Key Account Manager RJ Region (Gerente de Contas Estratégicas Regional RJ) - Rio de Janeiro / RJ (Hybrid)

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation.</strong> More than 50,000 leading and fast-growing businesses run on our corporate cards, bill pay, financing and B2B payments, and in 2025 the Financial Times named Clara the region’s fastest-growing company. We’re passionate about helping every company we work with become more effective—and, through that, raising the region’s competitiveness. We’re ~400 people, backed by Notable Capital, Coatue, Kaszek, monashees, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs, among others.</p></div><p><strong>What you'll do</strong></p> <p>We're looking for a Key Account Manager to manage and develop a strategic portfolio of Clara clients in the Rio de Janeiro. Preferably based in Rio de Janeiro City, this person will be responsible for building long-term relationships with clients and, above all, driving sustainable growth within the portfolio by identifying expansion opportunities, increasing usage, and driving adoption of new Clara solutions.</p> <p>We're looking for someone with commercial energy, an ownership mindset, and a strong results orientation, who can turn client knowledge into concrete business opportunities. This is a strategic portfolio management role, with close client engagement and strong interface with different areas of Clara. Success in this role will be directly tied to the ability to retain, develop, and expand clients, increasing the value generated through the relationship with Clara.</p> <p><strong>Key responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage and develop a portfolio of strategic clients in the RJ state.</li> <li>Build strong, long-term relationships with different stakeholders and decision-makers, including C-level executives.</li> <li>Develop a deep understanding of each client's business, challenges, and financial processes, identifying value-generation opportunities.</li> <li>Develop and execute growth strategies for the portfolio, focused on increasing TPV, revenue, usage, and share of wallet.</li> <li>Identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities, expanding the use of Clara's solutions within client accounts.</li> <li>Proactively identify opportunities, rather than limiting activity to client-driven demand.</li> <li>Lead commercial negotiations and expansion processes with clients.</li> <li>Create development plans for key accounts, prioritizing the opportunities with the greatest business impact.</li> <li>Monitor portfolio indicators, identifying risks, opportunities, and action plans.</li> <li>Conduct meetings, business reviews, and in-person client visits.</li> <li>Work in partnership with Customer Happ