Manager, Software Technical Account Managers

Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter. Your Impact As Manager of Technical Account Managers, you lead a team of customer-facing Technical Account Managers operating across embedded, regional, and traveling engagement models, supporting Axon’s most strategic public safety customers. Your team serves as the operational extension of Axon within agency environments—driving successful deployment, stabilization, and adoption of Axon’s hardware, software, digital evidence, and integrated workflows. You are accountable for scaling predictable execution across a diverse portfolio of agencies, solution types, and delivery models. Through strong people leadership, disciplined operational governance, and executive-level engagement, you ensure agencies achieve operational readiness, sustained platform adoption, and measurable outcomes—while strengthening Axon’s long-term strategic partnerships and growth opportunities. This role is designed for a leader who can balance people management, program oversight, and executive stewardship in high-visibility, mission-critical environments. What You’ll Do Location: Remote within the US. Travel up to 40% Reports to: Senior Director, Customer Deployment Technical Account Management Direct Reports: Up to 15 Team People Leadership Lead, coach, and develop a team of Technical Account Managers supporting customers through embedded, regional, and traveling delivery models. Set clear expectations for execution quality, onsite presence (where applicable), customer engagement, and accountability across varied engagement structures. Develop talent capable of supporting Axon’s software-centric and hardware-centric products Drive skills development, performance management, and succession planning aligned to Axon’s evolving ecosystem and customer needs. Foster a culture of ownership, proactive problem-solving, and continuous improvement across geographically distributed teams. Operational, Program Hardware Oversight Own portfolio-level delivery across assigned agencies, ensuring consistent execution of hardware deployments, software implementations, and integrated workflows. Provide oversight for end-to-end delivery, including deployment planning, risk management, cross-functional coordination, and lifecycle support. Ensure TAMs effectively manage dependencies across hardware provisioning, installation readiness, network requirements, software configuration, and agency workflows. Establish and enforce standards, playbooks, and best practices for both hardware and software execution across all TAM engagement models. Executive Customer Engagement Serve as the leadership escalation point for agency command staff, IT leadership, and internal Axon stakeholders. Coach TAMs on executive communication, value articulation, and change leadership—particularly in complex or high-stakes hardware and platform deployments. Partner closely with Sales, Professional Services, Support, and Product teams to align delivery with customer commitments and future-state strategy. Act as a senior customer advocate within Axon, ensuring agency risks, needs, and expansion opportunities are clearly surfaced and addressed. Metrics, Performance Continuous Improvement Own performance management across your portfolio, including: Hardware and software deployment timelines Issue resolution SLAs and escalation trends Platform adoption and utilization metrics CSAT, NPS, and overall program health indic ... (truncated, view full listing at source)