Business Development Director

4 weeks ago


Omaha, Nebraska, United States Strategic Education Inc. Full time
Job Summary

Sophia is seeking a highly organized and goal-oriented Director of Business Development to drive revenue growth across new university partners. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of expanding a company's client base and sales, with experience working in the education sector, preferably in higher education.

Key Responsibilities
  • Implement and oversee partnership development strategy to drive revenue growth across new partners.
  • Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes.
  • Identify new business opportunities, build lead lists and manage a pipeline of prospects from SQL through the contracting phase.
  • Research emerging trends and recommend product use cases based on needs analysis.
  • Provide discipline-specific market insights that add value to partner conversations.
  • Have an informed opinion about the education landscape; be a thought-leader both internally and externally.
  • Regularly attend industry-related convenings as a representative of Sophia's offerings to the higher education sector and showcase the value of products and tools to the sector.
  • Work cross-functionally with legal, marketing, PR, IT and other departments to design collateral, legal agreements and processes for partner onboarding and success.
  • Effective interpersonal communication in managing multiple internal stakeholders including senior team leadership, product leaders, functional points of contact and direct reports.
  • Manage regular weekly, monthly and quarterly sales and partner goals reporting to senior team leadership.

Requirements
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in business development or sales.
  • Experience working in the education sector, preferably in higher education and/or experience working in sales selling enrollment-facing products to higher ed institutions.
  • Must have experience in Higher Education.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree; Masters/MBA Degree Highly Preferred.
  • Ability to travel occasionally for business needs.
  • Ability to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant.


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