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We're looking for a Key Account Manager to own our relationship with the Chicago-based organizer of a World Marathon Major and its year-round event portfolio, alongside a small number of other strategic US partners.\nThis isn't an account you manage from a dashboard. You'll spend real time in our partner's offices, at their planning meetings and on their start lines. You'll learn their mission, their values and the pressures behind every decision, well enough to anticipate what they need before they ask. Then you'll bring that understanding back into Let's Do This, so our product, our people and our AI tools are pointed at what matters most to them.\nYou'll be the partner's voice inside LDT and LDT's voice inside the partner. Holding both, credibly and at the same time, is the job.\nWhat success looks like\nIn your first 90 days\nYou know the partner's team, goals, calendar and pain points as well as anyone at LDT\n\nYou've built a joint account plan with their leadership covering the year ahead\n\nYou've become the first call for their team, with faster answers and fewer escalations\n\nIn your first 12 months\nYou've led the partner through a full event cycle, from registration open to race day and the debrief after\n\nRevenue, renewal readiness and account health across your portfolio are up and to the right\n\nAt least one manual workflow at each partner has been replaced with an AI-enabled one\n\nPartners describe LDT as a strategic partner, not a vendor, and would recommend us to their peers\n\nWhat you'll do\nEmbed with our flagship Chicago partner\nSpend regular time onsite with the partner's team, so you're part of how they plan, operate and make decisions\n\nUnderstand their mission and values deeply, and represent them faithfully inside LDT\n\nBuild trusted relationships at every level, from day-to-day operations to senior leadership\n\nAnticipate needs across their event calendar, not just their biggest weekend\n\nOwn commercial performance and retention\nOwn revenue performance, retention and renewals across your portfolio\n\nBuild and drive multi-quarter account strategies tied to each partner's goals\n\nKeep account health strong and renewal readiness high, flagging risk early and clearly\n\nFind and land growth opportunities that measurably improve partner performance\n\nBe the bridge between their ambitions and our technology\nTranslate the partner's strategic goals into how LDT's platform, integrations and data should work for them\n\nAct as a technical advisor on registration, participant experience, data flows and integrations\n\nTurn partner needs into clear, prioritized product insight, and partner with Product to shape the roadmap\n\nMake sure partners adopt and get full value from new features, including our AI-powered products and agents\n\nWork AI-first\nUse LDT's internal AI tools, alongside external tools, to generate insights, prioritize actions and scale your impact\n\nDeliver data-driven recommendations on performance trends, conversion and operational efficiency\n\nHelp partners move from manual, LDT-supported workflows to AI-enabled, self-sufficient ones\n\nAsk \"how do I 10x my impact with AI?\" rather than \"how do I do more manually?\"\n\nShow up when it matters\nBe onsite for race week and race weekends, supporting partners at their most critical moments\n\nExpect a minimum of 5 weekends a year across your portfolio, with more around peak events\n\nBuild trust through hands-on presence, calm under pressure and fast problem-solving\n\nLead across LDT and the industry\nKeep internal teams clear on account health, priorities and risks\n\nWork with Sales, Product and the wider GTM team to give partners a seamless experience\n\nBuild credibility in the endurance events community and represent LDT at industry events\n\nAbout you\n4+ years in key account management, technical account management, strategic customer success or a similar role\n\nA track record of owning revenue, retention or expansion targets\n\nExperience embedding with a major client, or working inside one, so you know how to be part of their team while delivering for your own\n\nStrong technical fluency: you're comfortable with APIs, integrations and data flows, and can explain them to non-technical stakeholders\n\nExcellent stakeholder management, including C-level\n\nReal curiosity about AI tools, automation and data, and evidence you've used them to scale your own output\n\nComfortable in ambiguity, and good at building structure where there isn't any\n\nBonus points\nExperience in endurance events, mass-participation sport, live events or ticketing\n\nRoots in the Chicago running or sports community\n\nYou've worked a race day, from either side of the start line\n\nYou are\nCommercially minded and results-driven\n\nCredible, consultative, and genuinely liked and trusted by partners\n\nMission-led: you care about what your partners care about\n\nConfident working remotely while building tight, respected relationships with colleagues\n\nEnergized by high growth, big moments and going above and beyond\n\nWhat we offer\nBase salary: $95,000 - $120,000, depending on experience, plus an annual performance bonus of up to $20,000, tied to partner growth, retention and account health\n\nGenerous benefits package, including medical, 401(k), paid time off, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, a learning and development budget and a subsidized race entry allowance\n\nThe chance to shape how a World Marathon Major, and the events around it, use technology for years to come\n\nA high-growth company where your work is visible and your impact is direct\n\nImportant notes\nLet's Do This is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, citizenship or work authorization status, military status, or any other protected characteristic.\nEmployment type: Full-time, exempt. The role includes some weekend event work, for which you'll receive time off in lieu. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US. 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