Director of Sales and Business Development

7 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States ThinkCERCA Full time
About ThinkCERCA

ThinkCERCA is a pioneering education technology company dedicated to providing teachers and students with an effective, research-backed literacy framework for reading and writing across subjects in grades 3-12.

Our mission is to deliver engaging, rigorous, and personalized literacy instruction for every student, in every class, every day.

About the Role

This role will be based in our Chicago office, working in a hybrid environment (2-3 days per week).

We are seeking a leader who will execute with a high level of urgency to partner with our marketing and sales teams to drive demand and create new business opportunities for our partnerships team.

The ideal candidate will implement processes quickly, manage our pipeline with great care, attention to detail, and focus to drive net new business revenue and accurate forecasting.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the inside sales function, supporting the existing team, hiring, and onboarding new team members.
  • Develop and coach sellers to build their own pipeline.
  • Work with sales leadership to inform improvements to the full sales process.
  • Utilize data to ensure that KPIs are hit daily.
  • Coach reps on handling objections and pitching ThinkCERCA to book demos with prospects.
  • Motivate reps to learn and grow daily, preparing them for their next sales role.
  • Conduct weekly pipeline review meetings to present accurate updates to the C-Suite and Board.
  • Translate the needs of the business throughout the organization.
  • Be heavily involved in hiring top talent for the sales organization.
  • Display cross-functional empathy and deliver high-level and tactical feedback across the organization.
  • Consistently drive the business to achieve and exceed revenue targets.
Requirements
  • 5+ years in sales leadership roles overseeing SDRs and AEs.
  • Experience in mid-market or enterprise selling environments required.
  • Proficiency in the sales tech stack: Outreach, Hubspot, LI Sales Navigator, Zoominfo, Lusha, LeadIQ, SalesIntel, Gong/Chorus, Guru/Highspot.
  • Experience in K-12 education technology or selling SaaS with multi-product selling distribution.
  • Experience building an outbound program or executing an outbound strategy that involves multichannel approaches tracked heavily by input/output metrics.
  • Excellent abilities to manage at the ground level while also able to zoom out and define and execute broader business initiatives.
  • A deep understanding of scaling organizations in fast-paced environments.
  • Experience in change management.
  • Travel 25-40% of the time is expected.


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