Key Account Manager - Arabia & Africa

Antler; Remote; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global telecom firm seeks an experienced Key Account Manager to oversee partner success and growth strategy across Africa and Arabia. Responsibilities include managing a portfolio of strategic partners, driving growth, and collaboration with product, marketing, and finance teams. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in account management and a strong background in the travel or telecom industry. This remote-first position offers a competitive benefits package including health insurance and work-from-anywhere stipend.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Work-from-anywhere stipend

Annual wellness & learning credits

Annual company retreat

Qualifications

• 6+ years in account management or business development roles.
• Experience in travel or telecom industries.
• Fluent in English; Arabic is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the account management strategy for key partners across Africa & Arabia.
• Build relationships with strategic partners from onboarding to long-term success.
• Identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities across product lines.

Skills

Account management

Relationship building

Negotiation

Commercial acumen

Data-driven mindset

Storytelling

Sales techniques

Tools

CRM (HubSpot)

Job description

About Airalo

Alo! Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store that helps people connect in over 200+ countries and regions across the globe. We are building the next digital service that revolutionizes the telecom industry. We are a travel-tech company and an equal-opportunity environment that values and executes diversity, inclusion, and equity. Our team is spread across 50+ countries and six continents. What glues us together is our commitment to changing the way you connect.

Check out more information about Airalo in our Public Handbook here.

About you

We hope that you care deeply about the quality of your work, the intrinsic worth of tasks, and the success of your team. You are self-disciplined and do not require micromanagement in terms of your skillset and work ethic. You do your best to flourish as an individual every day while working hard to foster a collaborative team environment. You believe in the importance of being — and staying — authentic, honest, positive, and kind. You are a good interlocutor with clear and concise communication. You are able to manage multiple projects, have an analytical mind, pay keen attention to detail, and love to get your hands dirty. You are cognizant, tolerant, and welcoming of vulnerabilities and cultural differences.

About the Role

Position: Full-time / Employee

Location: Remote-first

Benefits: Health Insurance, work-from-anywhere stipend, annual wellness & learning credits, annual all-expenses-paid company retreat in a gorgeous destination & other benefits

We’re looking for a driven and experienced Key Account Manager to lead our partner success and growth strategy across Africa & Arabia. This role will oversee a portfolio of strategic B2B and B2B2C partners — including travel companies, Corporates, Fintech platforms, Banks, OTAs, mobile providers, and super apps — ensuring that they are not only retained but continuously growing in value.

You will be working cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Finance, and Operations to deliver exceptional results. This is a high-visibility commercial role requiring a balance of relationship management commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and leadership.

Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:

• Lead the account management strategy for all key partners across Africa & Arabia, driving partner growth, performance, and satisfaction.
• Build deep, trusted relationships with strategic partners — from onboarding through to long-term success.
• Identify upsell, cross-sell, and expansion opportunities across product lines (e.g. API, white label, card linked offers, corporate plans).
• Expertise in positioning digital products as high-value ancillary revenue streams for travel and financial services providers
• Serve as a senior commercial point of contact for priority accounts, often involving C-level partner relationships.
• Collaborate with the wider Partnerships, Product, and Marketing teams to ensure partner needs are met and growth opportunities are realized.
• Proactively manage partner performance using data, insights, and KPIs to spot trends, mitigate risks, and unlock growth.
• Ensure contracts, SLAs, and partner communications are tracked and actioned in a timely and professional manner.
• Help shape the evolution of Airalo’s partner experience — contributing to scalable processes, playbooks, and best practices.

Must Haves

• 6+ years in account management, partnerships, or business development roles with proven experience growing strategic accounts in B2B/B2B2C models
• Experience in the travel and / or telecom industry or with Key Account management experience in a consumer business
• Excellent relationship-building, negotiation, and communication skills
• Data-driven mindset with strong commercial acumen
• Ability to narrate a great story - Airalo’s unique story and the problem we solve for users makes it a compelling pitch for customers and partners
• Ability to employ sales techniques, including effective questioning, objection handling, consultative selling, and solution selling
• Fluent in English; Fluency in Arabic is a strong advantage
• Experience working with CRMs (HubSpot)

If you are interested in this position, please apply via the link.

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We sincerely thank all applicants in advance for submitting their interest in this opportunity. Airalo is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity, equity & inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations upon request for individuals with disabilities throughout our job interview process.