PowerSchool

Account Director - Named Accounts

PowerSchool$116K — $145K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in enterprise SaaS sales, particularly in CRM, ERP, Analytics, or EdTech.
  • Proven track record of achieving bookings and revenue retention targets, including successful multi-suite expansions.
  • Experience managing lengthy (6-9 month) sales cycles with multi-stakeholder engagement in the public sector.
  • Strong understanding of Salesforce and able to maintain a disciplined pipeline and forecast.
  • Familiarity with modern deal methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC) and adept at using them for stage management.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver on targets for bookings and renewal rates through strategic account management.
  • Create and refresh quarterly territory plans focused on business gaps and growth opportunities.
  • Build and nurture executive relationships and run complex sales plays for high-level personas across districts.
  • Manage entire deal processes from initiation through closing, including negotiation and compliance checks.
  • Ensure accurate forecasting and maintain CRM integrity for transparent activity tracking.
  • Collaborate with various internal teams to facilitate customer value realization and successful renewals.
  • Collect and share market insights to refine product offerings and enhance sales strategy.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive insurance package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts for healthcare costs.
  • Short-term and long-term disability plans for income protection.
  • Robust 401(k) retirement plan with employer contributions.
  • Generous parental leave policy for new parents.
  • Unlimited paid time off policy, fostering work-life balance.
  • Wellness initiatives including ClassPass and employee support programs.
  • Tuition reimbursement support to further your education.
  • Optional benefits like pet insurance and identity theft protection.
Full Job Description
Overview

Team Overview

The Sales team gets PowerSchool into the hands of the educators and students who need it. Working side by side with Solution Consulting and Customer Success, we build executive relationships, lead account planning, and run deals end to end to renew on time and expand multi-suite adoption, delivering predictable bookings and revenue retention that empower better K-12 outcomes.

Responsibilities Description

The Account Director 6 Named owns the full revenue lifecycle for a territory of K 612 accounts. Operating with full autonomy, this role drives revenue retention and multi-suite expansion through rigorous account planning, disciplined deal execution, executive sponsorship at the district and state levels, orchestration of overlay teams under clear commercial governance, mentorship of other sellers to drive expansion and renewal outcomes, and strategic influence across the broader commercial organization.

Your day-to-day job will consist of:

  • Deliver targets for bookings, on-time renewals, net revenue retention, and multi-suite expansion by creating and executing sales plays within an assigned territory of accounts.
  • Build and refresh quarterly territory plans tied to whitespace, executive personas, funded initiatives, services attach, adoption gaps, and next plays by buying persona.
  • Create and progress pipeline by running named plays, executive outreach, and multi-threaded engagement across Superintendent, CIO, CFO, CHRO, CAO, Procurement.
  • Run deals end to end from discovery through close, including RFP strategy, pricing and terms, commercial approvals, legal negotiation, and procurement timeline control.
  • Maintain forecast accuracy and CRM standards, including contacts, activities, next steps, and stage exits that map to PowerSchool 2s standard deal methodology.
  • Orchestrate Solution Consulting, Services, Customer Success, and Partners to drive value realization, run QBRs, meet SLAs, and renewal readiness.
  • Capture and relay market signals and customer feedback to product, pricing, and go-to-market teams to improve offer structure, sales plays, or guidance for product, pricing, and marketing.
  • Serve as a thought partner to internal leaders on strategy, priorities, plays, and plans and mentor junior sellers to raise win quality across the team.
  • Travel regularly (50 660%), including multi-state trips, to support high-impact initiatives such as advancing strategic deals, leading onsite demos, and facilitating executive workshops, especially during peak business cycles.
Success Indicators
  • Territory delivers or exceeds expansion and retention targets with visible multi-suite expansion across priority accounts.
  • Pipeline forecast accuracy within acceptable standards.
  • Slip rate and stage aging decline while win rate and renewal performance improve.
  • Territory plans are in place and reviewed with leadership.
  • Documented uplift in team outcomes attributable to coaching, such as shorter cycle times, lower discount rates, or improved MEDDPICC completeness in peer deals.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
  • 8+ years enterprise SaaS sales experience, ideally in CRM, ERP, Analytics, or EdTech.
  • Consistent attainment against bookings and revenue retention targets, including multi-suite expansion across assigned accounts.
  • Experience leading 6- to 9-month sales cycles centered on cross-sell, orchestrating overlay teams through public-sector procurement across multiple buying personas; able to turn a champion in one persona into wins with others (for example, CFO to CHRO or CAO).
  • Demonstrated pipeline and forecast discipline in Salesforce, inspection-ready for weekly reviews.
  • Proficiency with a modern deal methodology and mutual close plans, for example MEDDPICC, with all elements captured and kept current in CRM and used to drive stage exits.
  • Bachelor 2s degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications
  • K 612 or public-sector fluency, including funding cycles, board approvals, RFPs, and use of co-ops or state purchasing vehicles.
  • Established references from K 612 district leaders or directors who can speak to integrity, reliability, collaborative problem solving, and joint value creation.
  • Ability to build executive relationships across Superintendent, CIO, CHRO, Curriculum, Finance, and Procurement, with demonstrated whitespace planning that scales across a large book.
Compensation & Benefits Compensation & Benefits

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)
  • Wellness Program, including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage

A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $116,700 - $145,900 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it 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.

About PowerSchool

PowerSchool is an education technology company that provides a range of K-12 education solutions to schools around the world. The company's products include student information systems, learning management systems, assessment and analytics tools, and special education management systems. PowerSchool serves more than 45 million students and 12,000 schools in over 70 countries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Minnesota, USA.
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2,500 employees
Market Cap
$4.4 billion
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Founded
1997
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