Partner Success Manager, Southeast Region
About The Position
The Partner Success Manager furthers WGU’s mission of creating pathways to opportunity at scale by serving the talent management objectives of large and strategic organizations across the country in assigned student pipeline vertical. By positioning WGU as the premier partner of workforce development solutions, this position will ensure the objectives and evolving needs of existing and recently secured partnerships are met while keenly focusing on account growth, support, and strategic expansion. Serving as the primary point of contact for day-to-day client support, this position maintains strong relationships with client stakeholders while driving growth of WGU’s portfolio of workforce development solutions. As a Partner Success Manager, Southeast Region, you will own and grow relationships with WGU’s corporate partners across the Southeast. You will ensure partners realize meaningful value from our education solutions while driving adoption, satisfaction, and long-term partnership growth aligned to workforce development goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Marketing, or a related field
- 4 to 6 years of experience in partnership management with a record of high performance in solution selling
- Proven experience in account management or client success with a track record of account growth and renewals
- Strong relationship management skills with the ability to build trust and maintain long-term partnerships
- Experience supporting contract renewals, upselling, and cross-selling in a B2B environment
- Ability to identify client needs and present tailored solutions that drive mutual value
- Strong understanding of workforce development trends and how education solutions support organizational goals
Nice To Haves
- Experience using Salesforce and Microsoft Office Suite
- Self-directed with strong accountability and execution focus
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally to deliver client outcomes
- Relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and strengthen relationships with corporate partners to drive long-term engagement and success
- Serve as the primary point of contact, ensuring strong partner satisfaction and alignment with workforce development initiatives
- Identify and expand opportunities within existing accounts, increasing utilization of WGU degree programs, short-form learning, and apprenticeships
- Support and contribute to regular business reviews, sharing performance insights and identifying opportunities for growth
- Partner with internal teams including Account Executives, Marketing, and Operations to deliver solutions and resolve partner needs
- Track and analyze key account metrics such as enrollment trends and product utilization to inform strategy and improve outcomes
- Drive partner adoption and usage by prioritizing the end-to-end customer experience
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
- health savings account and flexible spending account
- basic and voluntary life insurance
- disability coverage
- accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
- legal and identity theft coverage
- retirement savings plan
- wellbeing program
- discounted WGU tuition
- flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
- flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
- 11 paid holidays
- other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
