Strategic Key Account Manager - Industrial Automation

Pursuit; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with 6% company match

Health benefits

PTO up to 4 weeks

Tuition reimbursement

Remote role with territory ownership

Travel up to 50%

Job summary

Pursuit is hiring a Key Account Manager to grow strategic customer relationships and deliver engineered solutions that improve performance, reliability, and efficiency across industrial operations.

This role blends technical sales, territory ownership, and strategic account growth, partnering with manufacturers, OEMs, distributors, and industrial end users across food manufacturing, material handling, packaging, automotive, and other industrial markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 5+ years in technical sales, application engineering, industrial automation, conveyor systems, power transmission, or engineered industrial products.
• Experience selling technical solutions to OEMs, manufacturers, distributors, or industrial end users.
• Strong consultative selling, technical problem-solving, and complex sales experience.
• Proven success growing strategic accounts, developing new applications, and winning competitive business.
• Must reside in the Bay Area/Sacramento/Monterey or Fresno Area.

Responsibilities

• Grow strategic customer relationships and deliver engineered solutions.
• Own named territory and manage sales across Northern California.
• Collaborate with manufacturers, OEMs, distributors and end users.
• Provide technical problem-solving to improve performance and efficiency.

Skills

Key account management

Technical sales

Consultative selling

Engineering background

Strategic account growth

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Pursuit is hiring a Key Account Manager to grow strategic customer relationships and deliver engineered solutions that improve performance, reliability, and efficiency across industrial operations.

This role blends technical sales, territory ownership, and strategic account growth, partnering with manufacturers, OEMs, distributors, and industrial end users across food manufacturing, material handling, packaging, automotive, and other industrial markets.