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Account Manager, Higher Education Sales (remote)

Elsevier
Washington, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Nov 2023

About the role

Account Manager
 

Are you skilled at building successful and profitable client relationships?
 

Would you like to become part of a team that's driving innovation in higher education information systems?
 

About our Team

We build smart, inspired and useful products for faculty and academic communities. The Interfolio faculty information system offers colleges and universities increased clarity and insight into faculty data to support strategic initiatives and academic decision making.
 

About the Role

As a Account Manager, you will deepen the relationship with client partners, becoming a trusted advisor and solutions consultant. You will provide excellent customer support and value added services to ensure retention and renewal of our customers. You will build and manage relationships to identify opportunities for sales of new and additional Solutions products.
 

Responsibilities

  • Building and maintaining effective long-term relationships with our customer base

  • Seeking opportunities and avenues for growth and owning renewal conversations.

  • Building and maintaining a territory-based account plan for each of your institutional relationships

  • Mastering delivery and execution of Challenger and Solution selling tactics.

  • Developing innovative strategies to promote usage and growth within accounts

  • Demonstrating our suite of products via web presentations and onsite meetings.

  • Meeting or exceeding activity, pipeline and revenue goals on a quarterly basis.


Requirements

  • Possess advanced skills in SaaS Solutions sales and account management

  • Be skilled in the use of Salesforce

  • Able to demonstrate and sell value to key partners across a complex university hierarchy

  • Able to travel up to 40% of the time


Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
 

  • Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive


Working with us

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.
 

Working for you

We want to protect your health, help you accumulate wealth and secure your future. We are therefore delighted to offer:
 

  • Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

  • Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance

  • Tax-free childcare support

  • Parental leave options

  • Health screening and private medical benefits

  • Season ticket loan


About Us

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
 

Join Us
 

Purposeful Work
When you work with us, your work matters. You are part of an organization that nurtures your curiosity to stimulate innovation for the communities that we serve.

Growing Every Day
Like the communities we serve, you are on a constant path of discovery to shape your career and personal development.

Colleagues Who Care
You will be part of the Elsevier family. We will support your well-being and provide the flexibility you need to thrive at work and home.

Together, we create possibilities.
Join us
 

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Elsevier is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race

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