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Affordable Solutions Manager, Field Sales

🇺🇸 Remote - IL

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $71K - $104K

💻 Sales

🗓️ December 9th, 2025

CRM Salesforce SFDC

Edtech.com's Summary

Wiley is hiring an Affordable Solutions Manager, Field Sales. The role drives Inclusive Access revenue growth by collaborating with campus stakeholders and Wiley sales teams to deliver affordable digital content solutions. The manager builds strategies, manages compliance, cultivates vendor and client relationships, and supports Wiley’s affordability initiatives while traveling up to 40%.

Highlights
  • Scale revenue growth for Wiley’s Inclusive Access program across assigned regional campuses.
  • Collaborate with Strategic Sales Managers, Digital Learning Executives, and Customer Success Managers to develop sales roadmaps and targeting strategies.
  • Execute print-to-digital conversions to enhance digital takeaways and increase market share.
  • Maintain account compliance and detailed records using Salesforce CRM and Office 365.
  • Build and sustain relationships with Inclusive Access vendor partners and campus bookstores.
  • Attend conferences to engage with key customers and thought leaders on affordability strategies.
  • Negotiate terms and pricing for Equitable Access Agreements in coordination with management.
  • Assist in creating sales tools, marketing, and training materials for internal teams and customers.
  • Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree, 3+ years outside sales or consultative selling experience, proven sales success, and proficiency with Salesforce CRM.
  • Compensation ranges from $71,000 to $104,333 USD with 40% travel within the regional territory.

Affordable Solutions Manager, Field Sales Full Description

Job Description:Affordable Solutions Manager, Field Sales
Location:Remote, IL, USA

Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion; it's in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.

About the Role:
Wiley Higher Education partners with educators and institutions to drive student success by providing a better way to teach and learn. Our Affordable Solutions Managers work with administration, deans, instructors and bookstore managers to deliver Wiley digital content, providing seamless access at below market rate. In addition, ASMs research and gather information on affordability trends, issues, and legislation at the state and national level, disseminating findings to the rest of the organization, shaping and reinforcing Wiley's affordability position.

How you will make an impact:
  • Scale Inclusive access revenue growth across campuses in assigned regional territory.
  • Enable campuses with Wiley's IA program in collaboration with Wiley channel partners and campus administrators.
  • Work with Strategic Sales Managers in your region to build IA opportunity roadmaps before each sales season to guide Digital Learning Executives and Customer Success Managers with targeting and strategy.
  • Execute strategic IA targeting and growth; collaborate with Field DLEs to drive digital takeaways; conversion of print to digital or adoptions with low sell through to increase revenue and market share.
  • Build low sell through strategy with the Strategic Sales team on upper-level, non-courseware titles drive print to digital conversions and increase sell through on Advanced Text titles across all IA campuses.
  • Meet bi-weekly with key stakeholders (Strategic Sales Managers, Digital Learning Executives and Customer Success Managers) to review top IA opportunities and commit to action items and next steps. Prioritize IA institution adoption deadlines.
  • Track IA in compliance through Market Operations standards (SFDC, Office 365) and processes for accounts in your region; maintain record of each account, including courses, pricing, ISBN's and key faculty decision makers.
  • Build relationships and have regular and consistent communication with IA vendor partners (B&N/ Follet/VitalSource/ RedShelf) Regional and Growth managers to stay on top of changes, new IA accounts, opportunities, and growth potential in your territory.
  • Maintain Bookstore communication and relationships to provide IA adoption details and execute on IA processes for successful implementation each term.
  • Manage SFDC workorder details in collaboration with the Market Operations team to ensure timely invoicing and reporting prior to sales period ending.
  • Attend IA conferences and interact with key customers and IA thought leaders to uncover new opportunities, strategies, and best practices.
  • Establish C- suite relationships at key accounts to promote Wiley's IA program and gather intel on other affordability initiatives or business models being implemented (student pay/licensing/collections)
  • Equitable Access Agreements: where needed, collaborate with your manager to negotiate terms and pricing for new equitable access programs. Facilitate setting meetings with Institution stakeholders.
  • Assist in creating IA sales tools, marketing and training collateral for Digital Learning Executives, Customer Success Managers, and IA customers.
  • Be an active team player both on the sales team and throughout Wiley to help meet company objectives.
  • Travel within your territory and to occasional company meetings.

What we look for:
  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • 3+ years of consultative or solution selling outside sales experience.
  • Demonstrated sales success - prospecting and closing new business, cross-selling, upselling, and renewing existing clients.
  • Strong business acumen, goal oriented, with a proven track record of achieving targets and objectives.
  • Driven - possesses a strong desire to be successful, self-starter and a true initiator.
  • Excellent communication, presentation organization and problem-solving abilities.
  • Strong attention to detail and time management skills.
  • Data-driven - able to analyze data and numbers.
  • Familiarity with media, web-based technologies and Salesforce CRM.
  • 40% travel.

About Wiley: 
Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world's most important challenges. We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today's biggest obstacles into tomorrow's brightest opportunities.

With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers' steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage. Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the United Kingdom, Canada or USA. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.
Salary Range:71,000 USD to 104,333 USD#LI-MS1