CrowdStrike is seeking an Account Manager to be part of a team responsible for ensuring that our customers are successful and thriving with our next generation endpoint technology. You will proactively advocate for the customer -- focusing on high levels of adoption to ensure customer satisfaction and be responsible for all upgrades and retention within your accounts.

The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of success, consultative selling approach, and hail from a SaaS or security company. You will need to be a great listener, strong communicator, as well as a curious and creative problem solver.

What You'll Do:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients while collaborating with Sales, Customer Success, and Product to ensure the existing customer base is receiving the value they expect from their implemented solutions.

• Achieve a quota of new sales growth within customer base.

• Be a customer advocate, driving relationships with key customers and creating new champions.

• Identify whitespace in accounts and create value based presentations to promote upgrades and cross-sells.

• Consult with our existing customers to recommend additional solutions from the CrowdStrike portfolio.

• Devise and execute account strategies and plans to maximize account growth.

• Provide high touch customer service, including escalation and coordination of support issues as needed.

• Deliver feedback to the Product Management team on new feature requests and product enhancements from your customer base. 

What You'll Need:

• Track record of meeting or exceeding expectations in an individually focused, quota-carrying role.

• Ability to successfully balance a wide variety of daily tasks and adjust priorities on the fly in a fast-paced environment over multiple engagements. 

• Technical aptitude and ability to learn new concepts quickly.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills demonstrated through email, conference calls, client visits and presentations, and internal meetings.

• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently or in a team environment.

• A curious nature with a desire to learn and a competitive spirit.

• High level of comfort handling client objections and negotiations.

• Excellent time management skills.

• 5 years+ or equivalent experience in consulting or account management – particularly in cybersecurity.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or relevant experience.

Bonus Points:

• Security or SaaS sales experience.

• Customer Success/Service background.

• Formal training in a recognized sales methodology.

• Prior experience using Salesforce or another CRM solution.

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