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Motive
Actively Hiring
Artificial intelligence-powered hardware & software company powering the physical economy
  • Responds within three weeks
    Based on past data, Motive usually responds to incoming applications within three weeks
  • B2B
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • +4

Senior Director, Commercial Account Management

Posted: 3 weeks ago
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RelocationNot Allowed
Hiring contact
Kirk Okenquist
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About the job

About the Role:

As the Senior Director of Commercial Account Management, you'll lead a growing offshore team focused on expansion and retention within our CMRL customer base. This senior leader will own Net ARR growth through a combination of upsell/cross-sell strategy and strategic renewals management.

As a third-line leader, you'll oversee a team of 200+ offshore Account Managers and sellers who manage complex customer relationships across multiple industries and product lines. This is a customer-facing, results-oriented role that blends sales leadership with lifecycle strategy. You'll work cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Customer Support, and Onboarding to deliver a seamless customer experience from first sale through renewal.

We're looking for a sales leader who thrives in high-growth environments, understands the nuances of SMB/Commercial relationship management, and has a track record of building consultative, value-driven teams.

What You'll Do:

  • Directly manage frontline managers — coaching and motivating them to hit quarterly targets and broader strategic goals, while building a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.
  • Recruit, hire, and develop top talent, building a bench of future leaders. Bring demonstrated experience scaling sales teams from the ground up and leading through periods of transformational growth.
  • Partner with Marketing on customer experience, lead generation, and pricing/acquisition strategy. Work with Product, Sales, Onboarding, and Strategy leaders to surface customer needs, inform roadmap decisions, and design incentive plans and GTM strategies that create a cohesive, connected customer journey across global functions.
  • Track and report on key performance metrics, using data to identify strengths, close gaps, and guide decisions toward quarterly sales targets.
  • Drive engagement, upsell, and retention strategies, testing and iterating quickly. Serve as the customer-facing escalation point for complex deals, leveraging executive relationships to resolve challenges and close successfully.
  • Build and refine scalable processes that improve team efficiency and performance.

What We're Looking For:

  • 10+ years of experience in SaaS sales, account management, or customer success, including 4+ years in a leadership role.
  • Proven success leading SMB, Commercial, or Mid-Market segments through complex deal cycles, cross-functional dependencies, and strategic renewal motions.
  • Experience leading offshore Sales, Account Management, or Customer Success teams a plus, but not required.
  • Strong operational acumen, with comfort using Salesforce, dashboards, AI tools, forecasting models, and pipeline analytics.
  • Experience with value-based selling and/or multi-product growth motions.
  • Excellent communicator and cross-functional collaborator with the ability to influence up, down, and across the organization.
  • Proven ability to build and scale teams in fast-paced, high-growth SaaS environments.

About the company

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Motive

Actively Hiring
Artificial intelligence-powered hardware & software company powering the physical economy1001-5000 Employees
Company Size
1001-5000
Company Type
Startup
Company Industries
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Company Industries
B2B · SaaS · Mobile · Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
  • Responds within three weeks
    Based on past data, Motive usually responds to incoming applications within three weeks
  • B2B
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • Top Investors
    This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
  • Valuation $1B+
    This company has a valuation of $1B or more
  • 4.5
    Highly rated
    Motive is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 4.3
    Strong Leadership
    Employees rate Motive 4.3/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership
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Funding

AMOUNT RAISED
$227.3M
FUNDED OVER
5 rounds
Rounds
D
$149000000
Series D - Apr 2019+4

Perks

Medical
Motive will cover 90% of PPO and HMO medical premiums for Employee Only, and 75% for Dependents and 100% of the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) medical premiums for Employee only and 75% for Dependents.
401K
Hosted through Empower Retirement with a company match!
Daily Lunch
Healthy catered lunch every day from Nybll.

Founders

Obaid Khan
Founder
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Ryan Johns
Founder
San Francisco
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Shoaib Makani
Founder/CEO
San Francisco
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