Account Manager I
Paymentus· Jul 16, 2026 · 3mo agoPosted 103 days ago
TX - Dallas Office / NC - CLT Office
In office
Full-time
Senior
$100K–$132K est.
5+ years exp
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Open since July 16, 2026 — 103 days, and still accepting applications.
Job description
Account Manager
Classification: Exempt
Summary/Objective
The all-encompassing goal of the Paymentus Client Success Team is defined in the title: Client Success. The drive of the Account Manager is to devote their time and attention to their clients and their needs. As an Account Manager, you will have many points of focus, all geared to making your clients, and ultimately Paymentus, successful. You will be responsible for the 4 R's of Client Success: Retention, Relationship Expansion, Revenue Growth, and Reference-ability. Through focusing on these pillars, you will be responsible for the overall satisfaction of your clients.
You will work side-by-side with your clients through regular communication, education and information sharing, strategic planning, and face-to-face collaboration and reviews. Through these touchpoints, you will help your clients identify up-sell/cross sell opportunities, marketing and promotional product campaigns, as well as help with any necessary inquiry escalations.
A successful Account Manager is one who can balance driving the success of their clients and the success of Paymentus.
Essential Functions/ Responsibilities
• You will have an assigned portfolio of Paymentus clients and will collaborate with internal teams to oversee the success of the relationships with your clients. The number of clients in your portfolio will vary based on revenue, region/territory, and business needs, and can range up to 25-30 clients, or a shared pool of clients.
• If you are assigned a dedicated portfolio of clients, you will develop formal annual account plans and client strategies to maximize client success and drive increased net revenue flow for each of your clients as well as Paymentus. If you are working within our shared resource support, you will be responsible for regular client health check-ins.
• You will be responsible for regular engagement with clients. This engagement will include regular checkpoints via email/phone, face-to-face client meetings, virtual meetings, and conference/expo interactions to ensure on-going proactive communication on a monthly basis or more frequently as requested.
• Consistently meet or exceed established goals and key performance indicators for the 4 R's: revenue growth, retention, relationship expansion, and reference-ability.
• You are the voice of client, collaborating with internal teams to drive any customer issues/escalations to resolution
Supervisory Responsibility
This position does not have any supervisory responsibility or direct reports.
Required Education and Experience
• 5+ years in client relationship management and/or customer success, with proven experience directly managing a portfolio of clients across multiple industries and business verticals, with a proven track record of consistently meeting or exceeding up-sell/cross-sell production goals and revenue retention targets
• Direct experience in online bill payment, mobile/digital bill payments, electronic bill presentment or money movement
• Advanced oral and written communications skills including the ability to make in-person presentations and deliver messaging on complex and sensitive information for audiences at all levels
• Proven ability to effectively negotiate contract renewals with a firm understanding of pricing guidelines, product applicability, and acceptable terms and conditions; must be able to influence stakeholders to ensure that all agreements preserve profitability and mitigate risk to Paymentus
• Experience preparing comprehensive Request for Proposals, Request for Bids, Vendor Requirement Requests
• Must demonstrate level of self-sufficiency to manage portfolio, drive the client relationship, and lead customer meetings without Paymentus leadership presence
• Must demonstrate highly effective time management skills to drive the strategic and operational relationship of a portfolio of clients
• Must demonstrate proficiency in financial modeling with high level understanding of client profitability, revenue cycle management, and revenue collection
• Proven ability to comprehend, document and articulate client requirements and business rules for change requests and/or secondary product implementations
• Knowledge of diverse business types, industries/verticals, and economic market, with strong financial acumen; industries may include, but are not limited to: Government, Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Mortgage Servicing, Utilities, Healthcare, Lending
• Experience supporting/selling SAAS and/or cloud-based solutions strongly preferred
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite required
What sets you apart?
• Knowledge of online and electronic bill payment industry, fundamental understanding of merchant services and credit card association rules, regulations and compliance standards
• Familiarity with Salesforce™ or similar CRM
• Professional designations such as CPP, AAP, PMP
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, photocopiers and smartphones.
Physical Demands
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times. Must be able to travel.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, during normal business hours. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
Travel
Travel requirement is up to 35%, however, may be greater or less than during certain periods of the year
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
EEO Statement
Paymentus is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, genetic information, medical condition including medical characteristics, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Our management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.
Reasonable Accommodation
Paymentus recognizes and supports its obligation to endeavor to accommodate job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities who are able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation. Paymentus will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company or pose a direct threat of substantial harm to the employee or others.
An applicant or employee who believes he or she needs a reasonable accommodation of a disability should discuss the need for possible accommodation with the Human Resources Department, or his or her direct supervisor.
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