Mid-Market Account Manager

San Francisco, New York

About the role

About Handshake Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.

Why join Handshake now: Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

The Role As a Mid Market Account Manager, you will own gross dollar retention and drive growth across your book of business. You will be responsible for running renewal cycles, prospecting within your existing accounts to identify expansion opportunities, and upselling and cross selling throughout your book of business. This includes discovery with executives, proving ROI and value, and partnering with CSMs who manage risk and adoption at the end-user level. You will work closely with your CSM counterpart but own the commercial relationship. You will lead value conversations, run competitive intel as needed, forecast renewal outcomes, and build strategies to increase account penetration. You will also be expected to identify new buying centers when relevant, including functions like marketing that engage with Handshake’s brand bundle products. You will also: Effectively renew, upsell and cross-sell an assigned book of business of existing premium employer partners primarily in the Mid Market segment Learn your book of business inside and out to effectively position Handshake’s value proposition, always linking it back to key business issues of the customer Develop and cultivate deep relationships with senior executives at the Director, SVP, and VP levels at our partners Develop new and creative ways to engage senior executives throughout the customer lifecycle and demonstrate Handshake’s value Partner closely with our Employer Customer Success Team to ensure customers adopt and are successful on Handshake Manage and present data and value-driven Quarterly Business Reviews Manage overall customer loyalty, serving as internal advocate and escalation point to customers Becoming a Handshake expert, learning the ins and outs of HR and higher ed Tech Must be willing to work onsite from our SF office- expected 5 days a week. Must be willing to travel as needed for customer engagements. You Have 3-5+ years of account management or customer success experience in SaaS 1-3+ years managing expansion and renewal revenue with quota responsibility Track record of quota attainment Experience managing 50+ accounts in a portfolio model Strong history of retention and expansion revenue We Offer Handshake delivers

benefits that help you feel supported and thrive at work and in life. The below

benefits are for full-time US employees. 🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company 💰 Financial Wellness : 401(k) match, competitive

compensation, financial coaching 🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility

benefits, parental coaching 💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend 📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development 💻 Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office 🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days 🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US

benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers .

About Handshake

Handshake is a career network designed for students and recent graduates to find job opportunities. It has a community of over 10 million users from 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps. The platform connects these individuals with more than 750,000 employers, covering various sectors. It aims to facilitate access to career resources for both students and employers.

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Job details

Location

San Francisco, New York

Company

NameHandshake
IndustryArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Team Size5

Funding

Total raised

$434M

Last stage

Growth

Investors

GGV Capital
Kleiner Perkins
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Spark Capital
True Ventures

Founders

GL

Garrett Lord

Co-Founder & CEO

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BC

Ben Christensen

Co-Founder

LinkedIn
SR

Scott Ringwelski

Co-Founder

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What happens next.

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01

Confirm the fit

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02

I pitch you to the company

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03

A meeting lands on your calendar

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