Senior Technical Account Manager

Affirm
CA
Remote

Who this role is best for

Best suited to senior technical professionals with client-facing experience who thrive in remote settings and have a background in payments or web/mobile architecture.

Best fit for

  • Senior technical professionals with 5+ years in client-facing roles.
    — “5+ years experience as a TAM, Solutions Engineer, or other customer facing technical role
  • Candidates comfortable discussing technical concepts with developers.
    — “Confidence and fluency when discussing technical concepts with developers
  • Individuals with strong project management and communication skills.
    — “Strong project management skills, capable of influencing internal and external partners to stay on schedule

Things to consider

  • Requires comfort with writing code in at least one language.
    — “Comfortable writing code in at least one language
  • Must be able to quickly resolve critical technical issues.
    — “quickly resolve critical technical issues for your accounts

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of resolving complex technical issues for clients.
    — “quarterback multi-departmental efforts to resolve complicated issues in a timely manner
  • Demonstrate familiarity with the payments ecosystem in your application.
    — “Familiarity with the payments ecosystem
  • Showcase your ability to drive new feature and product adoption.
    — “driving new feature and product adoption with retail partners
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • implement Affirm products into merchants' architecture
  • resolve critical technical issues
Typical background
experience in technical account managementbackground in web/mobile application architecture

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical Account ManagementProject ManagementProblem-solvingCommunicationWeb/mobile Application Architecture

Preferred

Payments Ecosystem Knowledge

Stack & domain

Programming LanguagesWeb/mobile Application ArchitecturePayments EcosystemCommunicationProject ManagementInfluencingTechnical Account ManagementCustomer SuccessMerchant Onboarding

About the role

Original posting from Affirm via Greenhouse

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

 

As a Senior Technical Account Manager you will be responsible for the technical success of our largest merchants post-sale. You will advise their developers, product teams, and key business partners throughout the entire customer lifecycle. You will be responsible for implementing our products into merchants’ existing architecture and you will continue to work with them as they scale. You will help them not only to avoid pitfalls, but to take advantage of more of Affirm’s offerings; solving business objectives with technical strategies and product optimizations. Technical Account Managers are a part of the Engineering Team and work closely with Affirm’s Product, Operations, Customer Success and Merchant Help teams.

What You’ll Do

Lead the technical relationships for a named set of merchants within a vertical or category; you will be responsible for building the trust of your technical counterparts while also fostering long-term relationships with all merchant partners

Manage and provide technical guidance for new merchant integrations, reducing your merchants' risk by actively working with them to identify problematic technical approaches and driving new feature and product adoption with retail partners, including betas and pilots

Support clients through their lifetime as Affirm partners; quickly resolve critical technical issues for your accounts; quarterback multi-departmental efforts to resolve complicated issues in a timely manner

Provide early feedback to engineering and product teams while iterating on new products

Identify areas to improve operational efficiencies and onboard our merchants more quickly

What We Look For

5+ years experience as a TAM, Solutions Engineer, or other customer facing technical role where you owned key developer relationships

Comfortable reading code in at least two programming languages

Exceptional communication skills, with a deep command of the written word (please submit a cover letter when applying - we actually read them!)

Confidence and fluency when discussing technical concepts with developers

Validated ability to lead important client relationships

Strong project management skills, capable of influencing internal and external partners to stay on schedule

Bachelor’s degree with a record of pushing yourself academically or equivalent practical experience

Degree in a technical major (Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, etc.) or bootcamp grad

Familiarity with the payments ecosystem

Familiarity with web/mobile application architecture

Comfortable writing code in at least one language

Pay Grade - L

Equity Grade - 4

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills. 

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $133,000 - $183,000

#LI-Remote

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include: 

Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents 

Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses

Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge

ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Source: Affirm careers (Greenhouse)

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