Account manager resume keywords

We counted the skills in 515 open account manager job postings from 112 employers, including Deliveroo, Adyen and Pinterest. The ones employers ask for most are sales (76% of postings), account management (50%) and marketing (39%). 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	76%
2	account management	50%
3	marketing	39%
4	partnerships	28%
5	upselling	27%
6	customer success	25%
7	onboarding	22%
8	product roadmap	20%
9	negotiation	20%
10	customer experience	20%
11	SaaS	20%
12	go-to-market	19%
13	forecasting	17%
14	payments	15%
15	Salesforce	14%
16	client relations	14%
17	business development	13%
18	quota attainment	12%
19	communications	11%
20	CRM	11%
21	campaign management	10%
22	KPIs	10%
23	project management	9%
24	procurement	9%
25	enterprise sales	8%
26	APIs	8%
27	prospecting	8%
28	automation	7%
29	B2B	7%
30	troubleshooting	7%

Share of the 515 postings whose description names the skill (plurals and common spellings, such as “JS” and “JavaScript”, count as one).

Soft skills employers mention

cross-functional · 18%leadership · 16%collaboration · 12%communication · 12%ownership · 9%reporting · 8%creativity · 7%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 515 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 October 28, 2026.