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Account Director

Outset · San Francisco · Remote

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About Outset

Get the depth of qualitative interviews at the speed and scale of a survey with the power of AI-moderated research. Make better, faster decisions for your business. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Serve as a strategic partner to executive stakeholders, guiding customers through adoption, expansion, and long-term success. Own commercial health across a portfolio of high-value accounts, driving renewals, upsells, and advocacy

What they're looking for

  • 5–10+ years of customer success, account management, or consulting experience, with 2+ years managing strategic/enterprise accounts
  • Ability to travel 25% of the time for customer events, customer visits, and conferences
  • Proven success in driving renewals, expansions, and multi-threaded stakeholder relationships
  • Experience in a fast-paced SaaS or Series A/B startup environment
  • Exceptional communication, executive presence, and relationship-building skills
  • Strong analytical mindset with ability to tell a story with data
More about this role

Outset invented a better way to do research: AI-powered user interviews.

Global brands like Hubspot, Microsoft, Uber and Nestle use Outset to achieve deeper, qualitative insights about their users at unprecedented speed and scale.

The research industry is massive (>$140B and growing) and ripe for disruption. Incumbents are outdated, slow, and burdened by high-cost services. That's our opportunity.

Outset is backed by top Silicon Valley investors and raised a $30M Series B in December 2025—less than six months after our Series A—led by Radical Ventures with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s venture arm), 8VC, Y Combinator, and Adverb Ventures.

The raise follows a breakout year, with our business growing 8x as enterprise customers across industries adopt our category, AI‑moderated research, as the new standard for understanding people.

We’re a tight-knit team serving some of the world’s largest enterprises.

As an Account Director, you’ll own relationships with some of our most strategic enterprise and mid-market customers. You’ll act as a trusted advisor, ensuring they achieve maximum value from our platform while identifying new opportunities for growth and partnership. You’ll...

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