Account Manager II (Strategic)

Renaissance • Chicago, IL • 1d ago

When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K-12 education technology! Renaissance's solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters-creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom.?

Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide! Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve.?

The Strategic Account Manager II is responsible for managing and selling Renaissance Learning's products and services, with a focus on Practice and Instruction, within assigned territory, and achievement of revenue goals through prospecting, new business, customer renewals, cross-sell, and up-sell opportunities.?

The Strategic Account Manager II has meaningful sales experience and brings developing expertise for cultivation and long-term development of customer relationships, maintaining high product renewal rates and strong collaboration with Customer Success partners and members of the Account Executive team. You will operate are the primary account contact for customers, increasing customer loyalty and retention while driving business value and expansion.

This position requires regular travel for customer engagements, conferences, and other revenue-generating activities.

As an Strategic Account Manager II, you will:

Manage?Opportunities: Drive new business, cross/up-sell and renewal opportunities proactively by engaging multiple decision makers to ensure communication and agreement through the life of the opportunity and use internal and external networks to increase opportunity value. Grow assigned book of business to exceed revenue goals.

Consultative Solution Sell: Understand and sell solutions aligned to customers' unique problems and strategic objectives. Leads across the account team, internal, and external partners to develop winning solutions bringing value for both the customer and Renaissance.

Close?Business:?Consistently close business that has progressed past needs development and independently develops persuasive presentations to overcome late-stage deal obstacles to win customer confidence and support.

Domain Expertise:?Possess strong technical knowledge of common tools and trends in ed tech space; staying current on probable future state policies, practices, and information affecting customer businesses. Knows the competition and how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.

Credibility:?Builds rapport based on factual accuracy, expertise across offerings, delivering on expectations and proactively providing market insights that inspire customers to think of Renaissance as a partner.

Required Experience:

3+ years with prior experience in high volume sales (e.g. SaaS or B2B)

Proficient in collaboration tools (e.g., Outlook, Microsoft Teams, etc.)

Familiarity with CRMs and other sales technology (e.g., Salesforce)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills

Preferred Experience & Qualifications:

Experience in education sales

Knowledge of education customers, their organizational structures, and leadership personas

Demonstrated capacity for resourcefulness and creative problem-solving with little structure to work from

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Salary Range: The base range for this position is $61,800 - $85,000 with a total target compensation (TTC) range of $123,000-158,000. This range is based on national market data and may vary by experience and location. (We may hire at an AM III level for example).

Benefits for eligible employees include:

World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth

Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match

Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off

12 Paid Holidays

Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program

Tuition Reimbursement

Life & Disability Insurance

Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs

Frequently cited statistics show that some women, underrepresented individuals, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities may only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Renaissance, we encourage all applications! Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need for the future!

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate with respect to any term, condition or privilege of employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, marital status, or status of an individual in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Talent Acquisition (TATeam@renlearnCRM.onmicrosoft.com) .

EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

For information about Renaissance, visit: https://www.renaissance.com/

Similar Jobs

Marketing Manager - Segment & Solution Marketing

BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. • Chicago, IL • 44min ago

Management & Administrative

The ideal candidate for this role will be based in Chicago, but candidates residing in other biotech prominent markets will be considered. The Marketing Manager for Segment & Solution Marketing is responsible for exe...

44min ago

Go to Apply

Operations Manager

Marriott • Chicago, IL • 44min ago

Management & Administrative

Additional Information Bonus Eligible Job Number 25098988 Job Category Rooms & Guest Services Operations Location Residence Inn Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile, 101 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois, United State...

44min ago

Go to Apply

Customer Service

TEKsystems • Chicago, IL • 49min ago

Management & Administrative

Description Job Schedule: Training is on site for 7-8 weeks 40 hours per week for training. Once the representative is deemed proficient in call handling the job schedule then reverts to a hybrid 3/2 schedule. Job Hours:...

49min ago

Go to Apply

Senior Sales Account Manager, Entertainment

Amazon • Chicago, IL • 53min ago

Management & Administrative

Description Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of advertising solutions. We partner with advertisers to reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, owned and ope...

53min ago

Go to Apply

Senior Sales Account Manager, Entertainment

Amazon • Chicago, IL • 54min ago

Management & Administrative

54min ago

Go to Apply

Media Account Manager - MEDIA015792-3563

Circana • Chicago, IL • 54min ago

Management & Administrative

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12800573 **Account Manager - F&B Media Team Let\'s be unstoppable together!**...

54min ago

Go to Apply

Key Account Manager (Midwest)

Danaher Corporation • Chicago, IL • 59min ago

Management & Administrative

For over 25 years, Abcam has been providing tools the scientific community needs to enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases, and metabolic disorders. At Abca...

59min ago

Go to Apply

Sales Operations Manager, Enterprise & Global Accounts

Uber • Chicago, IL • 1h ago

Management & Administrative

About the Role: We are looking for an outstanding individual to join our Delivery Commercial Operations as the Sales Operations Manager for Enterprise and Global Accounts. This role is the sales operations partner to the...

1h ago

Go to Apply

Channel Account Manager, CDW

Lenovo • Chicago, IL • 1h ago

Management & Administrative

Channel Account Manager, CDW General Information Req # WD00084125 Career area: Sales Country/Region: United States of America State: North Carolina City: Morrisville Date: Monday, June 16, 2025 Working time: Full-time Ad...

1h ago

Go to Apply

Administrative Assistant 2

Rush University Medical Center • Chicago, IL • 1h ago

Management & Administrative

Job Description Location: Chicago, Illinois Business Unit: Rush Medical Group Hospital: Rush University Medical Center Department: IM Endocrinology - Office Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0) Shift: Shi...

1h ago

Go to Apply

Subscribe to get new jobs sent directly to you
(no charge, cancel anytime)

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.