Technical Account Manager

About Kinaxis

Are you looking to join an innovative, market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career? At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, we are serious about technology, we are serious about customers, and we are serious about not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story, then we might just be the place for you!

Are you looking to join an innovative, market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career? At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, we are serious about technology, we are serious about customers, and we are serious about not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story, then we might just be the place for you!

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, 6 global office and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling our customers to make faster, better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today’s volatility and disruption.

With more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries, we are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

• Ottawa and Toronto, Canada
  - Hybrid
• Other Canada and US locations
  - Remote

The Technical Account Manager (TAM) serves as the strategic technical advisor for Kinaxis’ most complex and strategic customers. This role develops deep expertise in customer environments and business processes, providing leadership and guidance that helps customers maximize solution value, improve operational performance, and achieve long-term business outcomes. As a recognized subject matter expert, the TAM proactively manages solution health, identifies optimization opportunities, mitigates technical risk, and leads complex customer initiatives that drive adoption, stability, scalability, and retention.

This role partners closely with Customer Success, Product Management, Support, Cloud Operations, and customer Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to influence both customer outcomes and internal product and service improvements.

This is an existing job vacancy

• Serve as the primary technical advisor for a portfolio of strategic customers.
• Develop deep expertise in customer environments, business processes, and solution architecture.
• Lead technical reviews to identify risks, optimization opportunities, and improvement plans.
• Investigate complex technical issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive resolution.
• Recommend and implement solution improvements, engaging cross functional teams as scope and complexity require. Maintain technical ownership of customer production environments and overall solution health.
• Partner with Customer Success, Support, Product Management, and Cloud Operations to drive customer outcomes.
• Advise customers on best practices, platform capabilities, and evolving business requirements.
• Identify recurring issues, product gaps, and enhancement opportunities to improve customer outcomes.
• Contribute to TAM standards, methodologies, and knowledge sharing across the organization.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Supply Chain, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years in customer-facing technical such as Technical Account Manager, Solution Consultant, Customer Success Engineer, or similar positions.
• 3+ years of hands-on Kinaxis Maestro experience (solution development/authoring, configuration, integrations/data flows, and troubleshooting)
• Deep expertise supporting enterprise SaaS solutions and complex customer environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and technical problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to influence technical and business stakeholders and build trusted customer relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex customer initiatives and work independently in ambiguous environments.
• Experience in supply chain, planning, logistics, manufacturing, or related enterprise business processes preferred.
• Working knowledge of SQL, APIs, data analysis, reporting, or scripting tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to travel to customer sites

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