About the Role
An exciting and challenging position exists as the Manager, Key Accounts within CoolIT's Business Development Department. As a leader on the Business Development team, you will be a key contributor to CoolIT's continued and aggressive growth, supporting the company's client relationship and revenue growth strategy with key accounts and channel partners.
Responsibilities
- Oversee commercial aspects of client relationships, including program pipeline, product forecast, new product development, pricing, schedules, and escalations.
- Develop account management plans for Cloud Service Providers to achieve double-digit YoY revenue growth.
- Advocate for clients within the company and maintain high client satisfaction.
- Manage a diverse team of Key Account Managers and Technical Sales Engineers.
- Ensure team adherence to the selling process.
- Collaborate with the Marketing team to generate industry-leading sales collateral and proposals.
- Engage with Product and Engineering teams to understand hardware and services, incorporating client feedback into products.
- Regularly review and negotiate client-related contracts.
- Ensure adherence to company policies and procedures.
- Travel internationally (20% or greater).
Requirements
- Strategic thinker with ability to develop and execute complex business plans and initiatives.
- Knowledge of data center and IT markets.
- Awareness of data center cooling strategies.
Skills
- Enjoys and contributes to a collaborative culture.
- Self-motivated with a thirst for knowledge and fast execution.
- Passionate about new technologies.
- Believes in being ethical and a good person.
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience in complex, multi-stakeholder account management roles, focused on large enterprise IT companies.
- 3+ years of experience managing teams of 10 or more, as well as cross-functional contributors.
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business Administration, Commerce, or equivalent.
Benefits
- Vacation and flex days.
- Paid company-wide shutdown during the holiday season.
- Comprehensive dental benefits.
- Comprehensive drug benefits.
- Comprehensive optical benefits.
- Comprehensive paramedical benefits.
- Health Spending Account.
- Benefits covered by CoolIT from day one.
- Casual yet professional dress code.
- Retention rewards (additional vacation time and monetary bonus).
- Company-funded RRSP contributions.
