Hybrid Account Director – Higher Education

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About the role

  • Account Director for Higher Education leading sales and customer success for Snyk's AI-native secure software development platform. Engaging senior institutional leaders to modernize application security amid digital transformation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the full sales and customer success lifecycle for prospective and existing customers across public and private universities, community colleges, and multi-campus systems undergoing significant digital and security transformation.
  • Prospecting, selling, expanding, and retaining Higher Education accounts by developing strong, trusted relationships with senior institutional leaders— including CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, VPs of IT, Deans, Directors of Infrastructure & Security, and Research Technology leaders.
  • Engage with customers at the most senior levels of their Security, Engineering, Research Computing, and IT organizations, helping institutions modernize application security while supporting mission-critical instructional and research activities.
  • Work closely with marketing, channel, sales engineering, customer success, legal, and leadership teams to help shape and execute the Higher Education go-to-market strategy.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience selling SaaS or security solutions into Higher Education, university systems, or related public sector segments.
  • Strong track record of selling to C-level and senior IT executives within universities, including CIOs, CISOs, and leaders of Research Computing, Central IT, and Distributed IT units.
  • Deep knowledge of Higher Education procurement models, funding cycles, governance structures, and risk frameworks.
  • Experience selling into Cybersecurity, DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, and Research IT teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to exceed quota and close $1M+ ARR or multi-year strategic transactions.
  • Self-motivated and highly driven with a collaborative, team-first mindset.

Benefits

  • Prioritize health, wellness, financial security, and life balance with programs tailored to your location and role.
  • Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, in-office perks, and time off for learning and self development
  • Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
  • Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance
  • Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs, plus mobile phone and education allowances

Job title

Account Director – Higher Education

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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