Senior Technical Account Manager
Senior Technical Account Manager at Zeal — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: Zeal
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 130000–160000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
WHO WE ARE
We provide a modern payroll solution that serves America’s largest Employers. Our product focuses on giving our customers the ability to build native, automated, and flexible payment experiences.
Backed by over $30 million in funding by top investors such as Y Combinator, Spark Capital (Marqeta, Coinbase, Affirm), and Robinhood's Founder; Vlad Tenev, we are projected to be a forerunner in payroll with an industry amassing billions of dollars in untapped revenue.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
You have 6+ years of experience in sales engineering, solutions engineering, or technical account management, with 8+ years of total work experience at tech companies
You will work out of our San Francisco office, on a hybrid schedule (Tue-Thurs in office)
You are able to understand and explain technical concepts to customers
You enjoy working with the customer directly, and spending most of your day on live calls learning from users
You thrive in an ambiguous environment with a high degree of autonomy
You have a process-oriented mindset and ability to drive consensus across cross-functional teams and drive projects to completion
You enjoy interacting with internal and external stakeholders and can draw insights and takeaways from disparate conversations
NICE-TO-HAVE
Prior experience in customer facing roles at startups in the API, fintech, or HR tech space
Prior experience in cross-selling/up-selling customers
ABOUT THE ROLE
Zeal customers are enterprises (gig companies, staffing companies, etc.) who use a combination of APIs and white labeled components to build their dream workforce payment experiences. In your role you will serve as a go-to contact for our customers for everything from implementation, go-live, launching new products and more. This role will also report directly to the CEO at Zeal, where you will serve as their right-hand for all customer-related motions.
SOME THINGS YOU MAY BE WORKING ON
In partnership with business + product leaders, identify and accelerate the strategy, implementation, program management, and operationalization of key partner initiatives across several verticals at Zeal
Own the relationships with our partners, and advocate for them internally. Understand their problems and execute on the solution
Partner with product and engineering to solve technical problems for customers and build helpful technical guides to assist customers with implementation
Provide intellectual leadership through business analyses to develop concrete solutions or recommendations for our partners
Develop strong cross functional relationships across Zeal’s and our partner’s leadership teams, becoming a trusted thought partner on all things program management, fintech, and partner growth
Ideate with the Program Management Team and execute on initiatives to drive-down integration time, reduce integration churn, and increase customer NPS + resign percentages.
ZEAL CULTURE
Zeal is located in the Union Square district of San Francisco. We like to describe our work culture as “work-hard, play moderate”. We hire hard-working, talented, and dedicated individuals who bring their authentic true selves to work. Above all else, we value team players who know how to effectively communicate and collaborate with their peers to create a productive yet fun work environment.
Zealots (Zeal employees) are known to enjoy designing custom Slack emojis, afternoon tea/boba runs, dad jokes before All Hands, and getting competitive at the company’s annual “Payroll Jeopardy” game.
OUR BENEFITS
100% coverage health, dental and vision
Competitive salary and equity for all employees
Free snacks and drinks
Team lunches and happy hours
Awesome Zeal Swag
OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS
This is our process for most of our roles, but sometimes stages are subject to change from time-to-time, but we will definitely notify you of the change ahead of time.
Step 1: Chat with the hiring manager
Step 2: Chat with one of our founders
Step 3: Take-Home Assignment
Step 4: Presentation/Final Interview with the team