Associate Account Manager
The Associate Account Manager at Confidential Client is an entry-level sales and account management role supporting global sales teams in developing customer relationships and coordinating internal execution. The role involves managing account priorities, preparing customer-facing materials, and collaborating cross-functionally to drive business outcomes in the semiconductor and storage industry. This position offers growth opportunities to develop commercial and technical expertise while working with leading AI infrastructure, cloud, OEM, and storage customers.
About Careertakes
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Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
Role overview
This Associate Account Manager is an entry-level sales and account-support role within the Global Sales Group at our Confidential Client, a leader in semiconductor memory and data storage solutions. The role supports account teams in building customer relationships, coordinating cross-functional execution, tracking account priorities, and contributing to commercial outcomes across assigned accounts.
What You’ll Do
- Support Account Managers and Field Applications Engineers (FAEs) by tracking customer requests, following up on action items, and ensuring timely internal and external communications.
- Help develop account-level materials: meeting follow-ups, presentations, business reviews, forecasts, and opportunity trackers.
- Maintain and update CRM records, account plans, opportunity trackers, and customer action logs.
- Coordinate with Sales, Engineering, Strategic Planning, Global Operations, and other teams to support order fulfillment, design-win tracking, and customer commitments.
- Assist in pipeline development, revenue reporting, and forecast preparation in partnership with account leadership.
- Support resolution of operational, logistical, or technical issues by connecting the right internal resources to meet customer expectations.
Location & Travel
- Based in Campbell, CA (onsite / client-facing as required).
- Ability to travel up to 50% to meet customers and support account activities.
Who we’re looking for
- Entry-level sales or account-support professionals (0–2 years), recent college grads encouraged to apply.
- Customer-focused, highly organized, and detail-oriented with strong follow-through.
- Comfortable learning technical product concepts quickly and explaining product, supply, and business information clearly.
- Good written and verbal communication skills and active listening.
- Collaborative team player able to work across functions to support customers.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to turn account data, meeting notes, and customer inputs into actionable insights.
- Curious about storage technologies, SSD products, cloud infrastructure, data centers, and semiconductor market dynamics.
Required skills & competencies
- Strong interest in sales, customer engagement, semiconductor technology, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise storage solutions.
- Foundational understanding of business processes such as forecasting, pricing, contracts, and supply coordination.
- Experience with or willingness to learn CRM systems, sales reporting, and account planning.
- Excellent organization, time management, and the ability to manage multiple priorities with guidance.
- Professional demeanor, sound judgment, and the ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders.
- Growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning and customer success.
Minimum & preferred qualifications
- Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience: 0–2 years in sales, account management, customer success, business operations, or technology-related roles. Recent graduates welcome.
- Preferred: Internship or early-career experience in sales, customer success, account coordination, business development, or semiconductor/technology industries; exposure to cloud, data center, or storage markets.
Compensation & benefits
- Compensation range: $120,500 - $192,800 yearly (actual pay influenced by experience, skills, and location).
- This position may be eligible for restricted stock unit (RSU), restricted cash unit (RCU), and cash bonus programs.
- Benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; FSA options; and 401(k) with company match.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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