Account Executive (Higher Education)

Account Executive (Higher Education)

The Opportunity

As a Account Executive (Higher Education), you will be responsible for driving sales and revenue growth by promoting Euna Budget, Euna Grants and Euna Procurement to higher educational institutions. Your in-depth knowledge of the higher education space will be crucial in understanding client needs, providing consultative advice, and tailoring solutions that align with their specific requirements.

If you’re a consultative Sales Executive focused on building relationships, you’ll be successful establishing the trust and rapport with prospective clients that is required to succeed in this role.  

Responsibilities

• Drive sales results– Strive to achieve and exceed set sales targets.  Demonstrate a strong will-to-win.  Be self-motivated and maintain consistent, high levels of energy and focus. 
• Manage an effective pipeline – Evaluate and prioritize customer opportunities to maximize sales of new or additional products and services to customers.  Actively prospect for new leads to create a steady funnel of progressive opportunities, including cold calling, emailing, and monitoring RFP websites. 
• Develop in-depth understanding of prospective customers– Place value on knowing key aspects of prospective customer’s business.  Recognize the importance of an in-depth understanding for creating solutions that result in customer satisfaction. Coordinate and customize needs-based client demos with Directors and/or lead where appropriate/required. 
• Become a recognized expert in budgeting software solutions– Invest in building a knowledge base of Euna products and services.  Seek out and attend relevant conferences, trade shows and other networking events to be highly visible within the assigned territory and vertical. 
• Build positive customer interactions– Display high levels of optimism about every customer opportunity.  Manage each customer interaction in a positive and professional manner with a focus to nurture relationships with key decision makers and influencers.  Respond to leads in a timely and professional manner. 
• Differentiate Euna value– Maximize all interactions with customers to demonstrate the value of Euna products and services.  Present recommended solutions and communicate value for the customer. Quarterback RFP responses through engaging Sales Support Manager to prepare response submissions and monitor/drive required timelines.  Prepare initial customer price quotes for manager review and signoff. 
• Influence customer decisions– Serve as a problem solver for the customer.  Recognize and handle predictable concerns that arise as conversation moves closer to decision.  Handle customer negotiation strategies and finalize agreements on terms that are to the mutual satisfaction and benefit to both the customer and Euna. 
• Plan and manage time effectively– Plan ahead and use effective time management to maximize selling activities.  Attend to sales support duties in a timely and organized way.  Record and update all activities in designated CRM. 

Qualifications  

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience and proven success in a strategic sales role 
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field from a leading University preferred.
• Experience selling software solutions strongly preferred. 
• Experience selling into Higher Education institutions strongly preferred. 
• Experience selling in US markets strongly preferred. 
• Experience with and knowledge of grant management strongly preferred.
• Ability to relate to diverse individuals across a wide range of positions from C-level to analyst. 

Key Working Relationships

• Ability to liaise with Project Managers, Professional Services and Software Developers in quoting and developing customer implementation and integration plans. 
• Provide customer feedback to appropriate channels to help drive product enhancement and servicing strategy. 

Location & Travel

• Position is remote with occasional travel to one of our offices.  
• Some irregular hours may be required for travel and in responding to customer RFPs. 
• 20-30% travel within North America, sometimes requiring overnight and weekend stays. 
• Flex-work options may be available.  

AI Mindset at Euna Solutions
We believe the future of work is human + AI. At Euna Solutions, we encourage our team members to leverage AI tools to enhance creativity, efficiency, and decision-making. We’re looking for people who are curious about emerging technologies, eager to experiment, and committed to using AI responsibly to augment—not replace—their expertise.

If you enjoy exploring new ways to solve problems, learning continuously, and applying AI to make your work smarter and more impactful, you’ll thrive here.

What It's Like to Work at Euna Solutions
At Euna Solutions, we carefully foster a work environment where employees have a safe space for creative and intellectual freedom, and the opportunity to work cross-functionally. We offer a dynamic environment with considerable opportunities for professional growth and advancement.  

Here are some of the perks that Euna employees enjoy:  

💵 Competitive wages  
We pay competitive wages and salaries, and we only expect an honest 40-hour week for it.  

🧘‍♀️ Wellness days  
What’s better than a long weekend?  An extra-long weekend! Twice a year, Euna employees enjoy an extra day on top of the long weekend! An extra day to decompress and spend time doing the things you love.  

🙌 Community Engagement Committee  
At Euna, we know how important it is to give back. Our community engagement committee looks for ways to give back to our local communities through time, gifts and skills.  

🕰 Flexible workday  
We understand that what a workday looks like differs by employee and the role requirements. Through our interview process we’ll work with you to ensure it’s a fit for you and the specific role you’re interested in.  

💰 Benefits  
Ask us for a copy of our health and dental benefits!  

🎉 Culture committee  
Celebrate at every occasion with the culture team! They make sure that our team’s culture is bustling with frequent fun events for holidays and special occasions, as well as for miscellaneous fun.  
 

About Euna Solutions

Euna Solutions® is the leading provider of purpose-built, cloud-based software designed to streamline procurement, budgeting, payments, and grants management for public sector and government organizations. Euna’s AI-powered features and intelligent automation help organizations make better-informed decisions, ensure compliance, empower collaboration, and reduce administrative burden. Euna’s full-cycle financial suite supports more than 3,600 organizations across North America in building trust, enabling transparency, and driving positive community impact. Recognized on Government Technology’s GovTech 100 list, Euna Solutions is committed to advancing public sector innovation. To learn more, visit www.eunasolutions.com. Euna's privacy policy is available here.

Please visit our website: https://eunasolutions.com/careers/ and check out our LinkedIn Pages https://www.linkedin.com/company/eunasolutions/    

We believe in embracing new perspectives and optimizing impact. If you have relatable experience and relevant transferable skills but feel you may be missing a few of the requirements, we encourage you to apply!  We recognize that people have unique career journeys and if you're excited about this role and know you can bring something great to the team, then we want to hear from you. Please know Euna Solutions is committed to providing a comfortable and accessible interview process for every candidate. If there are any accommodations our team can make throughout our hiring process (big or small), please let us know.  

For any inquiries or requests regarding accessibility at Euna Solutions, please email [email protected] or call our office at 1.877.707.7755. Upon request, appropriate accessible formats or arrangements will be provided as soon as practicable.