Job Details

Account Manager

The Account Manager drives renewals, expansions, and revenue growth within Criteria's mid-market existing customer base (companies with 100999 employees). This quota-carrying role is commercially focused and responsible for retaining and growing annual recurring revenue across a defined book of business.

The Account Manager partners closely with Customer Success to ensure alignment on customer health and value realization but owns the commercial relationship end-to-end (from renewal strategy through upsell execution and multiyear expansion).

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this role include:

• Own renewal and expansion outcomes for a defined portfolio of mid-market customers, achieving quarterly and annual GRR/NRR targets.
• Identify whitespace opportunities and lead commercial conversations around product expansions such as IIQ, Develop, or multiyear upgrades.
• Collaborate with Customer Success to align on customer health, usage trends, and risk mitigation plans.
• Execute renewal playbooks and manage all aspects of pricing, packaging, and negotiation in partnership with Legal and Finance.
• Maintain accurate pipeline hygiene, renewal forecasts, and opportunity management in Salesforce.
• Lead value-focused discussions with decision makers and champions to reinforce ROI and justify expansion.
• Provide customer insights and competitive feedback to help evolve go-to-market strategy and product positioning.

Requirements

To be successful in this role the incumbent will demonstrate the following:

• 5 years of experience in SaaS Account Management or Renewal Sales roles with a proven record of exceeding retention and upsell targets.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills; comfortable navigating procurement and multistakeholder buying cycles.
• Experience driving revenue growth within mid-market segments; HR Tech or Talent Solutions background a plus.
• Consultative, data-driven approach with ability to articulate value and business outcomes to senior HR and operations leaders.
• Highly organized and accountable with strong forecasting discipline and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Base salary: $75,000 - $80,000

Variable compensation: $68,000 - $72,000

OTE range: $143,000 - $152,000