"customer relationships," "customer accounts," and "crm" aren't the only skills we found account development managers list on their resumes. In fact, there's a whole list of account development manager responsibilities that we found, including:
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We've found that 78.3% of account development managers have earned a bachelor's degree. Furthermore, 8.1% earned their master's degrees before becoming an account development manager. While it's true that most account development managers have a college degree, it's generally possible to become one with only a high school degree. In fact, one out of every nine account development managers did not spend the extra money to attend college.
Those account development managers who do attend college, typically earn either a business degree or a marketing degree. Less commonly earned degrees for account development managers include a communication degree or a accounting degree.
Once you've obtained the level of education you're comfortable with, you might start applying to companies to become an account development manager. We've found that most account development manager resumes include experience from American Express, PPG, and Ryder System. Of recent, American Express had 86 positions open for account development managers. Meanwhile, there are 21 job openings at PPG and 21 at Ryder System.
If you're interested in companies where account development managers make the most money, you'll want to apply for positions at NVIDIA, NRC Health, and Infineon Technologies. We found that at NVIDIA, the average account development manager salary is $192,983. Whereas at NRC Health, account development managers earn roughly $186,180. And at Infineon Technologies, they make an average salary of $146,731.
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We also looked into companies who hire account development managers from the top 100 educational institutions in the U.S. The top three companies that hire the most from these institutions include The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T;, and CDW.
In general, account development managers fulfill roles in the finance and manufacturing industries. While employment numbers are high in those industries, the account development manager annual salary is the highest in the technology industry with $93,723 as the average salary. Meanwhile, the telecommunication and start-up industries pay $86,646 and $85,056 respectively. This means that account development managers who are employed in the technology industry make 24.1% more than account development managers who work in the retail Industry.