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title: 'Growth Account Executive at Skillsoft'
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# Growth Account Executive at Skillsoft

- **Company:** Skillsoft
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://www.skillsoft.com/about/job/apply?id=4718991005&gh_jid=4718991005

## Job description

At Skillsoft, we believe skills fuel growth. Our mission is to empower every organization and every learner to turn constant change into continuous growth. As part of the team, your skills will help organizations understand what skills they have, what they need next, and how to apply them in ways that drive real performance and progress.

Skillsoft is seeking an experienced Account Executive to be responsible for driving top-line revenue growth through the expansion of our current Account footprint. In this role, you will have the opportunity to network and showcase your ability to showcase your over-quota achievement while growing an ambitious pipeline of business You will navigate through complex sales while presenting to executive decision-makers in a solutions sales motion.

## Responsibilities & Opportunity Highlights

- Responsible for partnering with Sales Leaders and positioning all Skillsoft solutions to corporate decision makers to meet and exceed revenue goals and representing a solution line(s) with key competitive differentiators.
- Collaborate with sales leaders on strategic plans and objectives to drive desired business growth within current Accounts, collaborating with related sales, marketing, and support resources in the successful advancement of critical opportunities and market penetration.
- Engage wider account teams on short/long-term strategy with a focus on maintaining and growing revenue within existing customers.
- Owning the business relationship to drive the wider account team to deliver measurable and defined business objectives and goals with timelines related to revenue and growth of whitespace.
- Ensure that the company's total resource is delivered and leveraged in a way that satisfies customer requirements and supports the objectives of the account strategy.
- Skilled at demonstrating software and speaking the language of corporate buyers, able to collaborate and leverage subject matter expertise in a matrixed sales environment.
- Ability to operate with a sense of urgency, be bold, creative, curious and competitive, and demonstrate a positive, winning attitude.
- Negotiate effectively based on value and time to close, understand complex client requirements and be able to clearly articulate the company's offerings to develop solutions to meet those requirements.
- Ability to network at C-level, building a network of different contacts to articulate value and identify challenges across complex organizations where Skillsoft has a solution

Required Skills & Qualifications

- 6+ years of professional direct sales experience, selling SaaS, PaaS, B2B, and/or enterprise software to VP, SVP, and C-Level Executives with outstanding quota attainment history.
- Experience exceeding sales targets with a keen understanding of the steps involved in a sales cycle and ability to leverage each stage to advance the sale.
- Ability to understand complex client requirements and to clearly articulate the company’s offerings to develop solutions to meet those requirements, as well as, negotiate effectively based on value and time to close.
- Proficient in MS Office Suite & Salesforce.com.
- Ability to prospect with a structured activity model to maximize revenue growth, as well as, collaborate and leverage subject matter expertise in a matrixed sales environment.
- Skilled at demonstrating solutions and speaking the language of corporate buyers and respectfully challenge their thinking.
- Ability to collaborate and leverage subject matter expertise in a matrixed sales environment.
- Experience operating with a sense of urgency, have a competitive spirit, demonstrate a positive, winning attitude & adaptive, agile mindset.

## Preferred Skills & Experience

- Experience selling into the learning, human capital, human capital technology space is preferred.

Target base salary range for this job requisition is anticipated to be approximately $110,000 - $120,000 annualized with average on target earnings including commissions of approximately $220,000 - $240,000 annualized.

We also offer Enterprise benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, and paid time off.

The company may modify salaries, salary ranges and/or Pay Plans from time to time as it deems necessary.

## MORE ABOUT SKILLSOFT:

Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is a global leader in AI-native skills management for the human + AI era. By unifying learning, real-time skills intelligence, and workforce insights, Skillsoft helps enterprises build their Skillforce™ — humans and AI working together to drive measurable business outcomes. Through personalized, interactive learning across leadership, technology, and compliance, Skillsoft enables organizations to close critical skill gaps and accelerate transformation. Skillsoft is trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, including 60% of the Fortune 1000, and supports a global community of more than 105 million learners. Learn more at [skillsoft.com](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skillsoft.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7CAlicia.Webb%40skillsoft.com%7C36d2da8de0194a56800708de643c71a1%7C50361608aa23494da2332fd14d6a03f4%7C0%7C0%7C639058407944984460%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vKXEeOW14HJrrID0XOoQJVjVbwOsMZAEXYws7OBBySU%3D&reserved=0).

