Customer Success
Customer Success

Key Account Manager Lead

Job Details:
Team:
Customer Success
Location:
Remote
Employment:
Independent Contractor
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Posted day:
March 9, 2026

What you’ll do

Lead the Key Account Management team to drive revenue expansion within existing accounts while establishing scalable commercial systems and collaboration with Customer Success.

• Define and operationalize the interaction model between KAMs and CSMs to ensure clear ownership of expansion, renewals, and operational execution.

• Build repeatable expansion strategies within accounts through multi-threading, stakeholder mapping, and proactive opportunity identification.

• Establish structured pipeline generation standards and ensure KAMs consistently create new opportunities within their portfolios.

• Run weekly opportunity reviews focused on deep deal understanding, risk identification, and unblock strategies for stalled deals.

• Improve forecast accuracy by implementing clear qualification standards and commercial hygiene across Salesforce opportunities.

• Design and operationalize expansion playbooks to standardize best practices across the KAM team.

• Implement commercial dashboards and reporting frameworks that allow leadership to monitor pipeline health, expansion performance, and team execution.

• Coach and mentor KAMs on account strategy, opportunity management, and commercial rigor.

• Partner with Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to align expansion initiatives and drive adoption of new solutions within the customer base.

• Drive strong execution discipline by ensuring initiatives translate into measurable outcomes and consistent team behaviors.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years of experience in Account Management, Customer Success, or Sales roles managing strategic or enterprise accounts.

• 2+ years of experience leading or mentoring revenue teams.

• Proven track record driving expansion revenue within existing customer portfolios.

• Strong experience managing pipelines, opportunity strategy, and revenue forecasting.

• Ability to design scalable commercial processes, playbooks, and operational frameworks.

• Experience working cross-functionally with Customer Success, Marketing, and Product teams.

• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, with experience using CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) to manage pipeline and performance.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly when coordinating multiple teams around client growth initiatives.

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational execution.

• High level of ownership, accountability, and focus on delivering measurable commercial results.

What we offer

  • Fully remote culture: Work from anywhere in the world. 🌍
  • Competitive compensation: Aligned with your experience, cost of living and market. 💸
  • Global payment flexibility: We support payouts in multiple currencies so you can get paid wherever you are. 💳
  • Access to coworking spaces worldwide: Connect, collaborate, or work in inspiring environments anytime. 🏢
  • Freedom & Results culture: Autonomy, ownership, trust, and clear outcomes. 🎯
  • Unlimited PTO: With a mandatory minimum to help you truly disconnect. 🏝️
  • Quarterly recognition programs: Including our Workation for Pinnacle Award winners. 🏆
  • Learning & development opportunities: Exposure to cutting-edge AI tools. 🤖
  • Work-life flexibility: With async collaboration and a global distributed team. ⏱️

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