Business Development Executive, Higher Education Market

Ceg-Solutions-LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CEG Solutions seeks a Higher Education Business Development Executive to drive national sales growth in the higher education sector. You will build partnerships with public and private universities, craft regional growth plans, and lead complex opportunities from qualification to contract close.

Travel regionally as needed and represent CEG at conferences to promote energy and water efficiency solutions. Applicants should have a track record in ROI-based financing, multi-state sales, and a

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of complex sales and/or business development experience in the higher education vertical markets.
• Proven ability to build internal and external partnership ecosystems for customer acquisition.
• Consultative sales experience across a multi-state territory.
• Minimum 5 years of ROI-based financial transactions related to energy conservation or sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and execute a regional sales growth plan in the higher education market.
• Lead client meetings, presentations, and contract negotiations on behalf of the organization.
• Develop relationships with potential partners across organizational levels and coordinate internal resources.
• Represent CEG and identify energy sector trends at conferences, trade shows, and networking events.
• Drive surveys, ROI analyses, and financial justifications for energy projects in education facilities.

Skills

Complex sales

Business development

Higher education market

Multi-state territory

Consultative sales

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Higher Education Business Development Executive – National

CEG Solutions is a leading national Energy Service Company (ESCO) that specializes in delivering transformative sustainability and infrastructure projects. Originating as a general contractor, we leverage deep construction expertise and rigorous data analysis to provide turnkey, design-build energy and water efficiency solutions at no upfront cost to our clients.

With over $1 billion in projects awarded or in development, we partner with federal, state, and local governments, as well as healthcare and education sectors, to modernize complex facilities. Following our recent 2025 merger with Iconergy, we continue to expand our mission to improve the built environment through innovation, technical excellence, and guaranteed results.

Why CEG Solutions

Our team is dedicated to improving the way in which the built environment uses energy and believes that our work will play a role in solving some of the greatest challenges facing society today. CEG has cracked the code on establishing a high-caliber technical approach that is also customer centric with a collaborative team culture. We have helped our customer partners secure awards on all but two of our projects and 95% of our customers have implemented multiple phases with us.

We feel that if our customers win, our team wins, and the entire organization wins. If you are ready to take your career to the next level and want to be part of a winning, growth-minded culture then we would love to talk to you.

As a Higher Education Business Development Executive within our growing team, you will have the opportunity to lead and cultivate new business opportunities with public and private sector higher education clients as we leverage our customer-centric and innovative brand nationally. Success in this position requires a dynamic individual capable of establishing new organizational partnerships and advancing innovative projects from conception through implementation. Potential responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Develop, own, and execute a regional sales growth plan in the higher education market.
• Use a Solution Sales process methodology to qualify & disqualify complex sales opportunities for consistent, robust results.
• Spearhead CEG’s next stage of business development activities, identifying and driving sector-specific sales strategies that increase company revenue, branding, and impact.
• Serve as direct client interface on all projects, leading customer meetings/presentations and negotiating contracts on behalf of the organization.
• Develop relationships with and identify the technical needs of potential partners across all organizational levels, ranging from government executives to building engineering staff.
• Coordinate internal engineering resources to evaluate sales recommendations, managing site audits, cost-savings calculations, and return-on-investment analyses.
• Represent CEG and identify emerging energy sector trends at industry conferences, trade shows, and other networking events.
• Articulate the benefits of infrastructure modernization and/or energy related approaches to drive critical savings and optimization across a customer organization.
• Use of a disciplined sales and market development process that relies heavily on financial drivers.
• Working knowledge of the emerging energy market and current public sector market drivers (i.e. energy resilience, physical security, alternative financing, and cyber security)

Required qualifications include but are not limited to:

• Bachelor’s degree (master’s degree preferred)
• Minimum 5 years of complex sales and /or business development experience in the higher education vertical markets.
• A proven ability to build an internal and external partnership ecosystem for customer acquisition to develop a robust and sustainable opportunity funnel.
• Consultative sales experience across a multi-state territory.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Return-on-Investment based financial transactions related to energy conservation, sustainability, or facility optimization programs.

You Possess:

• A passion for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and/or sustainability; experience with public–private partnerships preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively in professional and public settings, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to travel regionally, as needed to accomplish the role.
• US work authorization

This position will be remote and based in any state with consideration to candidate preferences.

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