Senior Account Manager

Namely; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Senior Account Manager, Strategic Accounts will own the overall relationship and revenue growth within Cornerstone's largest enterprise clients. This quota-carrying role blends 85% expansion with 15% net-new acquisition, requiring a proactive hunting mindset and deep account stewardship.

You will partner with Sales leadership and Customer Excellence to serve as the client's primary strategic, commercial, and executive relationship owner, traveling for in-person QBRs, briefings, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic account management or enterprise sales with a quota.
• Proven success building and owning C-level relationships.
• Experience hunting opportunities within existing client bases.
• Ability to develop and execute multi-product account plans.
• Strong forecasting discipline in a metrics-driven environment.
• Excellent discovery, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly for executive engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own a book of strategic enterprise accounts with 85% expansion and 15% net-new.
• Cultivate C-level relationships as the trusted advisor.
• Hunt whitespace within accounts for new opportunities.
• Expand footprint across products including AI-driven solutions.
• Build strategic account plans mapping structure, stakeholders, budgets.
• Drive and defend renewals, protecting and growing ARR.
• Lead discovery workshops and executive business reviews.
• Manage and forecast a pipeline across Commit, Probable, Upside.
• Maintain account intelligence to inform strategy and forecasting.
• Travel regularly for in-person executive engagement.

Skills

Strategic account management

C-level relationships

New business hunting

Account planning

Consultative selling

Forecasting

Negotiation

Travel willingness

Job description

Cornerstone Senior Account Manager, Strategic Accounts owns the overall relationship and revenue growth within a book of Cornerstone's largest, most complex enterprise clients. This is a quota-carrying role with a blended mandate: 85% expansion within the existing client base and 15% net-new logo acquisition. The Account Manager pairs deep account stewardship with an active hunting mindset — proactively identifying and closing new opportunities within their accounts, not just managing renewals. The successful candidate will partner closely with Sales leadership, Customer Excellence, Customer Engagement, and Customer Support, while serving as the client's primary strategic, commercial, and executive relationship owner.

Responsibilities

• Own a book of strategic enterprise accounts, carrying a quota split ~85% expansion/cross-sell and 15% net-new development.
• Own and cultivate C-level relationships (CHRO, CFO, CIO, etc.) as the primary trusted advisor and executive escalation point.
• Hunt for whitespace within accounts — new business units, subsidiaries, or use cases not yet leveraging Cornerstone.
• Expand Cornerstone's footprint across products (learning, performance, talent acquisition, AI-driven workforce solutions).
• Build and execute strategic account plans mapping org structure, executive stakeholders, budget cycles, and competitive exposure.
• Drive and defend renewals, protecting and growing ARR.
• Lead discovery workshops and executive business reviews that position Cornerstone against competitors.
• Manage and forecast a pipeline of expansion and net-new opportunities across Commit, Probable, and Upside stages.
• Maintain account intelligence — org charts, sponsor mapping, competitive landscape, renewal timing — to inform strategy and forecasting.
• Travel regularly for in-person executive engagement, including QBRs, briefings, and on-site strategy sessions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic account management or enterprise sales, with a quota track record spanning both expansion and new business.
• Demonstrated success building and owning C-level relationships, not just practitioner-level ones.
• Proven success hunting new opportunities within an existing client base.
• Ability to build and execute account plans for complex, matrixed organizations.
• A consultative approach — diagnosing business needs and mapping them to multi-product solutions.
• Strong forecasting discipline in a metrics-driven environment.
• Excellent discovery, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly for executive relationship-building and on-site engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience selling into large, matrixed enterprises (healthcare, financial services, retail, or similar).
• Familiarity with AI-driven workforce/talent solutions and the competitive landscape (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Docebo, ServiceNow).
• An existing network of C-level relationships in healthcare, life sciences, or another relevant vertical.