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Account Manager, SMB

Bertelsmann bertelsmann.com Open
Hybrid Morrisville Manager Account Management

At a glance

Manager-level Account Management role at Bertelsmann. Morrisville · no salary stated · we estimate $88,375–$150,000 across the United States.

Estimated pay

Bertelsmann has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

$88,375 – $150,000
What the middle half of mid-level account management roles in the United States paid, among postings that did state a salary.
Worked out from 1,315 postings that stated pay, median $115,000. Last updated Nov 12, 2026.
RoleAccount Management
SeniorityManager
LocationMorrisville
WorkplaceHybrid
PostedNov 11, 2026
Role brief

growthroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Build customer account plans around goals, product use, renewal needs, growth potential and open opportunities
  • Find expansion opportunities, run discovery and guide each sale from initial opportunity through negotiation and close
  • Keep Salesforce records, pipeline stages, close dates and forecasts current, and prepare proposals within approval rules
  • Coordinate with customer-facing and internal teams to support account strategy, customer experience and clean handoffs
  • Use approved AI, CRM and revenue tools to sharpen account research, preparation and prioritization

What you bring

  • At least two years in quota-carrying B2B SaaS account management, expansion sales or similar customer-growth work
  • A record of finding and closing additional sales within an assigned customer base
  • Experience with Salesforce or a similar CRM, plus a structured sales approach
  • A bachelor's degree or an equivalent mix of relevant education and work experience

Who this fits

This role suits a quota-carrying seller who can manage a customer portfolio, lead expansion deals and coordinate across teams. You must live in North Carolina within commuting distance of the Morrisville office, work there about 30 days per quarter, and be able to travel up to about 25%.

From the employer


Company Description


Are you looking for a high energy, strategic, and fast-paced position with an impactful and mission-driven company? Join Relias, the company changing lives throughout the world by helping healthcare organizations improve their clinical and financial outcomes!

For 11,000+ health care and human service organizations, Relias helps clients deliver better clinical and financial outcomes by elevating the performance of teams. We help organizations across the continuum of care get better at maintaining compliance, developing staff and promoting consistent, high-quality care. Our platform employs assessments to reveal specific gaps in skills and addresses them with personalized and engaging learning, choosing from 7,000+ online courses that meet accrediting board, state and federal requirements. We are passionate about our products and our clients; what we deliver and the impact we have on the world is truly something you can be proud to represent. Join us and make a difference.

WHAT CAN RELIAS OFFER YOU?

  • Fantastic health and wellness benefits package, including an outstanding 401k match, a flexible PTO program, and a generous and inclusive parental leave policy. Additionally, Relias pays for the employee portion of the monthly healthcare premium!
  • Flexible work environment with onsite and work from home options – you choose when you want to come into the office!
  • Active Employee Resource Groups open to all employees!
  • Comprehensive onboarding program – a great introduction to our company, customers and culture!
  • Growth and career advancement opportunities!
    • Multiple development program options – leadership development, professional development curriculums, and Nanodegree options in both technology and data science
    • Professional development gained from conference attendance and participation in organizations like NC Tech
    • Onsite 321 Coffee Shop providing free coffee and pastries to employees

Job Description


The Account Manager, SMB is a quota-carrying sales professional responsible for retaining, expanding, and strengthening a portfolio of small and medium-sized business customers. The role develops account plans, identifies whitespace and customer priorities, leads consultative expansion sales cycles, and coordinates internal resources to support customer value and durable revenue growth.


WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

Portfolio and Account Planning

  • Develop and maintain portfolio and account plans based on customer goals, utilization, solution footprint, whitespace, renewal considerations, and growth potential.
  • Prioritize customer engagement and selling activity according to opportunity, risk, and strategic value.
  • Maintain accurate account, contact, activity, and opportunity data in Salesforce.

Customer Growth and Consultative Selling

  • Build relationships with customer stakeholders and conduct discovery to identify business needs, expansion opportunities, and measurable value.
  • Lead the full expansion sales cycle from opportunity creation through proposal, negotiation, and close.
  • Position additional products and services in ways that align with customer priorities and fit.

Pipeline, Forecast, and Commercial Discipline

  • Maintain sufficient expansion pipeline and evidence-based opportunity stages, close dates, risks, and forecast calls.
  • Develop proposals and lead commercial conversations within approval standards.
  • Identify risks to growth or customer value and coordinate timely action with internal partners.

Customer and Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Partner with Customer Success, Support, Solutions Consulting, Product, Finance, Legal, and Revenue Operations to coordinate account strategy and customer experience.
  • Ensure clear ownership and handoffs across commercial and customer-success activities.

Continuous Learning and Technology Adoption

  • Build product, market, customer, and commercial knowledge through ongoing learning and coaching.
  • Use approved AI, CRM, revenue-intelligence, and enablement tools to improve account insight, preparation, prioritization, and productivity.


Qualifications


YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

  • 2+ years of quota-carrying B2B SaaS account management, expansion sales, or comparable customer-growth experience.
  • Demonstrated success identifying and closing expansion opportunities within an assigned customer portfolio.
  • Experience using Salesforce or a comparable CRM and a defined sales process.
  • Knowledge of SaaS account management, customer expansion, portfolio prioritization, renewal context, consultative discovery, and commercial negotiation.
  • Ability to identify whitespace, connect solutions to customer outcomes, and manage multiple customer priorities.
  • Ability to build trusted relationships while maintaining clear commercial ownership and accountability.
  • Skill in account planning, pipeline management, forecasting, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of relevant education and professional experience.
  • The ability to travel up to ~25%

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:

  • Experience managing customer relationships in healthcare, human services, post-acute care, or another regulated market.
  • Experience with MEDDPICC or a comparable qualification methodology.
  • Experience using conversation-intelligence, customer-insight, and approved AI productivity tools.


Additional Information


IN OFFICE REQUIREMENT:

Relias values collaboration and wants to ensure that our team members have opportunities to work with their teams regularly for professional development opportunities. Our flexible hybrid work environment requires that you live in the state of North Carolina, within a commutable distance to our office (~1-hour commute). You would be expected to work in our Morrisville, NC Headquarters (close to the Raleigh/Durham airport) approximately 30 days/quarter.

Relias is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free workplace

Relias is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free workplace. Relias welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities and is happy to make reasonable accommodations in all aspects of the selection process. If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the job application process, please visit our career page for instructions.

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

Disclosure requirements pertaining to the collection of your personal data:


Responsible for processing the information provided in your application is the company specified in the job advertisement, with its registered office as indicated. The company processes your data for the purpose of establishing an employment relationship on the basis of Art. 6 (1) b GDPR / Section 26 (1) sentence 1 BDSG.

The retention period for your data is determined by the statutory time limits applicable in the respective country, beginning upon completion of the recruitment process. You can find these here.

You can contact the company’s Data Protection Officer at the above-mentioned postal address.

Further information on data protection and your rights can be found here.

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Each morning you get everything that fits, strongest first.

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By the team behind growthroles.