Key Account Manager

Affirm Affirm · Fintech · Canada, United States · Remote · Client Success

This role is for a Key Account Manager in the fintech space, focusing on driving growth and managing strategic merchant relationships. It involves contract negotiation, pricing, and developing account plans to increase product adoption and revenue. The role requires strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as a SME and team lead across omni-retail for best practices on managing accounts, driving outcomes and building relationships.
  2. You will oversee a portfolio of key accounts and will be responsible for developing and driving strategic initiatives including complex contract negotiation, pricing and expansion opportunities to drive revenue and General Merchandise Volume (GMV).
  3. You will lead and execute account plans that include financing optimizations, executive relationship engagement, and marketing strategies, often against ambitious timelines.
  4. You will analyze partner performance and recommend programs to increase product adoption, grow up-funnel awareness and visibility, and sell into expansion opportunities.
  5. You will orchestrate cross-functional teams across our Product, Technical, Credit, Analytics, Marketing, and Risk teams to execute partnership initiatives and drive business results.

Skills

Required

  • B2B client-facing experience
  • account growth/impact
  • negotiating and closing large, complex commercial contracts
  • written and verbal communication skills
  • leading cross-functional projects
  • build and manage productive internal and external relationships
  • analytical abilities

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of retail
  • consumer finance offerings
  • integrated software solutions
  • e-commerce
  • Salesforce
  • standard BI tools