Strategic Account Manager

Jobicy; United States; Remote; USD 151,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Equity (ISOs)

401(k) program

Paid parental leave

Unlimited PTO & holidays

Flexible work environment

Lunch reimbursement

Job summary

Upside seeks a senior client-facing professional to manage enterprise accounts from onboarding through renewal, ensuring strong outcomes and growth for major merchant partners. You will guide education, drive retention, and address issues before churn, while collaborating with analytics, product, marketing, and operations teams to deliver a consistently excellent customer experience.

The role offers flexible location with hybrid requirements in certain metros; travel up to 20% is expected, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of client-facing experience including 4+ years of enterprise experience in technology or retail fuels.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong public-speaking skills for formal and casual audiences.
• Proven experience exceeding goals.
• Project-management abilities: timelines, communications, reporting.
• Creative demeanor with ability to work with internal and external clients.
• Strong analytical skills translating analysis into talking points.
• Experience operating sales tools (Salesforce, Outreach, Gong).
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

• Onboard clients and manage accounts through long-term partnership.
• Improve retention via platform education and data-driven decks.
• Predict and address concerns before churn risk.
• Grow relationships; oversee account-health metrics (CSAT, Retention, Growth).
• Identify and close expansion opportunities (additional sites, launches, longer-term contracts).
• Lead monthly account reviews with merchant partners and build performance reports.
• Maintain account health across client businesses, including senior executives.
• Collaborate with internal teams (analytics, product, marketing, operations) for a consistent client experience.

Skills

Client-facing

Public-speaking

Goal achievement

Project management

Analytical skills

Sales tools

Travel availability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

Outreach

Gong

Job description

Meet Upside

We created Upside to transform brick-and-mortar commerce. Our technology uses the sophistication of online retail - profit measurement, attribution, and incrementality to provide users with more value on their everyday purchases and brick-and-mortar businesses with new, profitable customers. We've helped millions of users earn 2 to 3 times more cashback than any other product, and hundreds of thousands of brick-and-mortar businesses earn measurable profit. Billions of dollars in commerce run through the Upside platform every year, and that value goes directly back to our retailer partners, the consumers they serve, and important sustainability initiatives.

The Impact You'll Make

• Work with our clients through onboarding to long-term account management, cultivating trust and belief throughout their partnership with Upside
• Improve retention of accounts through platform education, using customized decks and data in a relevant way to ensure client understanding and participation
• Proactively predict and address concerns before they advance to churn risk
• Grow relationships, including supervising and leading account-health metrics (CSAT, Retention, and Growth)
• Identify and close expansion opportunities, including adding more sites, c-store launches, and conversions to long-term agreements
• Lead monthly account reviews with merchant partners, interpreting raw account data to build performance reports, case studies, and white papers
• Proactively maintain account health at multiple levels across client businesses, including senior executives of Fortune 500 companies
• Collaborate effectively with internal Upside teams, including analytics, product, marketing, and operations, to ensure a consistent, positive experience for our customers

Competencies You Have

• 7+years of client-facing experience including 4+ years of enterprise experience in technology or retail fuels; Bachelor's degree required
• Strong public-speaking skills, and the ability to speak to both formal and casual audiences
• Proven experience exceeding goals
• Project-management abilities, including timeline management, client communication, and report interpretation
• Creative demeanor, with a capability to work successfully with both internal and external clients.
• Strong analytical skills that will translate analysis into relatable and compelling talking points and stories
• Experience operating sales technology tools (e.g. Salesforce, Outreach, Gong)
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Location

This role offers location flexibility, however, if you're based in the Washington, D.C., Austin, Chicago, or NYC metropolitan regions, in-office attendance is required on a hybrid basis.

Compensation

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000 - $180,000 + commissions + equity + benefits. The final starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.

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Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on Day 1
• Equity (ISOs)
• 401(k) program
• Family planning programs + paid parental leave
• Physical fitness and wellness memberships
• Emotional and mental health support programs
• Unlimited PTO + 10 paid federal holidays + our annual, week-long Winter Break
• Flexible work environment
• Lunch reimbursement for in-office employees
• Employee Resource Groups
• Learning and Development stipend
• Transparent culture
• Amazing mission!

Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity drives innovation, and our differences make us stronger. We're passionate about building a workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives, and we do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Everyone is welcome here!

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Notice To Recruiters And Placement Agencies

This is an in-house search with a dedicated recruiter. Please do not submit resumes to any person or email address at Upside. Upside is not liable for, and will not pay, placement fees for candidates submitted by any party or agency other than its approved recruitment partners.