Manager, Account Executive, Strategic

About [Employer]

[Employer] is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $275B in annualized spend flows in and out of 85,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books.

The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.

We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At [Employer], everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.

The median [Employer] customer saves 7.5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without [Employer]. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same.

If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, [Employer] is the place to do it.

About the Role

As a Manager of Strategic Account Executives at [Employer], you'll lead the team responsible for winning our largest and most complex customers. Reporting to our Enterprise Sales Leader, you'll coach a team of Strategic AEs through long, multi-threaded sales cycles while building a culture of rigor, accountability, and high performance.

This is a hands-on, player-coach role. You'll spend your time in the deals with your team: running deal strategy, joining executive meetings, navigating procurement and security reviews, and helping close transformational, multi-product deals. You'll partner closely with solutions consulting, account management, product, marketing, partnerships, and finance to make sure we win, and win in a way that sets customers up for long-term success.

Most Critical Traits

1/ Strategic Deal Leadership: You are an expert at running complex, high-value deals with many stakeholders, long cycles, and significant contractual, technical, and financial scrutiny, and you can teach your team to do the same.

2/ Coaching and Developing Talent: You make good AEs great. You coach through live deals, give direct feedback, and build repeatable habits across the team.

3/ Operational Rigor: You run a disciplined team. You forecast accurately, inspect pipeline closely, and use data to spot risks and opportunities early.

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Strategic AEs selling into [Employer]'s largest prospects
• Own your team's pipeline, forecast, and revenue targets, and deliver predictable results quarter over quarter
• Get directly involved in key deals: build account strategies, multi-thread into executive teams, and help navigate procurement, legal, IT, and security processes
• Run rigorous deal reviews and pipeline inspections to improve win rates, deal velocity, and deal size
• Partner with solutions consulting, account management, product, and support to deliver tailored, multi-product solutions and smooth handoffs post-close
• Bring customer and market insights back to product and GTM leadership to shape the roadmap and Enterprise strategy
• Recruit, hire, and onboard top strategic sales talent as the team grows
• Help execute the Enterprise GTM strategy set by the Enterprise Sales Leader, and contribute ideas to improve it

What You'll Need

• 3+ years of experience managing quota-carrying enterprise or strategic sales teams, with a track record of hitting or exceeding targets
• A background as a top-performing enterprise or strategic AE closing complex, six- and seven-figure deals
• Deep experience running long sales cycles with multiple stakeholders, including the C-suite, procurement, legal, and IT
• Strong forecasting and pipeline management discipline, and comfort using data to drive decisions
• A proven ability to coach AEs through live deals and develop them into stronger sellers
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering closely with solutions, product, and post-sales teams
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to articulate contractual, technical, and financial value to executive buyers

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience selling to CFOs, Controllers, and finance leaders
• Financial services or fintech experience
• Experience selling platform or multi-product SaaS solutions that involve ERP or systems integrations
• Experience at a high-growth company

Benefits available to all full-time [Employer] employees (Global)

• Flexible PTO
• Centralized home-office equipment ordering
• Health and wellness stipend
• Budget for intra-office travel
• Weekly coffee stipend

United States

• 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
• One Medical annual membership
• 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by [Employer]
• Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
• Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
• Pet insurance
• In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
• Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF (if needed)

Canada

• Group medical, dental, and vision coverage through Sun Life
• Life, AD&D, and disability coverage
• Fertility drug coverage (up to $4,000 lifetime)
• Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)
• Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay, with additional time available at reduced pay
• Employee Assistance Program and virtual care through Lumino Health

United Kingdom

• Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite
• Virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi
• Workplace pension through Penfold, with salary sacrifice option
• Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay with additional time available at reduced pay

Referral Instructions

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