About Gusto
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 400,000 businesses nationwide.
Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
We are looking for a strategic and results-driven Account Manager to own customer relationships, maximize retention, and drive account expansion within a dedicated Book of Business (BoB). This role requires a balance of Sales, Customer Success, and Account Management skills to ensure customers realize the full value of Gusto’s products while identifying new opportunities for growth.
Key Responsibilities:Account Management & Customer Success
- Manage a dedicated BoB, ensuring high engagement, adoption, and long-term customer satisfaction at scale.
- Build and nurture relationships to uncover cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
- Guide customers through key moments that matter along our customer journey to maximize value realization, drive expansion, and proactively reduce churn.
- Leverage product insights and customer data to assess account health and drive proactive outreach.
Sales & Opportunity Identification
- Identify and execute on growth opportunities by addressing additional customer pain points with Gusto’s suite of products.
- Utilize a hunter and farmer approach to both maintain and expand customer relationships.
- Own outbound prospecting, pitching, and closing within existing accounts to drive revenue growth.
Prioritization & Agility
- Use data-driven insights to prioritize accounts, ensuring focus on the highest-impact opportunities.
- React quickly to customer needs while maintaining a proactive, strategic approach to retention and expansion.
- Align with internal teams to ensure customers receive best-in-class service and product solutions.
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven experience in B2B SaaS Customer Success, Account Management, or Sales with a track record of driving retention and expansion revenue.
- Experience in managing a large book of business and operating at scale.
- Strong ability to analyze customer data, assess account health, and execute targeted outreach.
- Excellent relationship management and communication skills with a consultative, customer-first approach.
- Deep understanding of Gusto’s products and the ability to translate customer pain points into tailored solutions.
- A strategic mindset with the ability to prioritize, adapt, and execute in a fast-paced environment.
If you're passionate about driving customer success, maximizing retention, and uncovering growth opportunities, we’d love to hear from you!
Our cash compensation range for this role is $95,000 to $130,000 OTE in Denver, and most remote locations.. Remote locations will vary based on our geographical pay approach. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
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What We Do
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 300,000 businesses.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
Why Work With Us
When you join Gusto, you become part of a diverse and passionate community dedicated to empowerment, innovation, and providing meaningful solutions. Join us in building a world where work truly empowers a better life. Build with Gusto!
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