Strategic Account Manager - Sardine

## Who we are: We are a leader in fraud prevention and AML compliance. Our platform uses device intelligence, behavior biometrics, machine learning, and AI to stop fraud before it happens. Today, over 300 banks, retailers, and fintechs worldwide use Sardine to stop identity fraud, payment fraud, account takeovers, and social engineering scams. We have raised $145M from world-class investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Activant, Visa, Experian, FIS, and Google Ventures. ## Our culture: - We have hubs in the Bay Area, NYC, Austin, Toronto, and São Paulo. However, we maintain a remote-first work culture. #WorkFromAnywhere - We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation. - We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.

## What you’ll be doing - **Own Strategic Relationships:** Serve as the primary point of contact for large-scale enterprise accounts, attending to day-to-day needs and "big picture" opportunities to maximize customer ROI. - **Drive Account Growth:** Proactively identify expansion and upsell opportunities within major accounts to meet long-term revenue and expansion goals. - **Lead Implementation & Go-Live:** Manage the end-to-end implementation lifecycle by coordinating with internal stakeholders, such as **Implementation Engineers** and **Product Managers**, to ensure successful account launches. - **Provide Technical & Fraud Advisory:** Translate complex product and technology problems into simple, actionable solutions while advising clients on best practices for fraud prevention and compliance. - **Monitor Fraud & Performance KPIs:** Build, monitor, and communicate critical KPIs to clients—including fraud rates and system performance—to provide strategic analysis for long-term expansion. - **Partner with Stakeholders:** Collaborate with **Technical Account Managers (TAMs)** and risk analytics teams to proactively solve new fraud typologies and communicate findings to customers.

## What you’ll need - **7+ years in B2B SaaS (Fintech/Fraud focus):** A natural at building relationships and collaborating in customer-facing roles like Account Manager, Customer Success Manager, or Solutions Architect, preferably with a technical product in a high-growth or startup environment. - **Trilingual Fluency & Presentation Skills:** Full professional proficiency in Portuguese, English, and Spanish with strong presentation skills for both virtual and in-person meetings with various stakeholders. - **Background in Fraud, Payments, Crypto, or Compliance:** Deep knowledge of the Brazilian market, including payment processing, fraud detection typologies, and KYC/AML/Sanctions screening workflows. - **Exceptional Project Management:** Ability to synthesize all inputs and balance stakeholder needs to follow up on API implementations and guarantee successful Go-Live milestones. - **Analytical "Number Cruncher":** Expert analytical skills to draw insights using BigQuery, Metabase, and Sigma (or related BI tools), with a mandatory requirement to use AI to enhance work outcomes. - **Technical Troubleshooting & Tooling:** Understanding of how clients integrate APIs to provide first-level technical support, while partnering with Integrations Engineer, and Technical Account Managers (TAMs), as well managing requests via Salesforce, Pylon, Notion, and the Sardine Dashboard.

## Benefits we offer: - Generous compensation in cash and equity - Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested - Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture - Flexible paid time off and Year-end break - Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - *US and Canada specific* - 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - *US and Canada specific* - MacBook Pro delivered to your door - One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc. - Monthly meal stipend - Monthly social meet-up stipend - Annual health and wellness stipend - Annual Learning stipend

Sardine is an AI-powered risk platform specializing in fraud prevention, compliance, and credit underwriting for financial services, including banks, fintechs, neobanks, and crypto companies. It uses behavioral analysis, device intelligence, behavioral biometrics, KYC/AML tools, transaction monitoring, and case management to detect and stop financial crimes like identity theft, payment fraud, and money laundering.