Account Representative, Solution Sales

Overview:

At PowerSchool, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you’re joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Our Sales team serves the critical role of getting our products into the hands of our customers. This talented team works hard to build and maintain relationships with our clients, as well as looks for new business opportunities to expand our reach.

The Account Representative, Solution Sales is a quota carrying role responsible for collaborating with the field-based sales team to achieve team sales goals for the PowerSchool product lines. Responsible for prospecting, qualifying and building relationships with new customers, and extending relationships with existing customers in the assigned market. While the primary objective of this position is to achieve specific product line sales goals in the Strategic segment, successful candidates for this role will also have a strong business acumen and be able to serve as a strategic partner to Superintendents, Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers and other school business officials or district administrators. 

In the day to day: 

• You will work with both new and existing customer base to promote PowerSchool's student products and services with emphasis on establishing new business and expanding current relationships. 
• Become well versed in a subset of PowerSchool's products and services, beyond basic features and benefits.  
• Interact with officials and other district administrators, teachers and staff – top down and bottoms up.
• Find, progress and close new logo and cross-sell business. 
• Drive successful discovery, objection-handling, deal-strategy, deal close-planning and deal timeline management. 
• Build and maintain a 4x pipeline with excellent forecast accuracy practices.                       
• Develop tailored proposals with executive-level summaries, and negotiate complex multi-year contracts. 
• Meet and/or exceed revenue goals and activity measurements. 

To be considered for and to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. 

Qualifications include: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience.
• 5-7 years+ experience in sales including enterprise technology sales. 
• Proven history of carrying and attaining quarterly/annual quota targets (with a minimum of $1m as an annual target). 
• Proven experience in managing long, complex sales cycles (9+ months) and orchestrating various groups (Sales, Solution Engineers, Marketing, Engineering, Executives, etc) in flawless sales execution across an accounts multiple buying personas. 
• Experience selling K-12 or EdTech software solutions preferred. 
• Ability to accurately forecast sales on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. 
• Excellent presentation and product demonstration skills. 
• Strong executive presence with experience in calling on c-suite level of customers.

PowerSchool offers the following benefits: ​

Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy benefits, Life Insurance and AD&D)​

Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts​

Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability​

Comprehensive 401(k) plan​

Generous Parental Leave​

Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO) ​

Paid Community and Volunteer Time Off (VTO)​

Wellness Program, including ClassPass& Employee Assistance Program​

Tuition Reimbursement​

Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage​

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A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $90,000 – $102,433 plus applicable commission. The compensation range is specific to the United States and incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters. 

PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process, please let us know by emailing accommodations@powerschool.com.

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