Account Manager (Sawyer)

DaySmart; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k with company match

Open PTO

Flexible work environment

Job summary

A leading company in children's activities is looking for an Account Manager to manage a portfolio of accounts in the Eastern Time Zone. The role focuses on enhancing client relationships and supporting educational organizations. Candidates should have prior experience in the children's activity sector and strong analytical skills. This position offers a competitive salary and flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Located within 50 miles of NYC.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong problem-solving instincts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for a dedicated portfolio of accounts.
• Proactively introduce clients to new features and services.
• Conduct regular check-ins with clients to assess their needs.

Skills

Client engagement

Account management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Experience in children's activity business

Familiarity with Excel

Job description

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Sawyer, A DaySmart Company, founded in 2015, simplifies discovering and registration for children’s activities. Our two-sided model offers registration software for activity providers and a marketplace connecting parents. Recently acquired by DaySmart Software, this milestone will help achieve our mission faster. Join our innovative, mission-driven team during an exciting growth phase!

Overview

Position Overview: The Account Manager will manage a portfolio of accounts in the Eastern Time Zone and play a vital role in Sawyer’s ability to help retain and develop these small businesses, and to inform our product roadmap. The role focuses on proactively engaging with clients, maximizing their revenue potential, and ensuring they find continuous value in their partnership with Sawyer. This is a client-facing role that requires empathy, resourcefulness, tech savvy, and a passion for supporting educators and small businesses in the children’s activity industry.

Responsibilities

• Account Management: Serve as the main point of contact for a dedicated portfolio of accounts, building strong relationships to ensure long-term satisfaction and success.
• Feature Adoption: Proactively introduce clients to new features and services, encouraging product usage and adoption to maximize their success with our platform and their business overall.
• Customer Success & Retention: Conduct regular check-ins with clients to assess their needs, ensure continued success, and mitigate potential churn risks through personalized engagement.
• Identify Opportunities: Identify gaps in provider support and recommend enhancements to expand the value of our products and services.
• Client Communications: Manage ongoing communications with clients, ensuring timely responses to inquiries and effective resolutions to client issues.
• Reporting & Analytics: Track account health, revenue targets, churn risk, upsell opportunities, and feature adoption. Provide regular reports to management on performance, client needs, and satisfaction. Empower clients to report on their business metrics using our software.
• Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams, including Onboarding, Support, and Product, to ensure seamless service. Act as the internal stakeholder for product discussions as they relate to client needs.
• Technical Knowledge: Become an expert in our platform and use that knowledge to support clients’ goals and make sure they see value in our partnership.

Goals & Metrics

• Revenue Growth: Empower key accounts to grow their revenue over time.
• Customer Retention: Actively manage accounts to mitigate churn, leveraging personalized attention and proactive communication.
• Customer Satisfaction: Maintain high customer satisfaction ratings.

Future Growth Potential

This role will have an active hand in shaping the Accounts Team and an opportunity to grow along with it.

Qualifications

• Located within 50 miles of NYC. Ability to make occasional site visits to clients in the tristate area.
• Prior experience working in a children’s activity business (including afterschool programs, summer day camps, or nonprofit that runs out-of-school-time programming). Experience using Sawyer software is a plus.
• Prior experience in client engagement, account management, and/or customer support. Experience scaling SMBs is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills. Strong problem-solving instincts and comfort navigating ambiguity.
• Strong critical thinking skills with a proven ability to learn new systems and troubleshoot technical issues. Experience with business level reporting, analytics, and familiarity with Excel a huge plus.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $65,000-$72,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal equity, etc.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits including medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, and more!
• 401k plan with company match on your contributions.
• Open PTO and a generous paid holiday schedule.
• Supportive work environment with the flexibility to work where/how you want – in-office, remote, or hybrid.
• Opportunities to ensure you are always learning and growing.

How You Will Work

This will be a US based position. Many DaySmart employees primarily work from home, and our teams are structured to operate efficiently in a distributed environment. While we don’t always share a physical office, we work together closely through remote collaboration practices.

We maintain a highly collaborative culture and expect all employees to actively participate in meetings, discussions, and team interactions. This includes joining scheduled video calls with cameras on, contributing to conversations, and being fully present.

We believe that strong communication and visual connection are essential to maintaining alignment, accountability, and trust across our teams. At DaySmart, working remotely comes with the responsibility to show up, engage, and collaborate with intention.

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