Associate Account Manager

About Us:

At ZP Group, we obsess about the success of our customers and consultants. We believe the development and growth of our people is paramount to that success. As the parent company to Zachary Piper Solutions and Piper Companies, we focus on enabling both entities to deliver best-in-class staffing and professional services.

Zachary Piper Solutions supports the U.S. government with technical professional services across five key sectors: Intelligence, Defense, Homeland, Health, and Civilian.

Piper Companies provides staffing and professional services in Enterprise IT, Cyber Security, and Health Sciences.

Everything we do is deeply rooted in creating meaningful partnerships that drive positive impact-we fuel careers, strengthen businesses, and support missions that shape the future.

Simply put, we inspire growth to change lives.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for an ambitious, hardworking, and high-character candidate to work through a sales apprenticeship program designed to develop you into an elite sales professional. You will initially learn the recruitment life cycle for a period of 6 months, then complete our mentorship-focused Sales Readiness Program, with the end goal of earning your promotion to Account Manager. Based on merit, you could move through this process faster. Upon promotion, you will apply new business development and account management best practices to build your customer base. This position offers uncapped earning potential with the security of a base salary.

Location: Columbia, Maryland (MD)

Essential Duties of the Associate Account Manager:

You will partner with an experienced Account Manager, to learn from them and help drive their business forward.

To begin, you will recruit on open positions for our Fortune 500 customers. This will create the foundation for your sales development.

As you develop your skills, you will advance into our Sales Readiness Program.

Upon promotion to Account Manager, you will develop and service your own customer base by creating meaningful partnerships, building trust, and driving client outcomes.

Qualifications & Skills for the Associate Account Manager:

Qualities essential for success at ZP Group:

Excellent work ethic

Gritty: ability to persevere through adversity

Goal-driven and self-motivated

Optimistic

A Growth Mindset

Highly coachable

High EQ and passionate about building relationships

Desire to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented culture with uncapped earning potential

Bachelor's degree preferred

Alignment with our " TEAMS " values:

T ransparent & Timely Communication

E lite Customer Service

A chieving Goals & Celebrating Wins

M aximum Effort & Ownership

S upporting, Respecting, & Empowering One Another

Schedule:

Monday - Friday

Hybrid : 4 days in office, 1 day work-from-home

Compensation for the Associate Account Manager:

$52,500 annual base salary

Additional compensation, upon promotion to Account Manager:

$5,000 base salary increase

Uncapped weekly commission

Contest bonuses for achieving sales goals

Auto allowance ($375/month)

Cell allowance ($100/month)

For President's Club winners:

Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) annual bonus, starting at $10,000

All-expenses-paid trip to luxury resort in the Riviera Maya

Benefits:

Open Paid Time Off (OPTO)

Comprehensive health insurance; medical, dental, vision and life

401k with company match (ADP Retirement)

Parental leave

Company-paid laptop & premium sales tools

Life & AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Commuter benefits

Sick leave as required by law

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This job opens for applications on 10/8/2025. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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