Solution Architect, Director

Job Description:

  • Support Field Sales by leveraging the use of high stakes analytics, strong interpersonal skills, and value selling exploratory strategies to drive integrated solution sales.
  • Build and sustain key relationships with key accounts to improve upon expansion opportunities.
  • Facilitate exploratory academic meetings by leveraging high stake gap analytics.
  • Support in the development and presentation of custom gap analytics.
  • Conduct mid-year, and end of year gains presentations to help drive and direct expansion and growth opportunities.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key leadership to facilitate the selling process of key accounts.
  • Work with multiple sales and implementation personnel to develop a comprehensive concept plan.
  • Maintain ongoing contact with customers through the execution of the project.
  • Schedule SA team to match needs within the district.
  • Conduct Salesforce Research on a district and couple this insight with public available data to create a sales strategy for each district.
  • Provide internal training to other departments plus orientation onboarding of new staff to the SA team.
  • Develop supplemental, experimental, and pilot analytics through advanced tools such as SPSS.
  • Serve as SA team liaison to Gains and Gap teams to streamline processes and create procedures for high volume seasons.
  • Create processes for communication, documentation, and resource development to maximize efficiency of SA team.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business, Marketing or Liberal Arts
  • Minimum 7 years teaching/consulting
  • 5 years experience at K12 district administration level role
  • Domain expertise in educational and/or instructional leadership, strategic planning, and/or educational finance
  • Experience in project management
  • Expert level networking skills
  • Extensive network of senior K-12 Education executives
  • Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills
  • Microsoft Suite Skills, including sales reporting tools.
  • Superior written, interpersonal, and group presentation skills
  • Strong background in understanding and presenting high stakes analytics
  • Acceptable driving record required.
  • Preferred but not necessary Master’s degree.
  • Cabinet level role.

Benefits:

  • Salary Range - $130,000 to $135,000 plus commission.
  • Our salary ranges are based on national averages.
  • We have wide ranges so we can be flexible and determine compensation based on a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education, and location.
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