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Account Manager (USA or Canada) - Remote (Canada and United States)

Account Manager (USA or Canada)

Department: Growth

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote (Canada and United States)

Reporting To: James McCarthy

Compensation: $100,000 / year

Description

We are hiring an Account Manager to join our Growth team!
As an Account Manager, your responsibilities are:
  • Drive revenue growth with our existing customers, through product and industry expertise
  • Be a key contact for existing customers to ensure the customer’s ongoing customer satisfaction and retention of their business. 
  • Develop and maintain strong customer relationships to understand customer’s needs to identify up-sell, cross-sell, and expansion opportunities and ensure contract renewals.
  • Have a significant role in Spare's long-term growth and success!


Our Spare headquarters is located in Vancouver, BC, but this position is open to remote work options within Canada and the USA.
The salary provided is the base salary in USD - this number will be adjusted for salary in CAD if you're in Canada. Commissions are uncapped.

About the role

  • Drive revenue growth with our existing customers, through product and industry expertise
  • Establish yourself as a key contact to existing customers - along with Partner Success, to ensure customer satisfaction and retention of their business.
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships to understand customers’ needs and close up-sell, cross-sell, and expansion opportunities, and ensure contract renewals.
  • Educate customers on current and new product features, benefits, and configuration options to optimize their use of Spare’s platform and products.
  • Own account planning for customers and manage technical, operational and executive stakeholders at large transit agencies and operators.
  • Provide weekly feedback & forecasting on all account activity, and demonstrate excellent CRM adoption for managing your pipeline and account plans.
  • Work closely with champions and stakeholders to develop proposals and business cases for large scale deployments.
  • Work closely with Marketing and Business Development team to develop account-based marketing and sales plans
  • Build a deep understanding of Spare’s products and key markets, and maintain ongoing learning of new features and improvements
  • Partner with and influence customers through thought leadership, industry best practices, and deep product knowledge 
  • Share customer feedback with Product, Engineering and Partner Success teams.


About you

  • Experience in Transit Technology sales and/or sales for government agencies (ideally 4+ years)
  • Passion for and interest in Urban Planning and/or Transit (or correlated areas)
  • Understanding of the transit industry (knowledge of the types of transit systems, regulations, and funding structures, to effectively support our customers and users) 
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation skills) with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences in a personable way
  • Availability to travel frequently within Canada and the USA


It will be considered a plus:
  • Academic background in Urban Planning, Environmental Science, Sociology, Sustainability, etc
  • Experience in a transit tech company
  • Experience in a transit agency


Don’t meet every single requirement? 
Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification in the job posting.
At Spare, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment so we strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't believe you meet every single qualification outlined. We also do our best to respond to all applications we receive.
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Job Profile

Regions

North America

Countries

Canada United States

Skills

Account management Communication Customer Relationship Management Excellent Communication Sales Transit Technology Urban Planning

Tasks
  • Develop proposals for large scale deployments
  • Drive revenue growth with existing customers
  • Ensure contract renewals
  • Identify up-sell and cross-sell opportunities
  • Maintain strong customer relationships
  • Provide feedback & forecasting on account activity
Experience

4+ years

Restrictions

Availability to travel frequently within Canada and the USA

Timezones

America/Anchorage America/Chicago America/Denver America/Edmonton America/Los_Angeles America/Moncton America/New_York America/Regina America/St_Johns America/Toronto America/Vancouver Pacific/Honolulu UTC-10 UTC-3 UTC-4 UTC-5 UTC-6 UTC-7 UTC-8 UTC-9