Senior Account Manager

Cornerstone OnDemand; Portland (ME); Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone OnDemand in the United States seeks a Senior Account Manager, Strategic Accounts to own large enterprise relationships and drive revenue growth. This quota-carrying role blends expansion with net-new logo work, while serving as the executive relationship owner for top clients.

You will partner with Sales, Customer Excellence, Engagement, and Support to lead executive reviews, map budgets, and defend renewals, all while expanding Cornerstone's footprint across multiple product

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic account management or enterprise sales.
• Proven success building and owning C-level relationships.
• Experience hunting opportunities within an existing client base.
• Ability to build and execute account plans for complex organizations.
• Consultative approach mapping business needs to multi-product solutions.
• Strong forecasting discipline in a metrics-driven environment.
• Excellent discovery, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Willingness to travel as needed for executive engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own a book of strategic enterprise accounts with an 85% expansion/cross-sell focus and 15% net-new development.
• Lead executive relationships as the primary trusted advisor and escalation point.
• Hunt for whitespace within accounts to uncover new opportunities and use cases.
• Expand Cornerstone's footprint across products such as learning, performance, and TA solutions.
• Build and execute strategic account plans with stakeholder maps and budgets.
• Drive renewals, defend ARR, and grow the account's value over time.
• Lead discovery workshops and executive business reviews to position Cornerstone.
• Manage and forecast a pipeline across Commit, Probable, and Upside stages.
• Maintain account intelligence including org charts, sponsors, and renewal timing.
• Travel for in-person executive engagement and QBRs as needed.

Skills

Strategic account management

Enterprise sales

C-level relationships

Forecasting

Negotiation

Travel willingness

Job description

The Cornerstone Senior Account Manager, Strategic Accounts owns the overall relationship and revenue growth within a book of Cornerstone's largest, most complex enterprise clients. This is a quota-carrying role with a blended mandate: 85% expansion within the existing client base and 15% net-new logo acquisition . The Account Manager pairs deep account stewardship with an active hunting mindset — proactively identifying and closing new opportunities within their accounts, not just managing renewals.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Sales leadership, Customer Excellence, Customer Engagement, and Customer Support, while serving as the client's primary strategic, commercial, and executive relationship owner .

In this role you will…

• Own a book of strategic enterprise accounts, carrying a quota split ~85% expansion/cross-sell and 15% net-new development.

• Own and cultivate C-level relationships (CHRO, CFO, CIO, etc.) as the primary trusted advisor and executive escalation point.

• Hunt for whitespace within accounts — new business units, subsidiaries, or use cases not yet leveraging Cornerstone.

• Expand Cornerstone's footprint across products (learning, performance, talent acquisition, AI-driven workforce solutions).

• Build and execute strategic account plans mapping org structure, executive stakeholders, budget cycles, and competitive exposure.

• Drive and defend renewals, protecting and growing ARR.

• Lead discovery workshops and executive business reviews that position Cornerstone against competitors.

• Manage and forecast a pipeline of expansion and net-new opportunities across Commit, Probable, and Upside stages.

• Maintain account intelligence — org charts, sponsor mapping, competitive landscape, renewal timing — to inform strategy and forecasting.

• Travel as needed for in-person executive engagement, including QBRs, briefings, and on-site strategy sessions.

You've got what it takes if you have…

• 5+ years in strategic account management or enterprise sales, with a quota track record spanning both expansion and new business.

• Demonstrated success building and owning C-level relationships , not just practitioner-level ones.

• Proven success hunting new opportunities within an existing client base.

• Ability to build and execute account plans for complex, matrixed organizations.

• A consultative approach — diagnosing business needs and mapping them to multi-product solutions.

• Strong forecasting discipline in a metrics-driven environment.

• Excellent discovery, negotiation, and closing skills.

• Willingness to travel as needed for executive relationship-building and on-site engagement.

Extra Dose of Awesomeness if you have…

• Experience selling into large, matrixed enterprises (healthcare, financial services, retail, or similar).

• Familiarity with AI-driven workforce/talent solutions and the competitive landscape (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Docebo, ServiceNow).

• An existing network of C-level relationships in Fortune 500, healthcare, financial services, or another relevant vertical.

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