Account Executive

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Account Executive growing Symplicity's Outcomes and CSM software portfolio. Selling employability data and reporting solutions to higher-education and workforce-development organizations.

Responsibilities:

  • Own a territory plan and sales call strategy to grow new and existing business across the Outcomes and CSM portfolio
  • Position Symplicity's outcomes and career-services data as solutions to clients' business problems, including compliance reporting and program ROI
  • Qualify and develop opportunities, run the full sales cycle, and close new logos and expansions
  • Build vertical expertise across employability, workforce development, and higher-education career services
  • Feed client requirements back to product and business operations
  • Build and manage cross-functional teams involving solutions engineering, customer success, and partnerships
  • Engage strategic partners for resources, fulfillment, and account management
  • Maintain accurate pipeline and forecast data in the CRM and adjust strategy based on outcomes
  • Represent Symplicity at industry conferences and events to build pipeline and brand presence
  • Lead resolution of client issues when necessary

Requirements:

  • 3-5+ years of relevant software/SaaS sales experience in the employability space
  • Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales quotas and revenue targets
  • Ability to deliver practical business solutions based on an enterprise understanding of a client's operations and total value portfolio
  • Experience selling outcomes, data, or reporting-driven products and translating data into a client-facing value story
  • Experience tracking activity and managing pipeline in Salesforce or a similar CRM system
  • Strong business acumen with an existing network of clients, partners, and contacts across the employability ecosystem
  • Availability to travel approximately 50% of the time
  • Direct experience selling or working with career services, outcomes-tracking, or alumni/employment survey platforms
  • Familiarity with workforce development boards, state/federal employability programs, or organizations beyond traditional higher education
  • Experience navigating complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience (preferred)
  • Consultative, solution-based selling skills with fluency in outcomes data and ROI
  • Strong written and verbal communication; confidence presenting to senior stakeholders
  • Self-motivated and comfortable managing a home-office-based, travel-heavy territory
  • Collaborative approach with product, customer success, and marketing

Benefits:

  • Variable compensation (commission)
  • Home-office-based work arrangement
  • Travel opportunities to industry conferences and events