Strategic Account Manager, Food & Beverage

The Role
The Strategic Account Management organization is looking for a tenured customer-facing professional to manage relationships with some of Square's largest sellers and grow our Restaurant Strategic Accounts program. This program establishes, retains, and grows Square's most valuable and engaged single-brand sellers.
You will work with business owners and c-level executives to find creative ways for Square's first and third-party ecosystem to solve their complex business needs across verticals and channels. You will enable sellers to grow with Square while serving as an upmarket seller advocate to product teams.
The ideal candidate is a consistent over-performer on all key performance metrics in their current role. They engage customers and influence internal stakeholders through excellent storytelling, organization, and persistence. They are comfortable leveraging technical frameworks for product solutions and are strongly tuned into commerce trends. They consistently identify "mutual win" opportunities, while navigating complex projects and negotiations. They are driven by serving customers, can work independently, and thrive in ambiguous environments.
You Will

• Manage a book of 250 Strategic Food & Beverage Sellers
• Grow account-based revenue via use-case expansion opportunities, cross-sell opportunities, and customized seller onboarding experiences
• Serve as the voice of the upmarket seller with Product Teams
• Act as a consultant and partner to high value restaurant sellers to accomplish their goals
• Identify opportunities for technical Square solutions to address existing customer needs; project manage the execution of these technical solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Partner with Strategic Account Executives on high-growth deals
• Negotiate pricing for use-case expansion and retention of your sellers
• Provide white glove client service and troubleshooting to ensure resolution of seller issues
• Inform operations and program design for this segment at scale
• Conduct quarterly business reviews with various stakeholders

You Have

• 3+ years of relevant Account Management experience
• Experience Managing, retaining and growing a book of business
• Consistent over-performance on key sales or customer success metrics
• Remarkable discovery skills with customers based in genuine curiosity about their business
• A technical solutioning framework, including the ability to conduct requirements gathering
• Proven experience managing multiple projects internally with engineering, product and finance teams
• Contract and/or pricing negotiations experience with external senior stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Creative and strategic problem solving capabilities, resolving issues and tackling opportunities with no playbook
• Restaurant experience and/or F&B Technology experience preferred

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
To find a location's zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Zone A:
$48.80 - $73.22 USD
Zone B:
$45.38 - $68.08 USD
Zone C:
$41.49 - $62.26 USD
Zone D:
$36.63 - $54.90 USD
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Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, and TIDAL, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.