Strategic Account Manager (DACH/Nordics)

Bloomreach is building the world’s premier agentic platform for personalization.We’re revolutionizing how businesses connect with their customers, building and deploying AI agents to personalize the entire customer journey. We're taking autonomous search mainstream, making product discovery more intuitive and conversational for customers, and more profitable for businesses. We’re making conversational shopping a reality, connecting every shopper with tailored guidance and product expertise — available on demand, at every touchpoint in their journey. We're designing the future of autonomous marketing, taking the work out of workflows, and reclaiming the creative, strategic, and customer-first work marketers were always meant to do. And we're building all of that on the intelligence of a single AI engine — Loomi AI — so that personalization isn't only autonomous…it's also consistent.From retail to financial services, hospitality to gaming, businesses use Bloomreach to drive higher growth and lasting loyalty. We power personalization for more than 1,400 global brands, including American Eagle, Sonepar, and Pandora.As a Strategic Account Manager at Bloomreach, you will drive growth and long-term value across a portfolio of strategic accounts in the DACH, Benelux and Nordic markets. You’ll be responsible for nurturing executive relationships, identifying expansion opportunities, and ensuring customers achieve measurable business outcomes through our solutions. You’ll partner cross-functionally with Customer Success, Solutions Consultants, SDRs, and key internal teams, as well as external partners, to strengthen customer engagement, support renewals, and uncover upsell and cross-sell opportunities. Your work will play a key role in customer retention, account growth, and Bloomreach’s continued success in the region. Key Responsibilities: Manage ~20 accounts (average $6M ARR), focusing on both retention and expansion beyond traditional upsell — including geographic, brand, and cross-sell opportunities. Develop and execute strategic account plans and go-to-market strategies based on a deep understanding of customer business needs and objectives, aligning Bloomreach products and services to client goals. Serve as the primary point of contact for economic buyers and key decision-makers, cultivating and nurturing relationships with C-Suite executives, and facilitating executive engagement where appropriate. Collaborate with partners, Customer Success, ISVs, and internal stakeholders to mutually drive customer value and translate that into upsell and cross-sell opportunities, leveraging the full Bloomreach ecosystem. Serve as a strong advocate for clients, ensuring that their feedback and business needs are effectively communicated to internal teams, including Product, Marketing, and Customer Success, to drive continuous improvement and identify advocacy opportunities. Proactively monitor account health, revenue, and expansion opportunities, delivering regular reports on opportunity creation, deal progression, churn risk, and mitigation strategies to internal stakeholders. Demonstrate strong data analysis skills, with a focus on identifying trends in eCommerce, AB testing, and conversion metrics. Utilize data to provide actionable insights to clients and internal stakeholders, supporting decision-making processes and identifying upsell opportunities. Lead and participate in Quarterly Business Reviews to align client goals with Bloomreach solutions, providing data-driven updates on account health, key initiatives, and upcoming opportunities for expansion and cross-sell.Identify risks and orchestrate timely mitigation by mobilizing appropriate internal resources with urgency. Execute upsell and cross-sell deals through a value-based, disciplined sales cycle, leveraging methodologies like MEDDPICC. Evaluate and recommend improvements to the sales process and account strategy, tailoring engagement to the customer’s size, type, and evolving needs. Take an entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving: embrace new challenges, adjust quickly to shifting priorities, and apply tools like design thinking to spark innovative solutions and overcome barriers. Apply strategic thinking to foresee long-term implications of client strategies and internal decisions, offering forward-looking insights and identifying emerging risks and opportunities. Maintain a comprehensive understanding of Bloomreach products and evolving capabilities. Educate clients on potential new use cases, features, and integrations that create added value and uncover potential upsell opportunities. Measured on Expansion ARR (attainment vs. quota), renewals, and access to key power stakeholders. What We’re Looking For: 5+ years of experience in Account Management, Customer Success, Sales, or Consulting, managing an enterprise-level book of customers. Martech, Ad Tech, Search, Commerce, AI, and/or Digital Experience backgrounds strongly preferred. Proven expertise in strategic account planning, leveraging an internal and external ecosystem — including partners, executives, and cross-functional teams — to meet customer objectives. Professional seller with a proven history of consistently exceeding quota. Proficiency in analytics and statistical knowledge, particularly in analyzing eCommerce data, AB testing, and conversion metrics. Deep customer-centric focus: anticipates long-term client needs, addresses underlying concerns beyond immediate asks, and proactively seeks opportunities to drive additional value. Strong collaborator who facilitates group alignment, provides constructive feedback, and ensures all stakeholders can contribute meaningfully to outcomes.Entrepreneurial mindset: embraces new challenges, adapts quickly to change, builds diverse networks for idea generation, and drives outcomes through innovative thinking. Strategic thinker who exercises sound judgment, evaluates options in ambiguous situations, and aligns recommendations