Position Overview :
Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy company, is searching for a full-time Account Executive (K-12 Sales) to join our Varsity Tutors for Schools sales team! The Account Executive will be a critical part of expanding Varsity Tutors’ K-12 institutional business. They will be responsible for building relationships with key decision makers at the school district level in addition to selling Varsity Tutors’ suite of products to bring live-learning solutions to students district-wide. They will be well-versed in the K-12 education landscape, including funding, state initiatives, demographics, and the procurement process for K-12 schools, which will help inform their overall sales strategy. This role is remote but will require occasional travel based on the assigned territory. The individual in this role needs to exhibit a high level of professionalism and have the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
This position involves traveling 60% of the time within the sales territory covering the U.S. states of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
About Nerdy:
Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY), the parent company of Varsity Tutors, is a leading platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The Company’s purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including AI, to connect learners of all ages to experts, delivering superior value on both sides of the network. Nerdy’s comprehensive learning destination provides learning experiences across 3,000+ subjects and multiple formats, including one-on-one instruction, small group classes, large format group classes, and adaptive self-study.
Qualifications:
- 4+ years of successful education-sales experience.
- Bachelor-level degree in any major.
- Intermediate or advanced proficiency demonstrating technology-based learning solutions.
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, web-based presentation tools, CRM, and video-conference tools.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong customer-relations skills and high emotional intelligence.
- Builds and manages a sales pipeline with schools to drive organic growth of the K-12 business.
- Develops and executes a prospecting strategy that sources new business opportunities through cold calling, client referrals, emails, and networking.
- Maintains expertise in product knowledge of Varsity Tutors’ product suite, the educational industry, and factors influencing the market environment.
- Engages key stakeholders using effective consultative techniques including pre-call planning and productive questioning strategies that lead to winning business.
- Conducts consultative sales conversations to understand customer needs, highlight Varsity Tutors differentiators and provide product recommendations that meet the needs of school clients.
- Drives sales quickly to a close within the education system using a process-driven procurement process.
- Understands the K-12 procurement process and accurately forecasts upcoming customer activity to sales leadership and executive team.
- Uses Salesforce to accurately track customer-related activities, communication, market data, and critical issues.
- Achieves key success metrics and goals.
- Collaborates with colleagues from other departments to improve efficiency and facilitate a successful customer experience.
- Gathers customer feedback to understand the customer experience deeply and shares learnings to inform the field sales team, go-to-market strategy, and product enhancements.
Relentless Focus on Customers | Comfort with Ambiguity | Ownership | Simplify | Intellectual Curiosity | Build Teams | Think Big | Insist on High Standards | Bias for Action | Build Trust | Go Deep | Have Conviction | Deliver Results | Are Right, a Lot
Benefits/Culture:
- 100% remote company (60% travel required within sales territory).
- Three-tier compensation package: Competitive base, variable compensation, and company equity (restricted stock units).
- Healthcare plans (medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurances).
- 401(k)-matching plan.
- Flexible PTO.
- 52 hours of free tutoring per year for you or your immediate family members.