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Account Executive, Midwest

Employer
Northwest Evaluation Association
Location
Portland, OR, US
Salary
Competitive
Description

Account Executive, Midwest

About this role...

As a NWEA Account Executive within the Partner Account s, West Enrollment team, you will be responsible for acquiring new customers (Partners), reaching new and existing Partners with our growing portfolio of Products and Services, and increasing NWEA's leadership position in an assigned territory. You will work wi th a regional team, led by a Director, Partner Accounts, focused on reaching new Partners in districts up to 30,000 students. In addition, you will partner with an Account Manager who is focused on the renewals, retention and growth of existing Partner rel ationships. NWEA Account Executives and Account Managers are generally expected to reside in , or in close p roximity of their assigned territory. For this role, we will consider candidates in the western region of the U.S. , with a preference for candidates that reside in Minnesota, Iowa or Wisconsin. Candidates with at least 4 years ' experience in K-12 Education sales residing in Arkansas or Oklahoma will also be considered.

Your next challenge...

  • Lead development, qualification and conversion into opportunities
  • Actively prospect and close opportunities for NWEA Products and Services
  • Ensure that NWEA reaches a high level of account penetration in each account, reaching more kids in all districts within an assigned territory.
  • Drive revenue growth through acquisit ion of new, strategic and mid-sized Partners
  • Develop a territory strategy to penetrate and grow assigned geographic region
  • Manage complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders.
  • Experience managing sales relationships, pipeline and opportunities in a CRM system (Salesforce preferred)
  • Current and knowledgeable with K-12 education market; experience with K-12 assessments in classroom setting is highly preferred
  • A bility to travel on average, at 50%
Traits for success...

  • Demonstrated ability to success fully negotiate and close deals, meeting personal as well as team goals
  • Classically trained in a proven sales methodology (i.e. Miller Heiman, Strategic Selling)
  • Excellent time management and organizational skills
  • Excellent written and verbal commu nication skills, including high caliber presentation skills
  • Demonstrated commitment to the NWEA mission and culture
  • Deep knowledge of education market, school and business ope rations/ functions with ability to have significant conversations with senior school and district contacts and administrators

Education and experience...

  • Minimum B achelor's degree in education, business or a related field required
  • Preferred 3-5 years' field sales or si milar experience; background in selling to the K-12 educational market highly preferred
  • Experience initiating, acquiring and growing mid-sized to large strategic accounts
  • Experience with NWEA products, services, procedures and implementation preferred
  • Deep understanding of K-12 education industry and assessment


About the Partner Accounts, West Enrollment team....

NWEA's Partner Accounts group is comprised of over 150 professionals whose mission is to reach state and local education agencies with our products and services. Structured in strategic teams, the Partner Accounts group is comprised of several teams including Major Accounts, Stan dard Accounts, State & Government Partnerships, National A ccounts, Int ernational Accounts, Cal/ Tex , Specialty Accounts, Sales Operations, Proposals T eam , and Program Management. This role joins the West Enrollment team within Standard Accounts.

The West Enrollment team is responsible for all new business in small to mid-sized districts up to 30,000 students. Primary responsibilities in this team include: prospecting; qualifying new opportunities; leveraging current partner success and enrolling new partners in NWEA products and services. This team is constantly in the field meeting with districts who do not currently partner with NWEA. The right candidate will join a successful, cohesive team of professionals with a proven track record.

About us....

NWEA® is a research-based, not-for-profit organization that supports students and educators worldwide by creating assessment solutions that precisely measure growth and proficiency-and provide insights to help tailor instruction. For 40 years, NWEA has developed innovative pre-K-12 assessments, including our flagship interim assessment, MAP® Growth™; our progress monitoring and skills mastery tool, MAP® Skills™; and our reading fluency and comprehension assessment, MAP® Reading Fluency™. Educators trust our professional learning offerings to accelerate student learning and our research to support assessment validity and data interpretation. Our tools are trusted by educators in more than 9,500 schools, districts, and education agencies in 145 countries .

What we can offer you....

At NWEA w e not only offer a competitive base salary , we offer a 15% contribution of eligible employees' base salary to a defined contribution 403(b) retirement savings plan; c areer development opportunities; an awesome work culture and environment; we also offer industry leading benefits and perks that are focused on supporting our employees' holistic wellbeing. To learn more about what we can offer more, click here.

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NWEA™ is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. For our EEO Policy Statement, please click here. If you'd like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here .

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