Key Account Manager-Midstream and Downstream Energy Sector

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Multiple medical and dental benefit plans

Education reimbursement program

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is looking for a Key Account Manager in Houston, TX to drive and maintain relationships in the midstream and downstream energy sector. This role is vital in optimizing customer experience and ensuring strategic goals are met with key accounts.

Applicants should have a minimum of 7 years in account management and proven business development skills, eager to influence project outcomes while collaborating closely with various departments. A hybrid work model is offered, balancing office and remote work.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of account management experience.
• Proven business development ability with a good understanding of market drivers.
• Willingness to travel up to 40% domestically.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a strategy to optimize customer experience.
• Establish and direct project teams to achieve sales success.
• Monitor and manage the sales funnel from leads to opportunities.

Skills

Customer focus

Commercial awareness

Interpersonal skills

Excellent written and verbal English communication

Ability to manage conflicting priorities

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

About us: We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence. As a trusted voice for many of the world's most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

About Energy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally in the energy industry.

About the role

DNV Energy Systems North America (ESNA) region seeks a Key Account Manager (KAM) Midstream and Downstream Energy Sector to join our commercial team and drive strengthening, expanding, and fostering relationships with a particular focus on the midstream and downstream energy sector. ESNA is on a journey to become more customer-centric and agile in meeting its customer requirements while continuously improving the way we work.

The KAM will be responsible for maintaining multiple key customer portfolios and will have a strong customer and market focus. They will manage customer relations with a key customer group in a defined energy industry segment.

As a KAM, they lead an account team that will establish relationships with customer contacts and understand the needs and strategic goals of a key account. Under the KAM's direction, the account team will give customers a voice within the organization, provide input on improving our customer service, and drive the shaping of our customer strategy.

This position will not have direct people management responsibility and will rely on your ability to influence people to design and implement initiatives that are key to your success in the growing business with your assigned industry segment and key account. Collaborating closely with Marketing, Communications, and Public Affairs, you will be responsible for developing targeted Key Account and Customer Segment Campaigns.

This role is based at our DNV offices in Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Austin, TX presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or a customer location/site. Further details regarding role‑specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.

What You’ll Do

Strategy

• Contribute towards the development of the key account strategy and service portfolio to generate increased opportunities.
• Develop and manage a strategy to optimize the customer experience and DNV business with customers for cross‑selling and up‑selling activities across Business Areas, Business Units, and services.

Relationship Management

• Foster relevant internal and external networks to identify, build, and strengthen customer relationships and enhance collaboration.
• Act as a conduit for key projects, monitor the delivery of projects/services to ensure high quality and consistency, and participate in cross‑sector opportunities.
• Act as a project sponsor for key projects, monitor the delivery of projects/services to ensure quality assurance and participate in cross‑sector opportunities.
• Optimize customer experience measured via the customer relationship strength indicator (CRSI) score.
• Seek key customer insights (on strategic direction), market insights, and services of competitors and maintain an overview of significant market trends, including analysis of regional developments.

Sales Enablement

• Establish and direct project and account teams to achieve success. Identify, drive, and facilitate sales and market‑led opportunities by actively managing sales pipeline growth and increasing order intake for a defined account(s) and market area(s).
• Strongly influence project pricing, resourcing, and bid quality reviews.
• Monitor and manage the sales funnel from sales‑qualified leads to won opportunities.
• Working with the Heads of Departments and line managers, you will contribute to building the people sales skills and foster a high‑performing and collaborative culture.

Commercial

• Collaborative participation in proposals.
• Working closely with the Sales Manager and fellow commercial team members to develop a yearly Annual Operating Plan.
• Critically review and influence pricing decisions.

Key Outputs

• Monitoring and improving CRSI score for key accounts.
• Key account top‑line growth (order intake, external revenue).
• Targets for order intake and pipeline development.
• Own top‑line growth (order intake, external revenue).
• Cashflow (follow up and actioning of customer payments if needed).

What We Offer

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days).
• Multiple medical and dental benefit plans to choose from, vision benefits.
• Spending accounts FSA, dependent care, commuter benefits, company‑seeded HSA.
• Employer‑paid, therapist‑led, virtual care services through Talkspace.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Company provided life insurance, short‑term, and long‑term disability benefits.
• Education reimbursement program.
• Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities.
• Charitable matched giving and volunteer rewards through our Impact Program.
• Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company.
• Career advancement opportunities.

*Benefits vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election**

DNV is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, or business need, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment Department ([e-mail]). Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

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About You

What is Required

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Established a strong network of contacts & relationships with a good understanding of the competitive landscape of the market and key players within the midstream and downstream energy industry.
• Minimum 7 years of experience working at a senior level in a professional services business development role in the energy industry with exceptional commercial awareness and a good understanding of market drivers and opportunities (market foresight).
• Minimum 7 years of account management experience.
• Customer focus and proven business development ability to build customer relationships by engaging and interacting with them, including excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience in driving continuous improvement in how sales are undertaken and developing a culture of high‑quality delivery for the customer and results‑oriented mindset with the ability to manage, develop, monitor, interpret, and report on key commercial/financial.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills with a proven ability to interact, influence, and build key internal and external stakeholders at all levels. Shows persuasiveness and determination.
• Ability to juggle and manage conflicting priorities within required timelines.
• Willingness and ability to travel, up to 40% domestically and 2% internationally.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and be able to rent and drive a car and travel on public conveyances when required.
• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds; able to lift and carry up to 10 lbs. in addition to transporting one’s own luggage for multiple‑day travel and push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, and kneel with that which is lifted, carried or transported.
• We conduct pre‑employment drug and background screening.

What Is Preferred

• Minimum of 10 years of business development and/or account management.
• Experience and a good understanding of the competitive landscape of the market and key players within the oil, gas, NGL pipelines, processing plants and terminals.

Immigration‑related benefits, for example, visa sponsorship, are not available for this position.