Strategic Account Manager

Flex

$165K — $200K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-8 years in Account Management with 2-3 years in Enterprise or Strategic accounts
  • Proven experience managing complex customer relationships and negotiating deals
  • Strong communication skills with high emotional intelligence
  • Advanced analytical skills for data analysis and opportunity identification
  • Experience with Salesforce is advantageous, along with technical problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across various departments
  • Understanding of marketing and sales platforms, with engagement driving expertise

Responsibilities

  • Establish and nurture relationships with C-suite and key customer stakeholders
  • Act as primary liaison for clients, ensuring exceptional service and internal visibility
  • Advocate for customers, providing consultancy and insights
  • Develop and implement account strategies for growth and engagement
  • Conduct regular account reviews, meetings, and problem-solving sessions
  • Sell Flex value through a consultative approach and manage contract negotiations
  • Collaborate with internal teams for seamless onboarding and support

Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Company equity options for employees
  • 401(k) plan with matching contributions
  • Unlimited paid time off and 13 company holidays
  • Parental leave for new families
  • Free subscription to Flex's product
Full Job Description
About the role

As a Strategic Account Manager, you will be a senior, client-facing member of the team - responsible for the commercial relationship with our customers (Property Management Companies). This consists of owning and growing a portfolio of the company's most valuable relationships within our Strategic segment, and providing support from all angles for clients with complex needs and networks. This is a proactive partner role - you will act as the customer's trusted advisor, business partner, and industry expert - to maintain, develop, grow, and expand the business relationship.
What you'll do

Relationship Building & Executive Engagement
  • Establish, maintain, and grow customer relationships with stakeholders (including C-Suite)
  • Act as the primary point of contact and liaison between the customer and internal teams to ensure our partners are receiving white glove service, and that the business has visibility and influence into each account in your book of business
  • Become the customer's close advocate and valued consultant
  • Travel regularly to industry events and conferences as well as visit our partners on-site

Strategic Account Planning & Collaboration
  • Build, implement, and lead the strategy for each of your assigned accounts
  • Partner with internal stakeholders across the organization to ensure an excellent customer experience starting from the hand off from Sales, to Onboarding, to continued and regular support from you as their Account Manager
  • Learn and engage with each account regularly - through monthly meetings, QBRs, sharing reporting, troubleshooting and problem solving, providing clear ROI, etc.
  • Work to proactively increase engagement and product adoption across your portfolio

Pipeline Development & Consultative Expansion
  • Sell the value of Flex with a consultative and solutions oriented approach
  • As Flex matures, be able to confidently sell additional products and services to our partners
  • Manage and execute on all aspects of commercial negotiations and agreements
Key qualifications
  • Knowledge/experience in the multifamily/real estate industry is a plus!
  • Account Management Experience: 6-8+ years experience in Account Management, with at least 2-3 years experience with Enterprise or Strategic accounts.
  • Experience owning, managing, and negotiating complex customer relationships and deals.
  • Strong Communication Skills: High EQ, interpersonal abilities, passionate about Flex's mission and product, and proven ability to influence and motivate others.
  • Advanced Analytical Skills: Proficiency in quantitative tools for data analysis to identify and prioritize top areas of opportunity within large portfolio data sets. Experience utilizing AI tools to analyze data, and the ability to put findings into action.
  • Tech Proficiency: Experience with Salesforce is a plus. Experience working in tech companies and problem-solving complex product issues.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven ability to collaborate effectively across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product teams.
  • Platform Knowledge: Understanding of Account Management, sales, and marketing platforms, systems, and tools. Experience in driving engagement with marketing tactics such as email, flyers, and digital ads is a plus.
  • Self Starter: Experience establishing the foundation for or being a part of launching Account Management Teams / roles at a tech company.
  • Strategic Thinker: Ability to decipher and understand customer priorities and needs, industry dynamics, and prioritize and strategize accordingly to grow and support accounts.
  • Relationship Building: Proficiency in building internal and external relationships with key stakeholders and multithreading in complex organizations.
  • Quick Learner: Ability to adapt, learn, and iterate swiftly in the rapid changes within the PropTech/FinTech landscape. Comfortable with ambiguity and test-and-learn mindset.
  • T.O.E: Last, but certainly not least, Team Over Everything. Our positive, team first culture is everything here at Flex. This role requires an even temperament that is always willing to put the team ahead of individual recognition.


Compensation

The compensation range for this role will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and Flex's internal leveling guidelines and benchmarks. This is a commission earning role. The OTE (On Target Earnings) listed below:

OTE (NYC/Bay Area/Seattle)

$165,000-$200,000 USD

OTE (Salt Lake City)

$140,000-$174,000 USD

Life at Flex

We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.

Offices

Roles posted in New York, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are hybrid positions with on-site expectations of 2-3 days per week in our local offices. For candidates outside of these areas, you may be eligible for our relocation assistance program.

Benefits

For full-time U.S. employees we offer:
  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision
  • Company equity
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Free Flex subscription

For full-time non-U.S. employees, we offer:
  • Competitive compensation + company equity
  • Unlimited PTO

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