Account Manager II, SMB at Apollo.io

Austin, Texas, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
SaaS, Technology, Sales, MarketingIndustries

Requirements

  • Manage the entire sales process from initial conversation, trial management, negotiation, legal, and close with an average deal cycle of 30 days or less
  • Negotiate a high volume of renewals (~10) each month within your book of business
  • Manage a pipeline of primarily inbound inquiries from your book of business to identify, engage, and develop relationships with potential buyers
  • Take 5+ meetings per day between upsells and renewals, running 25+ meetings per week
  • Consistently create 3x pipeline month over month
  • Achieve and exceed monthly and quarterly quotas
  • Capable of time management and accountable to own your schedule to structure your day (e.g., running initial meetings, demos, Salesforce hygiene, customer escalations, follow-ups, pricing calls, company meetings)
  • Confident handling objections with prospects on calls
  • Ability to tier account list to identify top expansion opportunities and top ‘at risk’ accounts
  • Proficient in the sales process, especially Discovery step: asking consultative questions, actively listening, tying back to value and business outcomes
  • Collaborate with businesses that have a maximum of 200 employees
  • Communicate directly with Director and above level contacts primarily in sales, marketing, and RevOps departments
  • Effectively articulate how the platform solves customer challenges to drive expansion opportunities
  • Clearly articulate an overview of pipeline and deals in funnel at each stage
  • Accurately predict most likely outcomes within a 10% margin
  • Bring thinking, strategies, and ideas to advance company values, culture, and vision
  • Engage as your unique self in a diverse, inclusive, high-performing team
  • Thrive in a competitive environment, embracing challenges, enjoying objection handling, using setbacks to improve and win
  • Positive outlook, strong ability to take responsibility for successes and failures, relentless drive to improve
  • Maintain sharp focus on goals

Responsibilities

  • Drive expansion revenue and retention across a book of business (~500 accounts) in the SMB segment (1-200 employees)
  • Manage and grow relationships with existing customers
  • Ensure customers achieve desired outcomes with the platform
  • Maximize account value and identify expansion opportunities
  • Work closely with Customer Success, Support, Onboarding, and Product teams to deliver seamless customer experience

Skills

Account Management
Customer Retention
Revenue Expansion
Sales Pipeline Management
Renewal Negotiation
SMB Sales
Customer Success
Sales Process Execution
Deal Negotiation
Inbound Sales

Apollo.io

Sales intelligence and engagement platform

About Apollo.io

Apollo.io provides a platform designed to enhance sales processes and improve outreach for businesses. Its main features include prospecting intelligence, which helps users identify and research potential leads, and enrichment job change alerts that keep databases accurate with extensive data points. The platform also offers sales engagement analytics, allowing users to create multi-channel outreach sequences. Additionally, Apollo.io supports API integrations for data enrichment and custom workflows. Unlike many competitors, Apollo.io focuses on a subscription-based model that offers various pricing tiers, catering to both small businesses and large enterprises. The company's goal is to optimize sales strategies and increase revenue for its clients while ensuring data privacy and security through compliance with industry standards.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$244.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Financial Planning

Risks

Rapid growth may strain Apollo.io's operational capabilities and customer service.
New executive hires could lead to strategic shifts misaligned with customer expectations.
Emerging competitors like Zitadel may challenge Apollo.io's market position.

Differentiation

Apollo.io offers verified contact data for over 210 million B2B contacts.
The platform integrates sales intelligence with engagement tools in one unified solution.
Apollo.io's compliance with ISO, SOC 2, and GDPR ensures high data security standards.

Upsides

Apollo.io ranked 125 on the 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 with 954% growth.
The company raised $250 million, reaching a valuation of $1.6 billion.
Apollo.io's multi-channel outreach aligns with rising sales engagement trends.

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