Relationship Manager, SMB

The SMB Relationship Manager is a crucial role that acts as a bridge between Lattice and our customers. This role focuses on building and maintaining strong relationships with customers and understanding their needs.  You’re motivated by ensuring our customers can make work meaningful for their teams through the successful implementation and ongoing satisfaction with the Lattice Platform. 

You’ll work closely with both the sales and technical teams to ensure the smooth communication and execution of projects, as well as the identification of opportunities for upselling and cross-selling to meet and exceed your quota.  This is an exciting opportunity for a closer to help Lattice win market share in a competitive and team-oriented environment!

This role will need to be onsite in either our San Francisco, CA office or our New York, NY office 1-2 days per week.

What You Will Do:

  • Build relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders across a dedicated customer base
  • Drive customer decision-making by achieving a shared vision and proactively considering the value propositions that tie all stakeholders together
  • Drive customer growth by proactively identifying opportunities to deliver greater customer value
  • Sell with integrity while also thinking commercially including, but not limited to
    • Applying business acumen when crafting & negotiating commercial agreements
    • Using data and insights to support investment recommendations or overcome customer objections
    • Proactively mitigating churn risk by adopting a holistic, customer-centric approach
    • Applying business acumen in account planning by considering economic, industry, and company factors with a customer-centric lens
    • Mapping all key stakeholders in an account to assess the strength of the account relationship and create account outreach strategy
  • Operate with a high level of customer orientation including, but not limited to
    • Researching customers’ businesses and preparing thoughtful questions and insights in advance of customer meetings
    • Asking layered, open-ended questions to understand and clarify customers’ objectives and challenges beyond surface-level detail
    • Adapting and shifting communication style and content to fit the needs of different stakeholders
    • Leading with solutions, not products, when making recommendations aligned to customer objectives
    • Engaging customers consistently to confirm and clarify value and adapt a strategy when needed to optimize ROI
  • Maintain joint accountability with cross-functional teams for customer success
  • Consistently practice humility - seeking guidance from colleagues when faced with novel challenges or untested scenarios
  • Maintain discipline in territory and account planning, forecasting, quota attainment, and using the CRM and other sales tools

What You Will Bring to the Table

  • 3-4 years of applicable, relevant sales experience
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and forecasting skills
  • Experience working in a B2B SaaS environment is required, experience working with the HR Technology space is preferred
  • Excellent negotiation and accurate forecasting skills required
  • Experience carrying a revenue target or quota with the ability to develop compelling strategies that deliver results is required
  • Demonstrated ability to find and manage high-level business in an evangelistic sales environment, including
    • Ability to gather and use data to inform decision-making and persuade others
    • Ability to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyers
    • Ability to orchestrate the closure of business with an accurate understanding of prospect needs
    • Ability to include multiple partners and members of the company management team using competitive selling to position company products against direct and indirect competitors
  • Proficiency with tools including Salesforce, Gainsight, Drift, Google Suite, and Slack

The estimated annual cash salary for this role is $72,900 - $85,800. This position is also eligible for incentive stock options, subject to the terms of Lattice’s applicable plans.

This position is also eligible for variable compensation of $48,600 - $57,200 subject to personal performance, company performance, and the terms of Lattice’s applicable plans.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Emergency Weather Support; Wellness Apps; Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time; Commuter & Parking Accounts; Lunches in the Office; Workplace Amenities Stipend, Internet and Phone Stipend; One time WFH Office Set-Up Stipend; 401(k) retirement plan; Financial Planning; Learning & Development Budget; Sabbatical Program; and Invest in Your People Fund

*Note on Pay Transparency:

Lattice provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location, as Lattice factors in specific location when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.

Additionally, Lattice leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lattice reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Relationship Manager, SMB

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