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Technical Account Manager (Technical Advisory)

San Mateo, USAOn-sitePosted 1 week ago

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Job type
Full-time
Work mode
On-site
Level
Not listed
Department
Customer Service
Experience
5+ years experience
Posted
Sep 21, 2026

About the role

What You Will Do Daily:

  • Actively listen and formalize Account technical pains or other adoption inhibitors
  • Work on plans to overcome customer pains and inhibitors
  • Report product technical or functional gaps internally and advocate for their resolution
  • Evangelize/Promote the Sonar methodology to govern continuous Code Quality and Security improvement to the customer
  • Assist Sonar sponsors in the Account for the promotion/evangelization of the Sonar ecosystem
  • Keep Accounts up to date on the roadmap and aware of the value present in upcoming Sonar releases, as well as collecting feedback
  • Recruit customer development teams not currently using Sonar
  • “Upgrade” customer development teams that do not use Sonar correctly and therefore do not receive the maximum value
  • Position (favorably) the Sonar ecosystem vs other competing products potentially still used in the Account
  • Educate developers and managers on the value of static code analysis in general and of the Sonar ecosystem specifically
  • Make sure that the Account's Sonar technical deployment and operations are in line with the size of the deployment and the criticality of the tool in the DevOps chain
  • Run Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) with Account Sales representatives
  • Execute Sonar deployment audits, identify gaps, and drive remediation plans for Accounts
  • Contribute to the Account Management plans with Sales Representatives. Elaborate the Technical strategy tailored to the Account context, provide inputs on the Commercial strategy
  • Keep yourself constantly up to date knowledge of the technical status of the Account, technical progress, threats, opportunities for improved maturity
  • Track product development within Sonar in order to maintain product expertise

The Experience You Will Need:

  • Proven practical experience (at least 5 years) in software development or DevOps engineering which sets the stage for understanding our products and how they’re enjoyed by users
  • At least 5 years of experience in pre- or post-sales customer-facing activities
  • High listening skills and the ability to formalize and abstract elements expressed by customers and partners
  • Excellent presentation skills with strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proven ability to work in a team, receiving and giving feedback as well as sharing knowledge
  • Attention to details
  • A can-do attitude: challenging the status quo, leading and contributing to key improvements and innovations
  • Autonomy to run your activity/plans with limited supervision