Director, Account Management

 

Who Are We?

Bottomline is on a mission to be the world’s leading business payments company, aligning our team to the common purpose of transforming the way businesses pay and get paid.

It is a journey that goes around the world serving financial institutions and companies in more than 90 countries. Our Portsmouth office is the central strategic hub in the US as well as one of the go-to market global centers of excellence, conveniently positioned to enable a fulfilling and flexible, hybrid work-life balance. A place to collaborate and share knowledge share across multidisciplinary teams, it also provides the perfect space to meet virtually with our colleagues across time zones.

Culture and Values

We are one global team, who work with and for each other in a drive to delight customers through excellent execution, which fuels how we create and grow sustained business value for our customers, our team and all who partner with us. Our culture encourages people to be brave and curious, to drive to closure and to ensure our values and principles are lived out daily.  We excel at Bottomline because we are positive and passionate about building a #LifeAtBottomline 

Role

We are looking for a Director, Account Management to be responsible for leading a team of Client Success Managers and Associates that together drive client delight, which results in client retention and expansion through increased payment volume and revenue.  The Director understands and helps his/her team communicate key client value drivers – security, automation, rebate – and builds a strategy that ensures the team has the knowledge and tools to execute these objectives.

In this role, you will be responsible for building a team that is assertive and understands its customers, and tactfully steers the team to success. The Director works efficiently across the entire Paymode-X line of business – Vendor Enrollment, Product, Sales, Marketing – all of which are critical to the success of the client portfolio. The Director will also build and maintain key relationships with the Channel Managers, Banks, and directly with Clients.

You are also responsible for the ongoing enablement, coaching, and measuring of the Client Success team, ensuring consistent client experience and knowledge building.

How you'll contribute:

• Lead Your Team to Maintain & Grow Our Client Base
  • Lead the CSMs and CSAs to become their clients trusted advisors; while also strategically developing client, vendor, and internal relationships yourself
  • Drive the team to effective Monthly and Quarterly reviews, communicating status of value realization, identifying areas of opportunity, and resolving open issues and challenges
  • Develop success plans that CSM/As can use to align Client business goals with Bottomline’s products, solutions and services
  • Leverage data to analyze and drive CSM/As performance as well as key client, vendor, and channel metrics (e.g. usage, transaction volume, vendor enrollment, etc.)
  • Provide primary point of contact support for bank channel
  • Enable, drive, and track CSM/As to uncover new business within existing Clients; identify new stakeholders within the Client organization and facilitate introductions to Sales.
  • Ensure the team understands and presents our product roadmap to Clients, articulating how those investments translate to business value.

• Provide leadership and guidance by coaching, motivating, and leading team members to achieve their MBO goals, high performance levels, and career development
• Defend against competition while identifying and mitigating any churn risk with our client portfolio
• Step into client escalations as needed and work towards a timely resolution
• Ensure rigorous attention to detail in SFDC and other business systems for tracking and reporting purposes; constantly evaluate process, reporting, and tools to improve efficiency and productivity
• Serve as a positive, dynamic leader that displays extreme ownership and strong work ethic

• Collaborate with Key Internal Stakeholders:

• • Collaborate with Implementation team leadership to ensure consistent, successful kickoffs and expedited time to revenue
  • Deeply understand the Vendor Enrollment process, identifying areas for improvement that will drive efficiency, higher enrollment rates, and higher revenue.
  • Advocate on behalf of CSM/As and Clients within Paymode X, collaborating across sales, vendor enrollment, marketing, product, implementation, operations, support and executive leadership teams.
  • Facilitate open lines of communication between Product and our CSM/As and Clien