Role OverviewThe Business Development Executive (Central Region) is responsible for promoting the use of Clearinghouse offerings to educational organizations. This role involves developing and executing a national approach to sustain and grow the Clearinghouse's services to educational organizations and supporting efforts to retain and grow business with all states and the leading school districts.
What You Will Do
The Business Development Executive will be the primary relationship manager for the Clearinghouse's work with outreach and educational organizations. They will use a structured approach to opportunity planning, understand customer motivation, buying criteria, selection processes, and solution preferences. They will also conduct regular client satisfaction visits, serve as a strategic partner to build, grow, and maintain profitable and long-lasting relationships with key accounts.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have a robust understanding of how verified data informs educational policy and program analysis. They will be able to demonstrate the Clearinghouse's core competencies: Customer Focus, Optimizes Work Processes, Collaborates, Communicates Effectively, and Be Open and Authentic.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in business, marketing, or any related field
- 5 years of professional experience in the education industry, business development and/or sales
- Experience working in or selling into state educational agencies and/or school districts or educational organizations focused on measuring student success and/or guiding student pathways into college
- A history of consistently meeting or exceeding annual sales/business development targets
- Proven track-record of developing positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life and disability insurance benefits
- Health care, dependent care, and limited purpose flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account with annual employer contributions
- Voluntary supplemental health plans for Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
- Infertility coverage
- 401k matching contribution program
- Paid leave program consisting of vacation, sick, and personal time
- Paid holidays
- Up to 3 weeks of paid parental leave during a 12-month period
- Up to 5 days of paid military leave per calendar year
- Employee Education Assistance Program
- LinkedIn Learning subscription
- Mental health with up to eight free therapy sessions for employees and their family members
- Well-being reward benefits
- Service credit towards the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF)
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