Technical Account Manager, Newspack

Automattic Careers; United States; Remote; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a growing commercial team at Newspack as a Technical Account Manager. In this role, you will support small and medium-sized news organizations in their digital transformation, ensuring they maximize the benefits of our open-source publishing solution. Your impact will help journalism thrive by empowering publishers with tailored technology and strong relationships.

Benefits

Open vacation policy

Fully remote work environment

Qualifications

• Experience with WordPress or web technologies.
• Ability to influence customer outcomes and track customer interactions.
• Strong skills in conflict resolution and project management.

Responsibilities

• Migrate news publisher sites to WordPress and launch on Newspack platform.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and drive adoption of best practices.
• Work closely with product engineers to refine product features.

Skills

Problem-solving

Project Management

Customer Relationship Management

Technical Troubleshooting

Tools

WordPress

Customer Success Platforms

Job description

Newspack , part of Automattic’s portfolio of products, aims to help small and medium-sized news organizations publish great stories, develop a loyal audience, and find a path to financial sustainability at a time when local journalism faces immense challenges.

We do that by deploying an open-source publishing solution tailored to the needs of digital news publishers, using industry best practices.

In nearly five years, Newspack has launched more than 250 publications, with dozens more slated to join in months. These range from venerable publications like the Chicago Reader to ambitious digital startups like VTDigger and MLK50. In the process, we’ve created a vibrant community of more than 1,500 publishers, editors, and producers whose goal is to see journalism thrive in their local communities.

Newspack is now growing the commercial team and is looking for an experienced Technical Account Manager who is excited by our mission and the opportunities we have in the publishing world.

Responsibilities:

As a Technical Account Manager (TAM) for Newspack, you will:

• Work directly with our growing roster of small- and medium-sized news publishers to migrate their sites to WordPress and launch on the Newspack platform.
• Troubleshoot technical and editor-facing issues as they arise, work with publishers to leverage and optimize Newspack’s feature set, and drive adoption of best practices in digital news publishing and monetization.
• Work closely with our product engineers to refine the Newspack product based on experience, expertise, and publisher input.
• Develop close relationships with your customers to understand their business/operational needs and technical challenges and help them achieve the greatest value from our products.

Requirements:

You are motivated by impact, whether that’s achieved by rapid deployment of bespoke, high-profile sites; helping newsrooms take control of their online publishing; helping businesses with their digital transformation; or working with some of the most influential companies in the world to get the most out of WordPress.

Your style is to get things done while reducing friction for your colleagues and customers — to respond rapidly when called upon, as well as being proactive. You view our customers as partners and pride yourself in establishing long-term relationships. You enjoy managing projects and timelines and working with everyone from engineers to GMs and VPs of Sales.

In addition, you have experience with:

• Influencing customer outcomes, analyzing customer health metrics, and tracking customer interactions via tools.
• Collaborating closely with team members to support renewals and expansion opportunities.
• Gauging customers’ levels of engagement with the company, and providing feedback to internal stakeholders regarding product and service improvements.
• Creating structure in ambiguous situations and designing effective processes.
• Leading customer on-sites, conducting service reviews, and empowering customers to achieve success and gain the greatest value from our products.
• Effective problem-solving, conflict resolution, and context-switching.
• Distilling and accomplishing goals and wish-lists into concrete next steps.
• Remaining undaunted by managing risks in high stakes situations.
• Conducting kick-off calls and getting everyone on the same page.
• Working with WordPress or other web technologies.
• Bonus points for software development and architecture experience, but writing code is not in scope for this position.

We are currently prioritizing candidates who work during typical business hours in the Pacific and Mountain time zones.

Salary range: $73,000-$130,000 USD. Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and we pay in local currency.

We are searching for high-caliber candidates with the skills and qualities to have a net positive for Automattic. Pay will reflect the potential contribution and the impact you can bring, which may, in some cases, go beyond the range stated.

We’re pleased to offer a straightforward, competitive base salary, providing financial clarity without complex variable components. This isn’t your typical work-from-home job: we are a fully-remote company with an open vacation policy. To see a full list of benefits by country, consult ourBenefits Page . And check out these links to learn more about How We Hire and What We Expect from Ourselves .

We’re a distributed company with more than 1400 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Enriched by this diversity, we’re united by a singular mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source. In short, we help maintain a balance in society, creating and continually refining powerful tools people can use to compete fairly—regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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