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us. If this opportunity intrigues you, we would love for you to apply!

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Skillsoft does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.  All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Skillsoft employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Skillsoft Employment Agency Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature.  No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.

Skillsoft is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

## About Skillsoft

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: AI-native enterprise skills management platform that helps organizations manage the human and AI skills lifecycle – from visibility and benchmarking to development and deployment.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: SKIL)
- **Headquarters**: Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (common knowledge; corroborated by multiple regional offices listed globally)
- **Founded**: 1998 (per “over 20 years of industry knowledge” on the about page)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Corporate skills management, enterprise learning, workforce readiness & talent development
- **Target customers**: B2B – predominantly large enterprises (60% of Fortune 1000 are customers), mid-market organizations, and government agencies
- **Mission statement**: “To empower every organization and every learner to turn constant change into continuous growth.”

## Products & Services
- **Skillsoft Percipio Platform**: AI-native enterprise skills management platform combining proprietary and licensed learning content, skills benchmarking, content creation tools, analytics, and administrative controls. Delivered via subscription. Includes CAISY® (AI role-play simulation) and LX Design Studio™ (customer-generated content creation).
- **Global Knowledge (GK)**: Instructor-led training (ILT) platform – complementary in-person and virtual classroom delivery for technical and professional skills.
- **Learner Platform**: Interactive, practice-based technology skill development environment serving ~59 million registered learners, also available as an extension of the enterprise Skills Management Platform.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Public – figures fluctuate; not provided in search results. Refer to NYSE: SKIL for real-time data.
- **Key Metric**: Serves over 3,000 enterprise customers and provides skills management to 42 million employees worldwide. As of January 31, 2026, the company had 2,247 total employees.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not detailed in search results (as a public company, major institutional holders are disclosed in SEC filings).
- **Growth Signals**: Shift from a content-centric to an integrated skills management platform (fiscal 2026); growing demand for AI‑readiness and skills visibility; leader in IDC MarketScape 2025 for IT Training Services North America.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native architecture** built on a centralized skills data foundation that generates signals for personalization, benchmarking, and workflow automation.
- **End-to-end skills lifecycle** (visibility → building → validation → deployment) in a single platform – rare among learning/content-only vendors.
- **Trusted by 60% of the Fortune 1000** and over 20 years of learning content expertise.
- **Proprietary content** across leadership/business, technology, and compliance, supplemented by customer-created content with IP protection.

## Strategic Focus
- Continuing to evolve from content delivery to a **skills management platform** that aligns learning directly to business priorities and workforce readiness.
- Expanding **AI capabilities** (CAISY, content creation, benchmarking) and integrating them into every layer of the platform.
- Driving **customer-created content** and governance tools so enterprises retain ownership of their proprietary learning IP.
- Emphasizing **skills-first workforce development** – both human and AI skills managed together.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Casual, down to earth work environment” – open collaboration, jeans, celebrating wins together, “one team” values.
- **Benefits**: Free drinks & snacks, gym reimbursement, paid vacation & holidays, special birthday holiday, paid volunteer hours, family access to the Skillsoft Percipio platform, leadership development programs, scholarship program for employee dependents, recognition and wellness programs.
- **Work Policy**: Not explicitly stated as fully remote or hybrid; global offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC suggest flexible/office blend.
- **Growth Opportunity**: Internal mobility is emphasized; employees have access to the same Percipio platform for continuous skill development.
- **DEI**: Equal opportunity employer with a “Know Your Rights” poster and accommodations for disabilities.

## Sources
1. [Skillsoft Corporate Website](https://www.skillsoft.com/)
2. [Skillsoft Careers Page](https://www.skillsoft.com/about/careers)
3. [Skillsoft Current Opportunities](https://www.skillsoft.com/about/careers/current-opportunities)
4. [Skillsoft 10-K (April 2026) – SEC Filing](https://investor.skillsoft.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001437749-26-011602/skil20260131_10k.htm)

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