Technical Account Manager

DigiCert


Job Location:

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 2 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security privacy and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI DNS and certificate lifecycle management to secure infrastructure software devices messages AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100000 organizations including 90% of the Fortune 500 choose DigiCert to stop todays threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future

Job summary

We are seeking a Technical Account Manager (TAM) to join DigiCerts growing global team and support our most strategic high-value enterprise customers.

As a Technical Account Manager at DigiCert you will serve as a trusted technical advisor and primary point of contact for customers enrolled in Premium Support. You will deliver a proactive high-touch support experience by combining deep technical expertise with strong customer advocacy. Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) across DigiCert products and services you will lead issue management guide best practices and partner closely with internal teams to ensure optimal customer outcomes.

This role is central to DigiCerts mission of delivering a world-class customer experience minimizing customer risk and downtime and maximizing the value customers realize from our solutions.

What you will do

Technical support and guidance

  • Facilitate timely solutions for technical support problems ensuring minimal disruption and productivity loss.
  • Collaborate with internal technical teams to proactively monitor and manage customer issues.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems with a strong understanding of DigiCert PKI/Digital Security products including SSL/TLS S/MIME and Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM).
  • Adhere to support metrics including SLAs response times and resolution times while meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

Customer relationship management

  • Provide Premier-quality account management to assigned customers ensuring they fully receive the benefits of the Premier Support program.
  • Act as the primary point of contact delivering advanced troubleshooting and maintaining strategic relationships.
  • Build trust by providing consistency accountability and visibility tailored to the customers business and product needs.
  • Conduct periodic business reviews to discuss technical health actionable insights and personalized assessments. Product Expertise with all DigiCert One Products.
  • Provide product training and technical advice to clients ensuring they are empowered to use DigiCert solutions effectively.
  • Maintain expertise in DigiCert product suite and related technologies including Microsoft Cisco AWS Citrix Linux Apache RedHat F5 DNS Products and Windows operating systems.
  • Demonstrate strong knowledge of networking concepts (TCP/IP DNS SMTP SSH SSL) and information security products (antivirus spam filters email encryption etc.).
  • Leverage deep technical skills to proactively manage key events and prevent disruptions for customers. Account Management and Growth:
  • Manage customer relationships to ensure satisfaction retention and long-term success.
  • Identify opportunities by analyzing customer needs and usage trends.
  • Act as a trusted advisor by providing personalized data-driven insights and technical health reviews to achieve customer objectives.
  • Advocate for customers by providing feedback to DigiCert engineering and product teams based on customer insights.

Other duties as assigned and related to the nature of this role and company initiatives.

What you will have

Education

  • Bachelors degree in business information technology or a related field (or equivalent experience) is strongly preferred.

Experience

  • 3 years of dedicated customer support account management or client success experience in a technical or service-related field.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in team environments and manage cross-functional communication.
  • Experience in the security industry or with technical support products is a strong asset.

Ideal candidate profiles talents and desired qualifications

Account management

  • Proven ability to build and nurture long-term customer relationships.
  • Experience in enterprise account management or a similar customer-facing role.
  • Experience conducting business reviews and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Technical expertise

  • Familiarity with enterprise-grade technical environments including Microsoft products AWS Cisco Java Load Balancers Proxys Python etc
  • Strong experience and understanding of Rest API and Json.
  • Strong Understanding of PKI/Digital Security products.
  • Strong understanding of network topologys
  • Expertise in operating systems (Linux Apache RedHat Windows Ubuntu) and networking concepts (TCP/IP DNS SMTP etc.).
  • Hands-on experience troubleshooting server-level and security product issues.

Communication and problem-solving

  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills to manage multiple accounts effectively.
  • Strong problem-solving skills to address technical challenges and provide timely resolutions.

Soft skills

  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and adapt to flexible schedules.
  • Strong relationship-building problem-solving and customer service skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple accounts and prioritize tasks effectively.
  • Analytical mindset with a proactive approach to identifying and solving issues.
  • Willingness to adjust working hours based on customer needs and business demands.

Fluency in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Additional language proficiency is a plus.

Nice to have

  • Industry certifications like Microsoft AWS etc.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package
  • Generous paid time off including holidays andadditionalleave options
  • Family-friendly leave policies including maternity paternity and other supportive leave programs
  • Health and wellness support including medicalcover(where applicable) gym reimbursements and mental well-being resources
  • Pension life insurance and income protection benefits (location dependent)
  • Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential support for employees and their families
  • Educationassistanceand professional development opportunities
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning and continuous learning resources
  • Employee referral bonus program andadditionalcompanyperksand discounts
  • Business travel insurance and global employee support programs

To protect candidate information and maintain a secure hiring process all applications must be submitted through our careers portal. Resumes or CVs sent directly via email will not be reviewed or considered.

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