Account Manager

Frontcareers
Chicago, IL
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience managing SaaS customer portfolios and building consultative relationships.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3–5 years of SaaS account management experience and a track record of managing renewals and upsells
    — “3–5 years in Account Management, Customer Success, or a related commercial role”
  • Individuals who thrive in B2B SaaS environments and can align customer priorities with product capabilities
    — “Lead strategic account planning: Create and execute account plans that align customer priorities with Front’s capabilities”
  • Professionals with strong cross-functional collaboration experience, especially with Customer Success and Support teams
    — “Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Sales, Support, Product, Marketing, and Services”

Things to consider

  • Requires a hybrid work arrangement with three days in-office per week in Chicago
    — “Front operates on a hybrid model — we come together in the office each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday”
  • Candidates must be comfortable with AI tools and have experience with customer experience or support products
    — “AI fluency: Comfort leveraging AI tools and Front’s AI capabilities to improve productivity”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in driving revenue through upsell and cross-sell in SaaS environments
    — “Drive revenue growth: Identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities”
  • Emphasize your ability to build long-term customer relationships and understand evolving business needs
    — “Build trusted customer relationships: Develop strong relationships with customer stakeholders”
  • Demonstrate your data fluency by showcasing how you've used metrics to guide commercial decisions
    — “Data fluency: Ability to interpret customer usage, engagement, and health data”
  • Showcase your experience in strategic account planning and aligning customer goals with product capabilities
    — “Lead strategic account planning: Create and execute account plans that align customer priorities”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • manage renewals and expansion opportunities
  • identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities
  • build trusted customer relationships
  • position Front’s broader value
  • partner with Customer Success
Typical background
sales experiencecustomer successaccount management

Skills & requirements

Required

Commercial AcumenCustomer EmpathyOperational RigorSales StrategyCustomer Relationship Management

Preferred

AI CapabilitiesProduct AdoptionValue RealizationCustomer Feedback Advocacy

Stack & domain

Commercial AcumenCustomer EmpathyOperational RigorCustomer OperationsB2B Complexity

About the role

Original posting from Frontcareers via Ashby

Front is the customer operations platform built for B2B complexity, keeping every team, tool, and customer conversation in sync so companies can scale without losing connection. Others handle simple interactions. Front handles the coordination and context behind complex B2B customer relationships. Over 9,000 companies, including Uber Freight, Navan, and Stripe, rely on Front because it's the only one that can run the operational layer that makes customer-facing work actually succeed.

Backed by Sequoia Capital and Salesforce Ventures, Front has raised $204M from leading venture capital firms and independent investors including top executives at Atlassian, Okta, Qualtrics, Zoom, and PagerDuty. Front has received numerous accolades, including a Certified Great Place to Work in 2026, https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7010601 Top Places to Work by USA Today 2025 https://topworkplaces.com/company/front/, Y Combinator's list of Top Companies in 2023 https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies, #4 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™ https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/bay-area/2022?category=small-and-medium ,Inc. Magazine's 2022 Best Workplaces list https://www.inc.com/best-workplaces/2022, and Forbes Best Startup Employers 2022 List https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/?sh=661411d52ad7.

As an Account Manager at Front, you will own the commercial health and growth of a portfolio of customers. This is a relationship-driven role where you’ll manage renewals, uncover expansion opportunities, and help customers get more value from Front over time.

You’ll partner closely with a dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM). While the CSM focuses on product adoption and value realization, you will own the commercial relationship—building trusted relationships with customer stakeholders, navigating complex opportunities, and delivering predictable revenue outcomes. This role is a great fit for someone who combines commercial acumen, customer empathy, and operational rigor.

What will you be doing?

  • Own the commercial lifecycle: Manage renewals and expansion opportunities across a portfolio of core customers, from early planning through negotiation and close.
  • Drive revenue growth: Identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities, run thoughtful discovery, build business cases, negotiate contracts, and close commercial deals.
  • Build trusted customer relationships: Develop strong relationships with customer stakeholders and understand their goals, challenges, and evolving business needs.
  • Position Front’s broader value: Introduce AI capabilities like Autopilot, Professional Services, premium support, and other relevant offerings to help customers automate workflows, accelerate time-to-value, and expand their use of Front.
  • Partner with Customer Success: Collaborate closely with your mapped CSM to use product usage data, health signals, and customer feedback to drive expansion and mitigate churn risk.
  • Lead strategic account planning: Create and execute account plans that align customer priorities with Front’s capabilities and identify paths to long-term growth.
  • Maintain operational excellence: Keep accurate CRM records, manage pipeline, forecast renewals and expansion, and consistently track customer and commercial activity.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Sales, Support, Product, Marketing, and Services to resolve issues, advocate for customer feedback, and improve the customer experience.

What skills and experience do you need?

  • Experience: 3–5 years in Account Management, Customer Success, or a related commercial role, ideally managing and growing a portfolio of SaaS customers.
  • Commercial acumen: A track record of owning revenue outcomes, including renewals, upsell, cross-sell, or expansion in a quota-carrying or metrics-driven environment.
  • Customer relationship skills: Ability to build credibility with a range of stakeholders, understand business priorities, and communicate value clearly.
  • Strategic and consultative approach: Strong discovery, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to connect customer needs to practical solutions.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Experience partnering with Customer Success, Support, Product, Services, and other teams to deliver customer and business outcomes.
  • Operational rigor: Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities, timelines, and stakeholders without losing momentum.
  • Data fluency: Ability to interpret customer usage, engagement, and health data to prioritize action and make informed commercial decisions.
  • AI fluency: Comfort leveraging AI tools and Front’s AI capabilities to improve productivity, identify customer opportunities, and demonstrate value.
  • SaaS experience: Experience working in B2B SaaS is required; experience with customer experience, support, collaboration, or communications products is a plus.

Front operates on a hybrid model — we come together in the office each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to collaborate and stay connected.

What we offer

  • Competitive salary
  • Equity (we are post-series D & backed by some of the best VCs in the US)
  • Private health insurance, including plan options at no cost to employees
  • Paid parental leave
  • Flexible time off policy
  • Flexibility to work from home Monday and Friday, unless posted as a fully remote role
  • Mental health support with Workplace Options
  • Family planning support with Maven
  • $100 per month Lifestyle Stipend to spend on fitness, health and wellness, and other activities
  • Wellness Days - Fronteers get an additional day off on months with no holidays
  • Winter Break - Our offices are closed from Christmas to New Year's Day!

Front provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand the California Recruiting Privacy Notice https://front.com/legal/california-recruiting-privacy-notice & EU Privacy Notice https://front.com/legal/eu-recruiting-privacy-notice

Source: Frontcareers careers (Ashby)

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