to effectively convey the value of offerings.
  • Conduct Executive Business Reviews to deepen client understanding and connect products with key business challenges.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) plan with dependent care options and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
  • Life and accidental death insurance, plus bonding and parental leave.
  • Mindfulness resources and open vacation policy to support work-life balance.
  • Sick days and paid holidays for personal time off.
  • Quiet hours during workdays to enhance productivity.
  • Tuition reimbursement to foster professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Overview

In this role, you will manage and grow existing customer relationships by delivering additional value through ICIMS solutions. You'll partner closely with customers to understand their business strategies, priorities, and needs, ensuring successful renewals, expansion opportunities, and overall customer satisfaction.

With a strong understanding of ICIMS solutions, proven customer success stories, and a well-established book of business, you'll have the tools and support needed to achieve both growth and retention targets. This role also offers advancement opportunities across Account Executive, Strategic Account Management, and leadership pathways as we continue to expand globally.

This position supports enterprise accounts with 5,000+ employees across the United States and is remote, with up to 25% travel required.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively solicit and drive new business within assigned accounts.
  • Builds, monitors and handles a sales pipeline to ensure consistent achievement of quotas and metrics for assigned accounts.
  • Leads the entire contract renewal process, including coordinated efforts with marketing, pre sales, sales management, accounting, services, legal and technical groups.
  • Maintains accurate and timely customer, pipeline, and forecast data.
  • Through a consultative approach, uncovers customer business issues and crafts value based proposals as a trusted advisor.
  • Research target accounts to identify and assess customer needs and effectively links product value, features/benefits to those needs.
  • Develops and maintains current product knowledge and can explain the business value of our offerings.
  • Prepares presentations, demonstrations, investment summaries, and sales contracts.
  • Conducts Executive Business Reviews, to develop a deep understanding of the client's needs and struggles. Links iCIMS' products back to key business issues.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of account management, customer relationship management or sales experience in Software-as-a-Service required.
  • Shown success in consistently achieving retention and growth sales quotas.
  • Demonstrated ability of basic sales acumen and drive to participate in a sales environment with quota responsibilities
  • Ability to effectively connect with customers, build relationships, and uncover opportunities with a value based approach.
  • Displays negotiation skills and ability to navigate a customer's internal organization (ex: finance, legal, IT).
  • Ability to clearly present material and effectively overcome objections.
  • Able to connect with and influence multiples layers within organizations, including Senior Leadership.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office products such as Powerpoint, Word and Excel.

Preferred

  • Experience with Salesforce and Clari
  • Experience with 360 degree selling methodology
  • Experience in the HR services / technology industry

Compensation and Benefits

We accept applications for this position on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and qualified candidates may be contacted throughout the posting period.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $95,000-$110,000 In addition, the estimated on-target earnings ("OTE"), which includes base salary and commissions, is $190,000-$220,000.

Actual compensation will depend on various job-related factors, including but not limited to, location, experience, and job qualifications. This range aligns with our commitment to equitable and transparent compensation practices, as required by applicable law.

Competitive health and wellness benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), dependent care, short term and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, bonding and parental leave, mindfulness resources, an open vacation policy, sick days, paid holidays, quiet hours each workday, and tuition reimbursement. Benefits and eligibility may vary by location, role, and tenure. Learn more here: https://careers.icims.com/benefits

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