Account Manager

Leap Event Technology is a remote-friendly company. This position is open to any candidate in North America.

WHO WE ARE:

Leap is revolutionizing the event technology industry by empowering organizers to create experiences that are more engaging, more thrilling, and more impactful than ever before. Our all-in-one suite of ticketing, mobile apps, experiential marketing, and patron management tools, combined with our expert marketing services, allows organizers to drive nonstop engagement and capture all customer data from their entire event. That’s why iconic brands like New York Comic Con, Bonnaroo, Illuminarium, and the NHL choose us to power their events.

We are a diverse and passionate team of event experts and fans who are dedicated to helping organizers transform their event experiences. Like our clients, we live and breathe events. We take our passion, knowledge, and hands-on experience and apply it to our work every single day. With offices in Dallas, Montreal, and Sydney, and an expansive remote workforce across the globe, our diverse backgrounds give us the experience needed to create incredible events for any industry, anywhere in the world.

The Strategic Account Manager, Sports is responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with Leap’s premier sports clients - including top leagues, teams, and venues—by understanding their fan engagement strategies, seasonal initiatives, and overall business goals. This role is critical in delivering high-impact fan experiences through Leap’s integrated platform, including mobile apps, ticketing, marketing, and experiential technology.

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Strategic Account Management, the Strategic Account Manager supports the health and growth of key clients and events—by developing account strategies, executing renewals, and identifying growth opportunities. This includes driving cross-sell and upsell initiatives, supporting sponsor activations, and helping clients exceed their KPIs across event performance, engagement, and revenue.

Success in this role requires a collaborative and client-focused mindset, a commercial disposition, and the ability to align Leap’s solutions with each partner’s unique goals. Strong relationship management, proactive account planning, and a deep understanding of the sports and live event landscape are essential.

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AS A STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER, YOU WILL:

• Manage a portfolio of high-value sports and agency client accounts; cultivate long-term client relationships to drive client success and retention. Meet quarterly and annual retention goals. 

• Fully engage with clients to understand their business objectives and goals, proactively monitor the accounts, and maintain overall account health and client satisfaction ratings.

• Align fully with Leap’s Sports, Brands, & Agencies vertical objectives and maintain a solid knowledge of Leap’s products, services, and partnerships; ensure clients are updated on relevant solutions.

• Negotiate and execute client renewals. Proactively look for cross sale and upsell opportunities that benefit the client; support sponsor sales where appropriate.

• Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g., Sports, Brands, & Agencies Vertical Lead, Sales, Project Management, Finance, Event Operations, Client Support, Product) to develop and execute tailored account plans. 

• Proactively identify and mitigate at-risk accounts based on account health metrics and create action plans to reduce risks. Serve as a point of escalation for internal team members when project risk needs to be discussed with the client.

• Be a part of our largest client onsales and deployments. Collaborate with the client on their marketing plans and be present in the client’s war room when appropriate; maintain communication between the client and internal teams.  

• Be a point of escalation for the client and project team for scope change requests. Document and execute change orders for changes to scope and receive client sign-off. Ensure internal teams are made aware of changes to scope. 

• Support Sales Operations and Client Support by keeping thorough and up-to-date Salesforce records. Ensure team members have access to all information needed to support sports clients.  

• Generate post-event and year-end reports with insights and metrics that outline statistics, successes, and opportunities for growth. 

• Lead and facilitate pro