Account Manager

Finance, Banking & Legal · Banking & Investments · Financial Analysis · Sales Management

In short

Ericsson seeks an Account Manager in Costa Rica to manage accounts, build customer relationships, and drive sales opportunities with a telecom operator. The role focuses on profitable growth, customer satisfaction, and positioning Ericsson as a long-term partner.

Responsibilities

  • Execute the account strategy and develop trusted relationships with senior customer decision-makers and influencers.
  • Develop a deep understanding of the customer’s objectives, operating model, transformation agenda, buying process, and competitive context.
  • Lead end-to-end sales engagements from opportunity qualification through proposal, negotiation, contracting, and closure.
  • Identify, prioritize, and convert high-impact opportunities by leading and mobilizing teams to deliver competitive, compliant, and profitable solutions.
  • Execute the multi-year account growth plan across recurring business, expansion, upsell, and cross-sell opportunities.
  • Position Ericsson as the preferred partner for network evolution and digital transformation.
  • Manage commercial performance for assigned opportunities and account scope.
  • Demonstrate influence, ethics and values, commercial thinking, relationship building, and a strong focus on delivering results.

Requirements

  • Proven account management experience in telecommunications, ICT, or B2B technology.
  • Strong knowledge of the Costa Rican public and private operator landscape.
  • Experience working in international or regional environments.
  • Strong commercial acumen across business-case development, pricing, profitability, contract principles, working capital, cash flow, and business-risk management.
  • Strategic thinking and account-planning discipline.
  • Consultative and insight-selling capability.
  • Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder sales engagements.
  • Clear and compelling executive communication, storytelling, and sales presentation skills.
  • Professional fluency in Spanish and English.
  • High stakeholder engagement and agility in dynamic, ambiguous environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional and virtual teams through influence.

Desired Qualifications

  • Supporting strong knowledge of the Costa Rican public and private operator landscape.
  • Experience working in international or regional environments.
  • Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder sales engagements and supporting commercially sound negotiations and deal closure.
  • Clear and compelling executive communication, storytelling, and sales presentation skills.
  • High stakeholder engagement and agility in dynamic, ambiguous environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead Core 3, cross-functional, and virtual teams through influence, without direct people-management authority.

Benefits

  • Outstanding opportunity to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible.
  • Build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems.
  • Be challenged, but not alone; join a team of diverse innovators.
  • Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values.
#Account Management#B2B#Business Development#Sales#Telecommunications#ICT#Costa Rica
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Company

Ericsson

Job Posted

2 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Mid-Senior

Locations

San Jose, Costa Rica

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