Account Manager

TrulyHired; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Ellevation Education is seeking an Account Manager to renew and expand partnerships with school districts, driving product adoption and delivering exceptional customer experiences for English Learner programs across the Southeast region. Travel up to 50% is required as you engage with district leaders and educators.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to build trusted relationships, increase district adoption, and contribute to revenue growth while helping educators better support

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience selling to the K-12 market.
• Experience and knowledge of the ELL landscape.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication with audiences of all levels.
• Ability to succeed in a competitive selling environment.

Responsibilities

• Renew and expand partnerships with existing customers.
• Monitor district and educator engagement and drive product adoption.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build trusted relationships with district leaders.
• Conduct demos, renewal calls, and other engagement meetings with assigned accounts.
• Independently track sales activity in Salesforce and other systems.

Skills

K-12 sales

ELL landscape

Analytical skills

Verbal and written communication

Travel up to 50%

Job description

Account Manager Full Description

Over the last 10+ years, Ellevation Education has built a thriving business serving the administrators, teachers, and specialists who support English Learners at public schools across the U.S. Today, nearly 2,000 school districts use our software to manage their EL programs. We are a successful, rapidly growing business with a real mission: helping English Learners achieve their highest aspirations.

We're making major investments in how our platform supports the communication, data, and workflow needs of educators - and we're beginning to explore how AI can accelerate, enhance, and reimagine these experiences. As we scale, we're looking for engineering leaders who want to do more than manage systems - people who want to help shape the internal platforms and paved paths that enable our teams to build, ship, and operate high-quality software.

About the role

The Account Manager plays a critical role in renewing and expanding partnerships with existing customers while ensuring educators maximize the value of Ellevation to support English Language Learners. In this role, you will monitor district and educator engagement, drive product adoption, and identify opportunities to strengthen and grow the partnerships you manage. You will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to build trusted relationships with district leaders, foster long‑term customer success, and deliver an exceptional customer experience. By increasing district adoption and expanding existing partnerships, you will directly contribute to company revenue goals. Most importantly, you will help thousands of educators leverage a solution that empowers them to better support multilingual learners and improve student outcomes.

This position supports the East sales region, with a focus on the Southeast Region. Travel is a requirement of this position.

Within 1 month you will

• Onboard and learn about Ellevation and the work we do to improve outcomes for EL students.
• Gain an understanding of our products, their value, and how to technically demo to partners.
• Review our sales playbook and pricing structure.
• Learn your assigned territory and develop a strategic territory plan.
• Become familiar with our business systems and sales enablement tools.

Within 3 months, you will

• Become proficient and able to independently present all Ellevation products to external audiences.
• Collaborate with your regional team to understand your territories' education policy, pricing nuances, and instructional initiatives.
• Worked with the Partner Success team on engagement strategy for states and districts.
• Introduced yourself to all of your assigned accounts and began conducting demos, renewal calls, and other engagement meetings.
• Independently tracked all sales activity in Salesforce and utilized other business systems.

Within 6 months you will

• Effectively closed renewal contracts.
• Efficiently managed and grew your sales pipeline of up-sell opportunities.
• Become an expert in your territory on value proposition, policy, and product applications.
• Collaborate with the Partner Development Manager, Partner Development Associate, and Partner Success Manager to engage your region.

Within 12 months

• Met or exceeded your sales quota for the year.
• Built deep relationships with stakeholders in your key districts.
• Created an ongoing pipeline to support your sales goals.
• Shared insights and helped shape sales strategy with sales leadership.

About you

• 2+ years of experience successfully selling to the K-12 market
• Experience and knowledge of the ELL landscape
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with audiences of all levels
• Ability to succeed in a competitive selling environment
• Travel requirements: Up to 50% with seasonal peaks

Are you passionate about growth and eager to learn? Do you possess a drive to excel and make a difference? Ellevation values diversity, creativity, and a hunger for new perspectives. While our job postings outline preferred qualifications, we believe that talent comes in various forms. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, recognizing that unique skills and fresh outlooks are invaluable assets to our team. Don't let a checklist of requirements deter you - take the leap, and let's explore the possibilities together!

About Us

At Ellevation, we develop world‑class software to help educators serve the fastest growing population of K-12 students: English Learners (ELs). Ellevation helps school districts transform their Multilingual Learner programs and ensure all students can achieve their highest aspirations. Our product suite includes a best‑in‑class data and instructional planning platform, resources to build teacher capacity, and student‑facing programs to teach academic language.

We are a fast‑growing, mission‑driven technology company partnering with over 2,000 school districts and more than 2 million current and former English Learners. Over the next five years, we plan to double the number of ELs we serve and drive measurable outcomes for students. Ellevation merged with Curriculum Associates in 2021 to accelerate impact for Multilingual Learners. Our company continues to operate independently and is well‑capitalized to support our ambitious social and financial objectives.

Why Ellevation

• Mission‑driven organization where team members are empowered to make a significant impact
• Opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups and support building a culture of belonging
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Company and team offsites in various cities across the United States
• Collaborative workspace in the heart of Boston - a stone's throw from many central T stops (Downtown Crossing, Government Center, and Aquarium). Free snacks, beverages, and local organic fruit provided
• Remote and in-person engagement opportunities, including happy hours, themed events, and competitions
• Remote and in-person wellness programming to support team's mental and physical wellbeing

Here at Ellevation, we champion diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging. We strive to build a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values a range of ideas and opinions.

We believe in building a culture where productivity can flourish, one that is empathetic, respectful, and inclusive. We are proud to have been recognized in prior years as "Best Tech Workplace for Diversity" by the Timmy Awards for investing in training around inclusive behaviors, microaggressions, unconscious bias, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and feedback across the company. We are encouraged by our progress, but there's more work to be done.

Benefits

• Benefits eligible employees (and qualifying dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees can enroll in our company's 401(k) retirement plan and receive an employer match up to 50% on the first 7% of your contribution, with pre‑tax and Roth options.
• Employees have access to flexible paid time off for vacations, sick and disability policy, additional 10 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays and a winter office closure between Christmas and New Year's.
• In addition, we provide a generous parental leave benefit, back‑up childcare or eldercare, and a variety of other perks to support the health and well‑being of our employees.

Additional Information

Ellevation operates under Curriculum Associates, LLC, an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curriculum Associates, LLC will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by law. Curriculum Associates, LLC will grant employment, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by law. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

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