EdTech Sales Specialist - Global PD Teams & Avanti

EdTech Sales Specialist - Global PD Teams & Avanti

Remote;
Ideal candidates will reside in the Eastern time zone but Central will also be considered.

About Us:

Solution Tree delivers comprehensive professional development to schools and districts around the world. We empower K–12 educators to raise student achievement through a wide range of services and products including educator conferences, customized district solutions for long-term professional development, books, videos, and online courses. Our headquarters is located in beautiful downtown Bloomington, Indiana, home of Indiana University and some of the best cultural, educational, and natural resources in the area.

When you join Solution Tree, you join a highly regarded team that is dedicated to providing quality and excellence in professional development. Guided by our mission, vision, and values, our team is united under one goal – to transform education worldwide to ensure learning for all. If you have the passion and skill to help further Solution Tree’s mission, we want to hear from you.

• Innovative, team-oriented environment
• Working with leading voices and rising stars in staff development
• A compensation package that includes competitive pay and benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, 401k, paid time off, and more.
• Doing work that matters

Position Summary:

This EdTech Sales Specialist works with a collaborative team of sales professionals to sell proven K-12 professional development programs and services. It's an exciting role, as the position partners with educators and administrators to develop solutions that will support and enhance student success. The selected candidate will enjoy a competitive base salary, a commission program, and a comprehensive benefits package.

This is a remote sales position covering the territory. The EdTech Sales Specialist position requires the ability to develop, lead and strategically execute a sales plan that meets or exceeds the revenue goals established around the technology offerings of our two online platforms - Global PD Teams and Avanti.

Summary of essential job functions:

• Become a content area expert with Avanti and Global PD Teams offerings
• Align Avanti and Global PD Teams offerings with the customer’s professional development strategy
• Own the sales process from start to finish by understanding goals and developing strategies to achieve them
• Create alternative selling strategies that move conversations forward when negotiations have stalled or are “stuck” or when goals are not being met
• Facilitate product understanding and engagement to maximize sales and exceed sales targets
• Qualify new sales opportunities by utilizing discovery techniques to understand the budget, decision-maker(s), need(s), timing, and overall fit
• Collaborate in the identification of target schools and school districts as well as mapping of roles and decision-makers within assigned territory
• Build, maintain, and forecast an accurate sales pipeline and log activities in CRM (Salesforce and Sales Loft)
• Research and understand the Ed Tech competitive landscape to inform sales strategy
• Develop and nurture customer relationships with key decision-makers including superintendents, district administrators, and school principals
• Set and run custom demos daily and other meetings with key decision-makers that highlight functionality, value propositions, and differentiators of our products to prospects via Zoom, phone, or in-person presentations (expected to average at least 30 customer touchpoints a day)
• Negotiate deals to close/won
• Develop sales and marketing strategies in collaboration with sales leadership and marketing support
• Manage expenses that comply with company guidelines and demonstrate fiscal responsibility and judgment
• Other duties as assigned
• Organization Skills
• Technical Capacity
• Initiative
• Persistence
• Results Orientation
• Diagnostic Information Gathering

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The EdTech Sales Specialist must have excellent written, verbal, and auditory communication skills…