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.
The role:
The Account Manager plays a critical role in renewing and expanding partnerships with existingcustomers while ensuring educators maximize the value of Ellevation to support EnglishLanguage Learners. In this role, you will monitor district and educator engagement, driveproduct adoption, and identify opportunities to strengthen and grow the partnerships youmanage. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to build trusted relationshipswith district leaders, foster long-term customer success, and deliver an exceptional customerexperience. By increasing district adoption and expanding existing partnerships, you will directlycontribute to company revenue goals. Most importantly, you will help thousands of educatorsleverage a solution that empowers them to better support multilingual learners and improvestudent outcomes.
This position supports the West sales region, must live in California. Travel is a
requirement of this position, up to 30%.
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 1 month, you will:
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.
Represent Ellevation in the field at conferences.
Within 3 months, you will:
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.
Independently visit partners in the field for upsells and relationship building
Within 6 months, you will:
Within 12 months you will:
Met or exceeded your sales quota for the year.
Build deep relationships with stakeholders in your key districts.
Synthesize and share insights from the field with relevant internal teams in service of product feedback and competitive intelligence.
Within 12 months, you will:
About you:
Created an ongoing pipeline to support your sales goals.
Shared insights and helped shape sales strategy with sales leadership.
2+ years of experience successfully selling to the K-12 market;
Experience and knowledge of the ELL landscape;
Strong analytical and organizational skills; ability to maintain 100+ partner accounts across territory.
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
Strong technical proficiency and ability navigate complex software tools.
Experience with SalesForce and or other CRM
About You:
Skills Required
- 2+ years of successful sales experience in the K-12 market
- Experience and knowledge of the English Language Learner landscape
- Strong analytical and organizational skills, including the ability to maintain 100+ partner accounts
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with audiences at all levels
- Ability to succeed in a competitive selling environment
- Strong technical proficiency and ability to navigate complex software tools
- Experience with Salesforce or another CRM
- Ability to travel up to 30%, with seasonal peaks of up to 50%
- Must live in California
What the Team is Saying
Ellevation Education Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage extends to employees and dependents with medical, dental, vision, mental health resources, and wellness programs, and some listings note plan options with low or no deductibles. This breadth and depth position health benefits as a notable strength.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all new parents, adoption assistance, and access to backup childcare/eldercare are repeatedly highlighted. These supports indicate a family-friendly approach beyond standard coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO, paid sick days, company holidays with floating days, and a winter office closure are called out alongside flexible, remote-first schedules. This mix suggests strong time-off availability and usability in principle.
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What We Do
Ellevation is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping English Learners (ELs) achieve their highest aspirations. We are an indispensable partner to school district administrators, teachers and students across the United States, who use our products to manage complex program requirements, build the capacity of teachers to serve multilingual learners, and empower students with the academic language necessary for success in school. Ellevation is the only EL program management solution that goes beyond compliance and impacts instruction in every classroom. We currently serve more than 1,200 partner districts and support 2 million students in nearly every state.
Why Work With Us
We are a mission-driven team of entrepreneurial and passionate people who love to learn, innovate and solve complex challenges. At Ellevation, we provide opportunities for professional development, clear career paths within the company and we promote within. Join our team and feel good about the immense impact your work has on Education!
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Employees work remotely.
Our headquarters are located in Boston, MA but about a third of our team lives and works remotely in other states. We are a remote-first company!
