Director, Technical Account Management

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Technical Account Management based in Turkey.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity within a fast-growing cybersecurity SaaS environment.

• Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing team of Technical Account Managers who act as trusted customer advisors and technical escalation resources.
• Hire, onboard, coach, and manage TAM team members while assessing team capabilities, capacity, and future resourcing requirements.
• Develop and continuously improve TAM processes and workflows, emphasizing automation, efficiency, consistency, and repeatability.
• Provide advanced technical guidance to customers on cybersecurity, threat intelligence, identity security, and the effective use of security data.
• Help customers operationalize threat intelligence within their security workflows, including investigations into threat groups, phishing activity, cybercrime, and other sophisticated threats.
• Create and maintain customer playbooks, enablement materials, and best practices that translate technical capabilities into measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with Customer Success leaders to improve customer adoption, value realization, renewals, and overall account outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to resolve technical challenges, address feature requests, document solutions, and improve customer-facing capabilities.
• Establish and refine technical escalation processes across teams to ensure complex customer issues are addressed efficiently and effectively.
• Develop dashboards, KPIs, and measurement frameworks to demonstrate the impact of the TAM function on customer success and commercial outcomes.
• Participate in customer visits and industry events, providing hands-on technical expertise while strengthening strategic customer relationships.
• Share customer insights, market feedback, and technical trends with leadership to inform product development and broader business strategy.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and introduce new methodologies that improve customer adoption, technical enablement, and operational efficiency.
• Support customer-facing teams with technical training and enablement, helping colleagues confidently address complex cybersecurity and product questions.

• 12+ years of experience in client-facing cybersecurity consulting, technical account management, or related roles, ideally with significant threat intelligence experience.
• Professional background as a SOC analyst, threat researcher, cybersecurity consultant, or similar security-focused technical role.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing technical teams, preferably within B2B SaaS or technology environments.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, cyber threat intelligence, identity threats, external attack surfaces, and modern security operations.
• Experience implementing SaaS solutions and helping customers integrate technology into established security workflows.
• Hands-on experience with APIs and webhooks, with the ability to understand and support technical integrations.
• Basic Python development skills and the ability to work comfortably with technical data and automation concepts.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose complex technical challenges and develop practical solutions.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and executive audiences.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and experience partnering with Customer Success, Product, Engineering, Sales, and other business functions.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple customer needs and drive issues through to resolution.
• Strategic, customer-focused leadership style with the ability to balance hands-on technical involvement with team management and organizational development.
• Willingness to participate in customer visits, industry events, and occasional work outside standard business hours to support customers globally.

• Competitive salary.
• Performance-based bonus structure.
• Stock options.
• Health coverage and insurance.
• Flexible work-from-anywhere environment.
• Unlimited vacation.
• Flexible approach to work-life balance.
• Opportunities to attend company events and team activities.
• Opportunity to join a high-growth cybersecurity startup where individual contributions can have immediate and visible impact.
• Support for personal and professional development in an innovative, collaborative environment.
• Opportunity to work alongside an experienced, passionate, and internationally recognized cybersecurity team.
• Exposure to cutting-edge threat intelligence, cybersecurity research, SaaS technology, and customer security programs.