Account Executive - Central Territory

VitalSource®, is hiring an Account Executive – Central US to contribute to our Sales team. This is a remote role and requires 40% annual travel for regional customer visits, campus meetings, conferences, and marketing/sales events. Travel frequency varies seasonally. Candidates must be based in and able to travel throughout the Central US territory to support in-person customer engagement and regional coverage.

We are looking for an Account Executive to own revenue growth, serving higher education institutions across the Central US. You’ll have a territory with existing client relationships and drive net new incremental revenue through strategic account expansion, upselling and cross-selling our virtual bookstore and course materials platform to current customers. You’ll manage the full sales cycle on expansion deals, working closely with our internal teams to identify growth opportunities and close deals.  

VitalSource is a mission-driven company delivering affordable, impactful learning to anyone, anywhere.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Build and execute territory plans that prioritize high-potential institutional prospects based on revenue opportunity, strategic fit, and competitive landscape; present territory strategy and results to leadership through the Semi-Annual Business Review (SABR). 
• Develop qualified pipeline through outbound prospecting, referrals, events, campus visits, and coordinated marketing campaigns.
• Own the full sales cycle from initial outreach and discovery through demo, proposal, negotiation, and close.
• Deliver consultative sales presentations and product demonstrations tailored to institutional stakeholders, including department leaders, administrators, and executive decision-makers.
• Build pipeline forecasts tied to realistic conversion timelines, and manage ongoing pipeline quality, opportunity progression, and forecast accuracy in Salesforce. 
• Coordinate cross-functional support from Marketing, Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Legal, Product, and other partners to support complex opportunities, contract negotiation, competitive positioning, and relevant customer or market feedback.

Required Qualifications: 

• Must be based in and able to travel up to 40%, throughout the Central US territory to support in-person customer engagement and regional coverage. 
• 3+ years of B2B sales experience, including ownership of prospecting, pipeline management, forecasting, and closing new business; experience with SaaS, edtech, higher education, or complex institutional sales preferred. 

• Demonstrated track record of consistently exceeding annual revenue quotas and managing a defined geographic or vertical territory.
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles of 3–9 months in length.
• Skilled in managing pipeline, forecasting opportunities, and tracking deal stages within Salesforce or equivalent CRM platforms.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to configure and deliver tailored product demos for diverse stakeholder audiences, from department heads to C-suite executives.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in publishing, higher education or K-12.

Salary Range:118,500-125,500k (This role may be eligible to participate in the VitalSource Sales Incentive Plan).

What We Offer:

• Culture: Collaborative, Inclusive, and Mission-driven 
• More in your pocket: Competitive base salary and a strong variable component 
• We take care of all aspects of our people: Generous, well-rounded benefits such as Medical, Vision, Dental, Life, Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, FSA, HSA, ID Protection, Pet and Legal Insurance 
• Retirement: 401K match up to 5%  
• We support our families: 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Continued education: Use our tuition reimbursement program
• The Importance of Balance: start at 4 weeks’ vacation, 12 sick days, 11 company holidays, and 3 personal days
• Flexibility: flexible work schedules and remote capabilities (by team) - feel free to skip the commute and hit your deadlines from home
• Casual Dress: be as comfortable at work as you are in your own living room 
• Wellness: lots of opportunities for fitness challenges and rewards 

Who We Are:

VitalSource is the leading education technology solutions provider committed to helping partners create, deliver, and distribute affordable, accessible, and impactful learning experiences worldwide. As a recognized innovator in the digital course materials market, VitalSource is best known for partnering with more than 1,000 publishers and resellers to deliver extraordinary learning experiences to millions of active users globally—and today we’re also powering new, cutting-edge technologies designed to optimize teaching and learning for maximum results. Learn more at https://vitalsource.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. 

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