Education Solutions Consultant - North Carolina (D596)

SMART Technologies Inc; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Education Solutions Consultant, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing instructional outcomes. This position involves building sustainable relationships with key stakeholders in the education sector, leveraging SMART solutions to drive customer engagement and adoption. You will work independently, traveling extensively to connect with educational institutions and facilitate professional development. If you have a passion for education and technology, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of educators and students alike.

Qualifications

• Degree in business, education, or marketing is required.
• Experience in education or sales for a technology-driven business is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with education sector decision-makers.
• Use sales processes to acquire new education customers.
• Develop professional development plans aligned with instructional goals.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Knowledge of SMART Products

Presentation Skills

Education Acumen

Technology Proficiency

Problem-Solving Skills

Education

Degree in Business, Education, or Marketing

Experience as a Former Educator

Two Years in Education or Sales

Job description

Purpose of the position As an Education Solutions Consultant, you will be a vital part of our mission to improve instructional outcomes with SMART solutions. Your duties will focus on developing the end-user customer base for SMART in the South-East Pod. Some of the specific duties will include:

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain sustainable relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders in the education sector.

• Use SMART’s sales process to acquire new education customers.

• Expand SMART solutions in defined education customers.

• Develop relationships in strategic education consortiums, training centers, and DOEs.

• Develop and implement professional development plans that align with instructional goals.

• Leverage SMART's Professional Learning resources to support customer adoption, renewal, and expansion to support the customer journey

• Foster a thriving community of ambassadors by identifying, recruiting, and onboarding ambassadors.

• Engage an online community through connecting and posting on social media

• Attend at local and regional trade shows, seminars, conferences and customer events

• Work with SMART's marketing and product management teams

• Produce high-quality sales and professional development activity reports

• Collect and analyze data to measure the impact of professional learning and make necessary improvements.

• Operate at very senior levels within complex customer organizations with multiple decision makers.

Skills Required

• Outstanding interpersonal skills and a desire to work in a team environment that consists of the Pod Director, Area Manager, Area Representative, and Demand Gen Manager

• Strong working knowledge of SMART’s products and the ability to learn new SMART solutions as they are introduced

• Ability to present in front of large groups with the confidence and knowledge of both hardware and software as presentation tools.

• Strong education acumen

• Must demonstrate a high level of proficiency with technology.

• Must be a self-starter and can learn new skills independently.
• Strong ability to analyze and solve problems

Education and work experience

• Degree in business, education, marketing or a related field

• Ideal experience as a former educator

• At least two years of experience in education or sales for a fast-paced, technology-driven business
• Proven aptitude for developing relationships with key decision-makers

Supervision provided and received

• The Education Solutions Consultant is a field-based position working independently with the guidance and direction of the Regional Solutions Manager.
• The Regional Manager will have weekly-1-1 conversations and travel in the field throughout the year.

Working conditions

• Successful candidates must be able to work independently from a home office with the ability to travel 70% of the time.

• Successful candidates must be able to get a passport and have the ability to travel to Canada.

• Successful candidates must pass all district level background checks to work in the k-12 environment effectively.

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