Account manager resume keywords

We counted the skills in 516 open account manager job postings from 107 employers, including Adyen, Deliveroo and Airwallex. The ones employers ask for most are sales (77% of postings), account management (47%) and marketing (38%). 66% of the postings mention AI, though often in the company's description rather than as a skill the job needs.

Top skills and tools in account manager postings

#	Keyword	Share of postings
1	sales	77%
2	account management	47%
3	marketing	38%
4	partnerships	28%
5	upselling	27%
6	customer success	27%
7	customer experience	22%
8	negotiation	22%
9	onboarding	20%
10	SaaS	20%
11	product roadmap	18%
12	go-to-market	18%
13	forecasting	16%
14	payments	15%
15	quota attainment	15%
16	client relations	15%
17	Salesforce	15%
18	business development	13%
19	CRM	12%
20	procurement	10%
21	project management	9%
22	KPIs	9%
23	communications	9%
24	campaign management	9%
25	APIs	8%
26	enterprise sales	8%
27	prospecting	8%
28	compliance	7%
29	contract negotiation	7%
30	automation	7%

Share of the 516 postings whose description names the skill (plurals and common spellings, such as “JS” and “JavaScript”, count as one).

Soft skills employers mention

cross-functional · 16%leadership · 14%collaboration · 14%communication · 12%ownership · 9%creativity · 7%reporting · 6%self-starter · 4%

Show these through results in your bullets (“led a team of six”) rather than listing them as adjectives.

How to use these keywords on your account manager resume

Start with the posting, not this list. These are averages across 516 jobs; the one you're applying for has its own priorities. Use this page to spot common gaps, then match the specific posting.
Name skills the way employers do. If you use “sales”, “account management” and “marketing”, write those exact words. Applicant tracking systems and recruiters search for them, and a close synonym can be missed.
Put each skill in a bullet that shows a result. Naming partnerships inside a bullet about what you achieved with it, with a number where you can, is stronger than listing it alone in a skills section.
Add only what's true. If you've worked with “partnerships”, “upselling” and “customer success” but your resume doesn't say so, add it. If you haven't, leave it out: interviews expose padded resumes quickly.

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How these numbers are calculated

Every figure comes from open account manager job postings on MANY Hired, imported from employers' own career pages. For each posting we pick out the skills, tools, certifications and qualifications its description names, then count how many postings ask for each one. A job counts as account manager by its title. Updated November 8, 2026.