Senior Director, Account Management

Final date to receive applications: 26 November 2026

Department: Sales

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Boston, MA

Reporting To: Mike D'Aloia

Compensation: $155K–$165K base salary, with a $260K–$275K OTE on a 60/40 base-to-variable split.

We’re now looking for a revenue-centric, consultative Senior Director, Account Manager to own and expand our existing enterprise customer relationships. The mission of our team is to drive the adoption of Zappi's agile research solutions, demonstrating the value of persistent audience insights to help customers make better business decisions. This role is focused on year-over-year growth, expansion of enterprise accounts, and maximizing customer lifetime value.

Account Expansion & Growth

• Cultivate and retain relationships with senior stakeholders within a set portfolio of accounts
• Identify new areas of growth within an organization. Growth can be defined (but not limited to) increasing existing user base, upselling to premium solutions, driving adoption within new business units and users, and cross-selling new solutions to existing users.
• Conduct in-depth discovery to understand customer innovation, advertising, and insights processes, ensuring Zappi solutions align with their strategic needs.
• Leverage a consultative selling approach to develop strategic solutions and enterprise agreements that deliver value to Zappi and the customer.
• Navigate complex enterprise organizations, working with multiple stakeholders including COEs, budget holders, senior marketers, and product leaders.

Renewals Management & Retention

• Own and manage the renewal bookings target and partner with Customer Success to achieve high Gross Bookings Retention (G ) and Net Bookings Retention (N ).
• Execute a structured renewals playbook, beginning renewal discussions at least 120 days in advance to maximize retention and upsell opportunities.
• Maximize renewal to drive YOY growth and secure long term, upfront, and early commitments within the customer base.

Customer Engagement & Advocacy

• Act as a strategic partner, driving long-term relationships and advocating for customers’ success with Zappi.
• Conduct multiple client-facing meetings per week, ensuring consistent engagement across all levels of the organization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Customer Success, Professional Services, Solution Strategy, and Marketing to enhance customer satisfaction and adoption.
• Provide clear forecasting, status updates, and strategic insights to internal teams to ensure renewal and expansion success.

• Significant enterprise selling experience, with a track record of driving contract expansion within complex organizations.
• Experience in the market research or consumer insights industry or selling market research solutions.
• Strong consultative sales skills, with the ability to align solutions to customer personas and business objectives.
• Apply defined qualification principles to strengthen renewals and upsell opportunities, ensuring alignment with economic buyers, decision criteria, and procurement processes.
• Maintain impeccable Salesforce hygiene, tracking deal timelines, forecast categories, and pipeline accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to drive YOY growth through account expansion and retention strategies.
• Excellent negotiation skills, capable of structuring enterprise contracts that drive customer value and financial growth for Zappi.
• Ability to manage relationships across multiple teams across complex large enterprise organizations with constantly changing priorities
• Strong grasp of budget cycles, procurement processes, and brand-based buying centers.
• High proficiency in forecasting, pipeline management, and Salesforce best…