Account Manager

ALTEN Technology USA
Irvine, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Engineering professionals with business acumen and relationship-building skills will find this role in sales and consulting services.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with engineering or business degrees and experience in client-facing roles
    — “Bachelor's degree is required, MSc or BSc degree in engineering or business is highly preferred”
  • Individuals who thrive in a consultative and collaborative role with technical teams
    — “Travel to existing and prospective customer sites to understand and develop solutions to support customer needs, with support from the technical team as needed.”
  • Professionals who can manage multiple responsibilities including sales, team building, and project follow-up
    — “Creating new business opportunities by prospecting new customers within engineering sectors”

Things to consider

  • US citizenship or permanent residency is required for this role
    — “only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position”
  • The role involves managing a team and requires independent decision-making
    — “Ability to work under minimal supervision”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in building and maintaining client relationships on your resume
    — “Building close customer relationships and staying in close contact with customer managers to gain trust and develop business needs.”
  • Emphasize your ability to manage both sales and team development in your interview responses
    — “By coaching your consultants and by creating continuous opportunities for them you create a dynamic and committed environment which helps stimulate business and support our customers.”
  • Showcase your track record in closing service-based contracts in your application materials
    — “Close deals on service-based contracts (fixed-price, delivery-based) or on time-based contracts (delegation of consultants)”
  • Demonstrate your experience with Salesforce and data tracking in your resume
    — “Work within Salesforce to track leads and sales performance data.”
  • Include examples of your ability to identify and qualify engineering talent for client needs
    — “Continuously interview and match candidates to have already qualified talent ready to meet customer’s current and anticipated needs”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • new business opportunities
  • customer satisfaction
  • team management
Typical background
engineeringbusiness

Skills & requirements

Required

SalesCustomer Relationship ManagementBusiness DevelopmentProject Management

Preferred

Cold CallingNetworking

Stack & domain

SalesConsultingRecruitmentManagementCommunicationAnalyticalOrganizationalDecision-makingLeadershipTeamworkProblem-solvingCustomer ServiceNegotiationNetworkingEngineeringAerospaceMedical DevicesRoboticsAutomotiveCommercial VehiclesEvsRail

About the role

Original posting from ALTEN Technology USA via Greenhouse

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Summary:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: As Account Manager for ALTEN you will be responsible for sales and consulting services, recruitment, and management of engineering consultants in a professional and international environment. In short, your job will be to strive for happy ALTEN consultants and satisfied customers. By coaching your consultants and by creating continuous opportunities for them you create a dynamic and committed environment which helps stimulate business and support our customers. 

ALTEN offers a well-defined career path which enables you as a manager to stay and grow professionally within the company. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. Management may modify, change or add to the duties of this description at any time without notice. The essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

Supervisory Needs and Responsibilities

Creating new business opportunities by prospecting new customers within engineering sectors

Manage existing account relationships supporting active Client projects

Optimizing business profitability with mid-size accounts

Close deals on service-based contracts (fixed-price, delivery-based) or on time-based contracts (delegation of consultants)

Responsible for determining proposal and pricing strategy to close sales and win business. Support the company to meet its commercial objectives

Continuously interview and match candidates to have already qualified talent ready to meet customer’s current and anticipated needs

Organizing & coordinating the commercial relationships with your partners

Building close customer relationships and staying in close contact with customer managers to gain trust and develop business needs.

Overseeing the consultant career evolution (annual review, training...)

Building your own team of engineering consultants

Ensure customer' satisfaction, project follow-up

Manage your P&L statement for your business unit

Work within Salesforce to track leads and sales performance data.

Travel to existing and prospective customer sites to understand and develop solutions to support customer needs, with support from the technical team as needed.

Minimum Qualifications Skills:

Bachelor's degree is required, MSc or BSc degree in engineering or business is highly preferred

1-3 years of work experience

Experience in cold calling and targeted business prospection efforts is preferred with ability to establish a network of relevant engineering contacts and customers.

Excellent communication skills.

Ability to maintain strong business professional relationships. Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.

Ability to work under minimal supervision. Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed.

Ability to be coachable and adaptable in a changing environment.

Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000 + 25k Bonus 

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience 

MANDATORY FOR ALL REMOTE/HYBRID AND/OR CALIFORNIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, HAWAII, COLORADO, MARYLAND, CONNECTICUT, ILLINOIS, MINNESOTA, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, NEVADA, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND, WASHINGTON STATE & CINCINNATI, OHIO, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, TOLEDO, OHIO BASED ROLES. 

Note: Due to the nature of the work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position. - OPTIONAL 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

Source: ALTEN Technology USA careers (Greenhouse)

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