Strategic Account Manager

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Account Management • $70,000 PA - $137,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Strategic Account Manager will work closely with the Enterprise Sales team to grow and manage enterprise-level accounts. Responsibilities include driving sales planning, monitoring account performance, cultivating relationships with agents, establishing thought leadership, executing in ambiguous environments, training partners, and resolving account-related issues. This role requires travel and involves working cross-functionally to drive adoption and optimize sales processes. The candidate needs to be tech-savvy, have strong presentation skills, and be passionate about the mission to protect families.
Must have:
  • Experience with Network Marketing Organizations.
  • 5 years experience in Life Insurance distribution.
  • Drive sales growth through distribution relationships.
  • Convey Ethos’ key points of differentiation and advantage.
  • Craft a value proposition to sell appropriate solutions.
  • Oversee partnership onboarding and relationship management.
  • Drive optimization of sales processes and integrations.
  • Design and drive execution of account growth plans.
  • Drive adoption by the agent force.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to provide solutions.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Self-starter attitude, thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to deliver training sessions, lead workshops, present.
Good to have:
  • Marketing and/or consumer sales experience preferred.
  • Experience scaling and optimizing enterprise partnerships and accounts preferred.
  • Tech savvy with insurtech and fintech opportunities.

Job Details

About Ethos

Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get life insurance for the next million families. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones. 

We leverage deep technology and data science to streamline the life insurance process, making it more accessible and convenient. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally multi-week process into a modern digital experience for our users that can take just minutes! We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. Our full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health.

We make getting life insurance easier, faster and better for everyone. 

Our investors include General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, SoftBank, and the investment vehicles of Jay-Z, Kevin Durant, Robert Downey Jr and others. This year, we were named on CB Insights' Global Insurtech 50 list and BuiltIn's Top 100 Midsize Companies in San Francisco. We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to protect the next million families! 

About the role:

The Strategic Account Manager will work closely with the Enterprise Sales team to grow and manage enterprise level accounts. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Lead post-deal partner management that includes, but isn’t limited to, driving sales planning, adoption of the Ethos offering and managing growth
  • Monitor and maintain account performance using data-driven metrics
  • Cultivate strong relationships with key agents and influencers
  • Establish thought leadership and help build a trusted brand
  • Roll up your sleeves and execute in ambiguous environments
  • Willingness to dive into the user experience, product road map and be the voice of the account partner to internal stakeholders
  • Train and enable account partners on new products and features, best practices, and growth opportunities
  • Serve as primary point of contact for account-related issues and work cross functionally to resolve challenges
  • Expected travel ~5 days/month

Qualification and Skills: 

  • Experience with Network Marketing Organizations
  • 5 years experience in Life Insurance distribution
  • Demonstrated sales development experience to drive sales growth through newly acquired distribution relationships with downline sub-agencies and agents
  • Competitive product and operational value chain knowledge to convey the story of Ethos’ key points of differentiation and advantage
  • Strength to craft a value proposition based on the needs of the partner and sell the appropriate solution per situation
  • Ability to oversee partnership onboarding, integration and relationship management to ensure a successful partnership
  • Ability to drive optimization of sales processes & integrations
  • Ability to design and drive execution of account growth rollout plans (e.g. integration plans, enablement, co-marketing efforts) with key stakeholders across the partner organization
  • History of working with marketing, operations and other cross-functional teams to drive adoption by the agent force
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to identify and provide comprehensive solutions for varying partner needs
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Self-starter attitude and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, autonomous team environment
  • Marketing and/or consumer sales experience preferred
  • Experience scaling and optimizing enterprise partnerships and accounts preferred
  • Tech savvy with a progressive and innovative view of insurtech and fintech opportunities in a mature industry
  • Strong presentation and public speaking skills with the ability to engage and influence diverse audiences
  • Ability to deliver training sessions, lead workshops, and present to executive-level stakeholders
  • Passionate about the mission to “protect the next millions of families”
  • Prefer candidates located within 1 hour drive of a major airport

#LI-Remote #LI-AG1

The US national pay range for this full-time position is $70,000 - $137,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary + applicable bonus only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion and look for applicants who understand, embrace and thrive in a multicultural world. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.

To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.

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About The Company

Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get term life insurance. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally 15-week process into a modern digital experience for our users. Ethos has raised over $400 million from Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Accel, and Google Ventures (GV). We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to join us in our mission to protect the next million families!

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