Senior Director of Account Management

Leadership Connect

$130K — $180K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in account management or related fields
  • Proven leadership experience with direct reports in a client-facing role
  • Strong knowledge of Salesforce or similar CRM software
  • Experience in recurring-revenue business models
  • Demonstrated analytical skills and process orientation
  • Effective cross-functional communication with a results-driven mentality
  • Exceptional coaching and feedback abilities

Responsibilities

  • Coach Account Directors/Managers through regular meetings and performance reviews
  • Set and monitor performance goals for team accountability
  • Identify and support skill gaps early to maintain positive client outcomes
  • Advise on account strategies and complex client resolutions
  • Collaborate on retention strategies to improve business growth
  • Design workflow processes to enhance team efficiency
  • Support hiring and onboarding for new team members

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical insurance
  • Dental and life insurance
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Unlimited PTO policies
  • Eleven paid holidays throughout the year
  • $3,000 employee referral bonuses
  • 401(k) plan with employer contributions
  • Rewards and recognition initiatives
Full Job Description
About the Role

The Senior Director, Account Management, manages and coaches a team of Account Directors/Account Managers, ensuring the team consistently meets retention, growth, and client relationship goals. This role does not own individual accounts but advises on the team's accounts as needed - providing strategic guidance and helping resolve complex client situations - while building team capability and holding direct reports accountable to performance goals.

This role brings strong sales process discipline and CRM (Salesforce) expertise to the team, with prior experience managing front-office, client-facing staff and operating in recurring-revenue business models.

Reports to the SVP, Head of Growth, and serves as a key link between frontline account management and broader growth strategy. This role is expected to absorb operational and team-management responsibilities currently held by senior leadership, freeing their capacity for higher-level strategic priorities. This role is a hybrid position based in our Washington, DC HQ.

Core Functions of the Role:

  • Coach and develop Account Directors/Account Managers through regular 1:1s, pipeline reviews, and skill-building focused on discovery, workflow understanding, and solution-mapping.
  • Set clear performance goals for direct reports and hold the team accountable through structured tracking and feedback, with a direct, results-oriented approach to performance management.
  • Identify skill or performance gaps early and provide targeted support - coaching plans, shadowing, deal support - before issues affect client outcomes.
  • Advise on team accounts as needed, including reviewing account strategy and resolving complex or escalated client issues direct reports can't handle independently.
  • Partner with senior leadership to execute cancellation-prevention techniques and price-reset strategies across the team, strengthening retention and growth outcomes.
  • Design and implement workflow processes and systems that improve team efficiency and consistency.
  • Partner with the SVP, Head of Growth on team goals, headcount planning, and reporting on account management performance.
  • Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and ramp planning for new Account Directors/Account Managers


About You:

  • Proven track record of individual account management success (retention, growth, or client relationship outcomes).
  • Proven track record of managing an account management or client-facing team, including coaching direct reports to hit performance goals.
  • Deep proficiency in Salesforce or comparable CRM platforms.
  • Experience working within recurring-revenue business models.
  • Strong process orientation, often demonstrated through financial or analytical acumen.
  • Demonstrated experience building or improving workflow processes and systems.
  • Direct communication style with a strong bias toward accountability and follow-through.
  • Strong coaching and feedback skills - able to balance accountability with support.
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally with sales leadership on strategy and reporting.
  • Based in the DC area.


$130,000 - $180,000 a year

Actual offers within the posted range depend on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with role requirements.

Compensation noted does not include target commission, which is addressed separately.

We encourage candidates who bring strong relevant experience to apply, even if it doesn't map exactly to every listed qualification. Where a candidate demonstrates particular strength in the interview process, we're open to discussing how the scope of the role - and compensation within the posted range - might be shaped to fit that experience.

Benefits/Rewards:

Awesome medical insurance plan

Dental Insurance

Life & Disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Unlimited PTO!

Eleven Paid Holidays

$3,000 Employee Referral Program

Employer contribution to 401(k) plan

Rewards and recognition programs

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