Embedded Technical Account Manager

Description

Your Impact

As the Technical Account Manager, you will own the day-to-day relationship with Axon’s key customer(s) to a build long-term, strategic partnership. As the main point of contact for your customers, you will be looked upon to provide best practices and technical expertise to help your stakeholders achieve their operational goals using Axon’s products. You will also work closely with multiple cross-functional teams by providing invaluable insight into your customer’s needs and challenges, helping influence and guide internal product roadmaps and projects. As someone that wears multiple hats, from project management to product expert to consultant, you will continually be focused on making your customer more efficient and more confident within their daily workflows.

What You’ll Do

Location: Berlin, Germany
Hybrid role (remote + work at customer sites), travel up to 50%
Reports to: Manager, Technical Account Management

• Achieve mastery of all Axon technologies / products
• Use exceptional written and oral communication skills to effectively lead business and technical presentations, demonstrations and conversations with VP-level audiences within your account
• Use leadership skills to independently prioritize and execute project tasks in a methodical and disciplined manner
• Manage customer expectations, keeping customers satisfied and expectations realistic
• Provide up to tier-2 technical support
• Develop knowledge base articles on frequent and critical issues.
• Report bugs and trends to the necessary Axon engineering teams.
• Provide technical escalation support to other business areas.
• Create and maintain internal product test environments.
• Maintain and administration of internal deployment records.
• Work closely with the local partner to deliver software and hardware deployment
• Own the relationship with the local partner and the client throughout the length of the contract
• Remain organized and focused on removing obstacles through creativity and adaptation to rapidly changing circumstances
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders across Axon to solve problems and successfully deploy the Axon products
• Where possible, improve or develop technical documentation to ease understanding and usage of our products and services
• Communicate customer feedback across multiple teams and divisions within Axon to drive product development and improvement
• Maintain customer confidence, especially in high-pressure situations
• Travel to customer sites across Germany as needed

Requirements

• German citizenship is required in order to work with sensitive Government data, willing to undergo a security check
• Fluent in German
• A strong IT background with 5+ years of experience working in an IT support or deployment position.
• Substantial experience working with Enterprise-level customers
• Proven track record of successfully managing customer relationships and technical projects
• Comfortable working alone to complete objectives and satisfy customer requirements with little management oversight.
• Local to Germany, with the ability to travel as needed
• Understanding of ITIL and Change Management processes with a high level of comfort planning, documenting and executing changes following process and rolling back as required.
• Experience with software image creation and maintenance.
• Knowledge of routing and switching methodologies, Wi-Fi, telecommunications, and Internet technologies
• Advanced understanding of IT/Networking concepts including Microsoft Server & Client operating systems, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Azure (specifically Entra ID), APIs, Network Administration (TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, SSH, Firewalls) and/or similar certifications
• Knowledge and demonstrated operating experience in one or more of the following areas of specializations: Digital Video, Mobile communications, IP security, Embedded Systems, IAM, SAAS
• Knowledge and practical application implementing and managing relational database solutions using AWS RDS, Microsoft/Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, Db2, etc.
• Ability to articulate at a technical level appropriate to the circumstance – i.e. for clients with varying levels of IT knowledge and skillset
• Unmatched analytical, strategic and creative problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong written and verbal communication
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Demonstrated ability to deal with change and excel in high-stress situations