[Remote] Regional Vice President- Education
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, and they are seeking a Regional Vice President of Sales to lead their sales team in the PK-12 education industry. This role involves developing strategies to increase market share, managing a team to achieve revenue goals, and building strong relationships with key stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Develop comprehensive strategies to increase market share and ensure the development of customer partnerships that lead to the attainment of individual and team revenue goals
- Partner closely with team members to develop territory plans designed to build diversified and meaningful pipelines as well as to achieve monthly, quarterly and annual revenue goals
- Sales comp, quota, and territory development to support company revenue objectives; include elements that reward and retain high-performance, high-growth team members
- Manage the team with clearly defined and communicated monthly, quarterly and annual expectations; ensure the right mix of prospecting, planning, presenting, negotiating and closing to ultimately achieve revenue goals
- Partner with CRO to improve performance management and coaching program to ensure all team members are consistently improving their solution selling and activities that ultimately drive consistent, repeatable results
- Use checkpoints and data to track progress, set up systems and process to measure results (e.g., regular meetings), hold direct reports accountable
- Strong, clear communication and leadership that leads from the front, deeply engaging and motivating their sales team
- Implementation of clear, consistent and transparent Sales operating rhythm (QBRs, Territory Reviews, Pipeline Reviews, Deal Reviews, Forecast, etc.)
- Use of data and analytics to inform all aspects of strategic and operations decisions
- Relevant reporting and communication are always accurate and available to key stakeholders
- Participate in meetings to identify new opportunities, have consultative discussions, and close business with top tier customers (in collaboration with regional sales leadership & Account Executives)
- Understand and communicate all large open and closed opportunities across regions
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional leaders across Scholastic (including Operations, Marketing, Product Development, Regional Marketing, Inside Sales, etc.)
- Maintain highest degree of expertise in literacy instruction and Scholastic solutions knowledge as well as key market trends
- Ensure Salesforce, sales tools and best practices adoption across regional team
- Champion innovation and technology adoption to improve efficiency, productivity and visibility
Skills
- BA/BS degree in Management, Marketing or Business preferred
- Deep knowledge and experience in PK-12 literacy space; 15+ years' experience selling to key PK-12 districts and key accounts
- Ability to maintain a travel schedule of 85%
- Excellent skills in Salesforce.com, PowerBI and Microsoft Office
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
- 10+ years of actively selling and managing a team, with at least 5 years leading distributed field sales organizations
- Sales responsibilities for a minimum of $75 million in revenue
- Proven track record of meeting quarterly and annual sales and profitability objectives
- Preference for candidates with well established relationships
- Deep understanding of relationship-based sales and pipeline discipline
- A track record in increasing penetration and wallet share within existing accounts as well as driving new logo adoption
- Solutions-orientation and metrics-driven; measures own accomplishments by specific, measurable results and KPIs
- Inspirational leadership and team-building capabilities
- Ability to balance cultural evolution with operational execution
- Valid driver's license and clean driving record
Benefits
- Full suite of health and wellness benefits (including a $0 deductible Medical Plan)
- Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) with options for both Roth and Traditional Contributions
- Tuition-Free programs for undergraduate and graduate degrees
- Generous Parental Leave Program
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with opportunity for discounted stock at a 15% discount
Company Overview
Company H1B Sponsorship