Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.
- Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
- More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
- We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry
About the Role
As a Strategic Account Manager at Altium, you will own end-to-end management of our most critical key accounts in China, acting as the primary orchestrator to align Altium’s SaaS-integrated EDA solutions with client strategic goals. You will drive revenue growth directly by deepening adoption, expanding footprints, and ensuring ROI realization through a project-managed approach to account governance.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Account Leadership
- Develop and execute mid-long term account plans for assigned key accounts, mapping decision hierarchies and embedding Altium solutions into client R&D roadmaps.
- Lead quarterly joint business reviews (JBRs) to track adoption metrics (e.g., license utilization, design win rates) and co-define value-acceleration initiatives.
- Project-Managed Client Lifecycle
- Onboarding: Design tailored enablement programs (workshops, certification tracks) to accelerate time-to-value for SaaS tools like Altium 365.
- Expansion: Identify upsell triggers and coordinate cross-functional pods (Product, CSM, FAE) to deliver integrated hardware-SaaS proposals.
- Renewal: Mitigate churn risks via early-warning systems (usage analytics, NPS tracking) and preemptive solution pivots.
- Commercial Excellence
- Negotiate ELA/CLM agreements with procurement, balancing margin protection and adoption incentives.
- Utilize Salesforce/MEDDIC to document opportunity pipelines and risk registers at the PCB-design-project level.
Qualifications
- Experience: 8+ years in semiconductor/EDA strategic sales, with proven success in managing $5M+ accounts.
- Skills:
- Project Management: PMP/Scrum certification preferred; fluency in Agile-account-planning methodologies.
- Technical Acumen: Ability to articulate Altium Designer’s HDI capabilities versus Cadence/Mentor.
- Traits: “Consultative seller” mindset with data-driven storytelling (e.g., ROI calculators for SaaS migration).
Our global hybrid model allows employees to work remotely two days per week. Our designated In-Office Days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This is when we come together in-person as a team to collaborate, learn from one another, and accelerate innovation. Some exceptions apply.
🌍 Also, we would like you to knowWe are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.💡 Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE
✈️ Altium Benefits: https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits
👏 Are you already an Altium employee? Please apply directly through our internal Greenhouse job board. If you have questions, please contact HR.
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What We Do
Altium is transforming the way the electronics industry designs new products with the most advanced, most collaborative EDA/ECAD software that design engineers have ever worked with. We are the first and only company to enable the entire electronics value chain — design, supply chain, and manufacturing — to work together easily and fluidly on a digital platform.
Our work, and yours, will impact nearly every industry around the globe. We are the world's most widely used electronics design solution. More than 100,000 engineers and 30,000 businesses in clean energy, transportation, communications, healthcare, computing, research, manufacturing and more are all creating new products faster and more efficiently than ever using Altium software innovations.
Why Work With Us
Altium is the most agile company in our industry. We think big and move fast and change direction when needed. It’s the only way to transform and speed the way electronics are designed. If you have a passion for new ideas, discussion, exploration, and results, you’ll be in excellent company at Altium as you make your impact on the world.
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