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Strategic Deal Coordinator

🇺🇸 Remote - OH 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $47K - $78K 💻 Sales 🗓️ August 14th, 2026
CRM SaaS Salesforce

Edtech.com's Summary

Elsevier is hiring a Deal Coordinator. The role involves managing the full lifecycle of new business and renewal deals alongside a Regional Sales Director, ensuring smooth execution from Agreement to Closed-Won. The position requires overseeing deal pipelines, coordinating cross-functional teams, and using Salesforce to maintain accurate deal information and support sales forecasting.

Highlights
  • Manage the pipeline of deals at the Agree stage, tracking status and resolving delays
  • Update expected close dates and provide sales forecast reporting
  • Lead pipeline review meetings involving sales, account support, legal, and operations
  • Act as expert in order-to-cash process across various sales teams
  • Handle deal-level escalations daily and document progress in Salesforce and Chatter
  • Ensure accuracy and completeness of deal information; coordinate approvals
  • Support AI-driven process improvements within the team
  • Requires bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 2-3+ years in sales operations, deal desk, sales support, or order management, preferably in B2B or SaaS
  • Proficient with Salesforce or similar CRM and familiar with quote-to-cash/order-to-cash processes
  • Salary range: $46,700 - $78,000 base; Total target cash: $71,900 - $120,000

Strategic Deal Coordinator Full Description

About our Team
You'll be at the forefront of transforming how science gets done, putting cutting-edge AI tools and world-class research databases into the hands of faculty, researchers, and university leaders who are driving the world's most important discoveries.
About the role
Embedded with a Regional Sales Director, the Deal Coordinator owns the end-to-end execution of new business and renewal deals from Agree to Closed-Won, acting as a member of the sales team responsible for everything it takes to close a deal.
Key responsibilities
  • Own the pipeline of all deals at the Agree stage, maintaining up-to-date information on status and risks and resolving delays and blockers.
  • Update expected close dates and provide reporting to inform the sales forecast.
  • Lead pipeline review meetings with sales, account support, legal and operations colleagues.
  • Serve as the expert on the holistic order-to-cash process across Field, Inside, High Touch and Low Touch teams.
  • Pursue deal-level escalations daily and record every step in Salesforce and Chatter.
  • Ensure all deal information is complete and accurate, responding promptly to Account Support, Operations and Legal.
  • Obtain and document missing information and approvals throughout the process.
  • Support the roll-out of AI-driven process improvements within the team.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2-3+ years in sales operations, deal desk, sales support, order management or a comparable coordination role, ideally B2B or SaaS.
  • Experience with Salesforce (or comparable CRM) and knowledge of the quote-to-cash / order-to-cash process.
  • Strong organizational and project-management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
About the Business
Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics, helping researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society.
Primary Location Base Pay Range: Home based-Ohio $46,700 - $78,000. Total Target Cash Range: $71,900 - $120,000.