The posting
Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is building the payment layer for life's financial obligations, giving households one place to see, split, and pay their bills around how they live and get paid. By offering greater choice over how and when payments are made and allowing eligible on time payments to help build a positive credit history, Flex puts households back in control of their cash flow.
That work brings together people with different perspectives who challenge the status quo and take ownership of solving difficult problems. For you, that means doing the best work of your career next to people who make you better, and together bringing ideas to life that make a real impact for the people we serve.
About the role
As a Strategic Account Manager, you will be a senior, client-facing member of the team - responsible for the commercial relationship with our customers (Property Management Companies). This consists of owning and growing a portfolio of the company’s most valuable relationships within our Strategic segment, and providing support from all angles for clients with complex needs and networks. This is a proactive partner role - you will act as the customer’s trusted advisor, business partner, and industry expert - to maintain, develop, grow, and expand the business relationship.
What you’ll do
Relationship Building & Executive Engagement
- Establish, maintain, and grow customer relationships with stakeholders (including C-Suite)
- Act as the primary point of contact and liaison between the customer and internal teams to ensure our partners are receiving white glove service, and that the business has visibility and influence into each account in your book of business
- Become the customer’s close advocate and valued consultant
- Travel regularly to industry events and conferences as well as visit our partners on-site
Strategic Account Planning & Collaboration
- Build, implement, and lead the strategy for each of your assigned accounts
- Partner with internal stakeholders across the organization to ensure an excellent customer experience starting from the hand off from Sales, to Onboarding, to continued and regular support from you as their Account Manager
- Learn and engage with each account regularly - through monthly meetings, QBRs, sharing reporting, troubleshooting and problem solving, providing clear ROI, etc.
- Work to proactively increase engagement and product adoption across your portfolio
Pipeline Development & Consultative Expansion
- Sell the value of Flex with a consultative and solutions oriented approach
- As Flex matures, be able to confidently sell additional products and services to our partners
- Manage and execute on all aspects of commercial negotiations and agreements
Key qualifications
- Knowledge/experience in the multifamily/real estate industry is a plus!
- Account Management Experience: 6-8+ years experience in Account Management, with at least 2-3 years experience with Enterprise or Strategic accounts.
- Experience owning, managing, and negotiating complex customer relationships and deals.
- Strong Communication Skills: High EQ, interpersonal abilities, passionate about Flex’s mission and product, and proven ability to influence and motivate others.
- Advanced Analytical Skills: Proficiency in quantitative tools for data analysis to identify and prioritize top areas of opportunity within large portfolio data sets. Experience utilizing AI tools to analyze data, and the ability to put findings into action.
- Tech Proficiency: Experience with Salesforce is a plus. Experience working in tech companies and problem-solving complex product issues.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven ability to collaborate effectively across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product teams.
- Platform Knowledge: Understanding of Account Management, sales, and marketing platforms, systems, and tools. Experience in driving engagement with marketing tactics such as email, flyers, and digital ads is a plus.
- Self Starter: Experience establishing the foundation for or being a part of launching Account Management Teams / roles at a tech company.
- Strategic Thinker: Ability to decipher and understand customer priorities and needs, industry dynamics, and prioritize and strategize accordingly to grow and support accounts.
- Relationship Building: Proficiency in building internal and external relationships with key stakeholders and multithreading in complex organizations.
- Quick Learner: Ability to adapt, learn, and iterate swiftly in the rapid changes within the PropTech/FinTech landscape. Comfortable with ambiguity and test-and-learn mindset.
- T.O.E: Last, but certainly not least, Team Over Everything. Our positive, team first culture is everything here at Flex. This role requires an even temperament that is always willing to put the team ahead of individual recognition.
Compensation
The compensation range for this role will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and Flex's internal leveling guidelines and benchmarks. This is a commission earning role. The OTE (On Target Earnings) listed below:
OTE (NYC/Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle)
$165,000—$200,000 USD
OTE (Austin, Washington D.C. Philadelphia, San Diego, Chicago, Atlanta)
$147,600—$184,500 USD
OTE (Salt Lake City, all other USA cities)
$140,000—$174,000 USD
Life at Flex
Building a successful company takes a diverse team of intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self-aware people. Our headquarters is in New York City, with employees across the US, Australia, Canada, and South America. We’re growing quickly and deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. We value the perspectives our people bring and take pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.
Offices
Roles posted in New York, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are hybrid positions with on-site expectations of 2-3 days per week in our local offices. For candidates outside of these areas, you may be eligible for our relocation assistance program.
Benefits
View our benefits and more at getflex.com/careers.
