Strategic Account Manager

Role Overview We are hiring a Strategic Account Manager to drive new revenue within large manufacturing organizations. This is a high-ownership, high-expectation role focused on prospecting, building pipeline, and closing complex strategic deals. You will be responsible for developing new opportunities through inbound leads, cold outreach, networking, and account-based strategies, while navigating long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles. Success in this role requires the ability to build and execute account plans, multi-thread within large organizations, and consistently create and close pipeline. Your Tasks Generate pipeline through proactive prospecting, including cold outreach, networking, and account-based strategies Build and execute account plans for large, multi-site manufacturing organizations Identify and engage stakeholders across engineering, OT, IT, security, and executive leadership Drive multi-threaded sales motions within complex organizations Manage and advance long sales cycles (6–12+ months) from initial outreach through close Lead discovery aligned to operational risk reduction, production resilience, compliance, enterprise-wide visibility, and OT security initiatives Navigate procurement, legal, and strategic buying processes to close deals Maintain disciplined pipeline management and forecasting in Salesforce Your Profile 5+ years product sales experience: Background in manufacturing, industrial automation, OT/IT, or technical SaaS environments preferred Bachelor’s degree in business, sales, marketing, or related field preferred Proven ability to prospect and build pipeline from scratch (not reliant on inbound) Experience selling into large, complex organizations with multiple stakeholders Demonstrated success with account planning and multi-threading Ability to navigate long, complex sales cycles and drive deals to close Demonstrated executive-level presence, with the ability to engage senior leaders confidently and drive decisions to closure Experience closing strategic deals ($500K–$1M+ ARR) Experience with Salesforce and Hubspot preferred Effective time management, decision making, human relations, presentation, and organization skills AI literacy and willingness to leverage AI tools to improve prospecting, partner engagement, and overall sales efficiency Ability to travel up to 50%  Nice to have Established relationships with Fortune 1000 companies, including prior experience engaging target customer accounts That sounds like you? Reasons to become part of AMDT Competitive base salary + commission Accelerators for overperformance Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) Remote-friendly work environment Compensation for this role will be competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Note: The salary range may vary based on the state or locality in which you reside. Additional compensation may include annual performance bonuses, incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package.  Contact us About us AMDT is the global market and technology leader for versioning and backup solutions in industrial automation. With its octoplant software platform, the company secures the automation of production processes through strong end-point management, where it consistently records and monitors changes to configurations, programming and project statuses in production. This minimizes downtime, increases efficiency, quality and safety standards, and saves costs as well as resources. As a modular solution, octoplant can be linked to different automation technologies and devices, regardless of the manufacturer. AMDT was formed in 2022 from the merger of the two established market leaders AUVESY GmbH and MDT Software Inc. The company is headquartered in Landau, Pfalz, Germany, with additional locations in the USA and China. The company works with more than 100 partners on all continents and serves over 3,000 customers worldwide More information at:   amdt.com     We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. AMDT maintains a drug-free workplace.