Regional Partnership Director, South East

Overview – About Thinkcerca
ThinkCERCA.com is a Chicago-based company passionately committed to improving the quality of K-12 education on scale. Our platform allows teachers to design, share, deliver, and assess lessons in literacy, bringing an equitable solution to the challenges of enabling critical literacy on scale. Guided by a team of nationally recognized literacy experts, our mission is to deliver engaging, rigorous, and personalized literacy instruction for every student, in every class, every day.
We believe that partnership development is the first step in impact. Our research-based approach enables teams to facilitate industry-leading growth for students, and that is what drives the members of our partnership team.
We’re looking for a seasoned and talented Partnership Development Representative to help us grow our network of districts by introducing them to ThinkCERCA and supporting the sale of our literacy solution in school/district segments.
Responsibilities
The Regional Partnership Director will be tasked with driving the growth of our enterprise sales partnerships and executing solution-based selling strategies. You will be responsible for research, outreach, and relationship development.

• Supervise and develop regional customer success team members in collaboration with Regional Success Manager
• Responsible for outreach to target lists through calls and customized emails on a daily basis.
• Takes a consultative approach to meeting with potential customers – works with them to develop a solution that fits their needs. Is able to pinpoint ThinkCERCA’s value proposition to each unique customer. Provide strategic recommendations regarding curriculum solutions to district leaders
• Continuously optimizes the process for outreach and sales cycle for identified target mark
• Sets meetings with target school and district partners in South East Region
• Establish and maintain customer relationships with district leaders
• Qualify new target prospects; understand and analyze the size of opportunities; ensure the database of targets is correctly established with the team and continuously maintained and tracked for South East Region
• Lead growth strategy and sales for South East Region
• Maintains complete and accurate documentation in CRM program of all activity
• Develops school and district contacts and cultivates relationships with all stakeholders throughout the accounts

Qualifications

• Excellent written, and verbal communication skills, especially presentation and qualifying questions skills
• Strong interpersonal skills - the ability to interact effectively at all organizational levels, facilitate discussions, ask questions, make recommendations
• Ability to work remotely
• Strong organizational skills – able to meet deadlines, keep constant contact with leads/contacts/accounts/opportunities
• Must reside in South East Region
• Excellent analytical and pragmatic problem-solving abilities
• Previous experience as a Principle or District leader is required
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat Professional, HubSpot, and other tools and technologies.

How To Apply
This is a full-time position with a salary depending on experience and equity opportunities.
Please send your resume, a brief cover letter and to with Partnerships Development Representative in the subject line