Account Director, Expansion

Highlight USA

Company

Highlight

Location

USA

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Who We Are 
30,000 products are launched every year, and 90% of them fail. Highlight is the first and only end-to-end agile product testing platform, enabling the efficient collection of scaled product performance data. Brands like Nestle, P&G, and Estee Lauder rely on Highlight for competitive benchmarking, pre-launch formulation testing, in-market product renovation, and more, to optimize product success. Highlight, launched in 2021, has seen runaway growth and scale, having tested hundreds of products at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional analog methods, and becoming the dominant SaaS platform in the product testing space. Highlight is a woman-owned, minority-owned startup on a mission to create better products for people and the planet. We’re a diverse and collaborative team committed to fostering an environment of innovation, impact, and growth.
 
As a Strategic Account Director, you play a pivotal role as a trusted advisor to our strategic customers, driving business transformation and amplifying Highlight's impact. Your mission is to propel customer value realization, foster opportunity progression, and surpass expansion growth targets, all while maintaining a sharp focus on enhancing recurring revenue streams. Backed by a skilled cross-functional team, you'll chart the course for expansion strategy at the account level, ensuring our customers unlock unparalleled value from Highlight.



Your Impact
  • Spearhead and guide customer expansion efforts within your account base, meticulously managing a diverse portfolio of initiatives while nurturing robust relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Implement Highlight's strategic account planning framework, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and maximizing growth opportunities within your book of business.
  • Facilitate seamless communication between internal teams and strategic accounts, championing overall revenue growth and success.
  • Provide accurate forecasts of expansion sales outlooks and deliver detailed reports with actionable insights to leadership on a weekly basis.
  • Prioritize daily activities to drive expansion progress in existing strategic accounts, while supporting Customer Success and Account Executives in effectively expanding strategic accounts.
  • Collaborate closely with internal Engineering, Customer Success, and Product teams to address strategic account development needs and drive innovation.
  • Maintain regular communication with strategic expansion accounts, offering valuable insights, guidance, and training to drive organizational success.



About You
  • Possess 5-7 years of experience in Market Research with extensive customer-facing interaction.
  • Demonstrate a passion for cultivating long-term customer relationships and exceeding sales goals.
  • Showcase exceptional communication and presentation skills, coupled with strong organization and project planning abilities.
  • Exhibit adeptness in working with diverse customer profiles, from Procurement to CEO to R&D and Consumer Insights.
  • Possess the ability to establish strong rapport and credibility both externally and internally across the organization.
  • Excel in proactive communication, both written and verbal, and embrace collaboration and coaching to achieve collective success.



Benefits
  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision) with 100% premiums covered
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Flexible, remote WFH culture
  • Access to the iconic Hearst Tower & its facilities in NYC (should you choose to ever be in person)
  • Compensation: OTE between $200,000 - $250,000
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Highlight, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful. We are committed to building a team that comes from a wide range of backgrounds - including but not limited to - race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, disability, and veteran status. If you’re someone who can think rigorously and isn’t afraid to challenge assumptions, join us.
 
We've built a world-class team with decades of experience in the space. We’ve encountered the problems we’re trying to solve first hand and care deeply about making better products. We’ve been fortunate to raise a seed round from First Round Capital as well as experienced angels and insiders to help us further our mission. We’re also a passionate, capable, and empathetic team who live by our Humans First value. We have fun, we care about one another, and we’re all in on tacos.
Apply Now

Date Posted

03/12/2024

Views

7

Back to Job Listings ❤️Add To Job List Company Info View Company Reviews
Positive
Subjectivity Score: 0.8

Similar Jobs

Account Executive - Federal - Armada

Views in the last 30 days - 0

This job posting seeks an Account Executive for federal civilian government sales with responsibilities including sales strategy relationship building...

View Details

Senior Director - Product Marketing Operations and Competitive Intelligence - PagerDuty

Views in the last 30 days - 0

This job description outlines a leadership role in product marketing operations requiring experience in B2B marketing team management and strategic in...

View Details

Account Executive - Mercury

Views in the last 30 days - 0

The Account Executive role at Mercury involves selling modern banking solutions to diverse businesses requiring adaptability strategic thinking and a ...

View Details

Senior Account Executive - Mercury

Views in the last 30 days - 0

The job posting highlights Mercurys mission to provide modern business banking solutions seeking Account Executives who can adapt and thrive in a fast...

View Details

Director - Business Analytics & Insights - GitLab

Views in the last 30 days - 0

This role involves leading analytics initiatives to drive strategic decisions at GitLab working with crossfunctional teams and leveraging data tools t...

View Details

Director of Operations - Finalsite

Views in the last 30 days - 0

Finalsites job posting highlights their platforms impact on K12 schools and a remote Director of Operations role with responsibilities spanning sales ...

View Details