Team Overview

Our Sales team serves the critical role of getting our products into the hands of our customers. This talented team works hard to build and maintain relationships with our clients, as well as looks for new business opportunities to expand our reach.

The Senior Account Executive 6 Enterprise owns the full revenue lifecycle for a territory of K 612 accounts. Operating with a high degree of 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, and mentoring other sellers to drive expansion and renewal outcomes.

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, service 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, and 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.
• Mentor other sellers on executive communication, pursuit strategy, and MEDDPICC rigor 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.
• 8+ years enterprise SaaS sales experience, ideally in CRM, ERP, Analytics, or EdTech.
• Bachelor 2s degree or equivalent experience.

• 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.

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 $71,300 - $89,100 USD plus applicable commission. 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.