K-12 Education Growth & Strategy Executive

Apple, Inc.; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Roanoke, Virginia is seeking a K-12 Education Business Development Executive to lead strategic sales engagements with state-level systems and key education customers across the United States.

You will partner cross-functionally to develop and execute sales strategies, create customer success plans, and drive growth in the education market, with up to 50% domestic travel. The role emphasizes leadership, storytelling, and the ability to influence senior education leaders to adopt

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience.
• Background in education technology, business development, sales strategy, management consulting, and/or similar function in the education market
• Proven experience in crafting and implementing strategic sales plans
• Extraordinary knowledge of the K-12 Education market
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving ability, and business acumen with the ability to transform data into actionable insights, business plans, and long-term strategic vision
• Excellent collaboration and relationship building skills with the ability to influence cross-functionally, navigate partner organizational structures, and lead complex negotiations
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills with experience presenting to senior leaders to guide business decisions
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required

Responsibilities

• Drive Apple’s core education messaging to assigned state-level systems and strategic identified customers, focused on influencing education leadership to implement Apple products and services.
• Be a trusted advisor to leaders seeking guidance on driving change and transformation in learning environments and represent voices of education institutions. Provide expertise and mentorship to customers to ensure effective implementation.
• Analyze education customer trends and partnership capabilities. Collect customer feedback, synthesize insights, and proactively highlight emerging challenges or opportunities to inform strategic decision-making.
• Maintain relationships with a variety of cross-functional and multidirectional partners including Regional Sales Leadership, Strategy, Demand Generation, and Enablement Teams.
• Develop and implement innovative field sales initiatives in collaboration with strategy teams to enhance sales growth and optimize performance.
• Represent Apple Education at Regional and National meetings or conferences, customer briefing sessions, and highly strategic customer engagements. Establish, develop, and maintain relationships with key state influencer groups, and state or regional education associations.
• Collaborate closely with demand generation teams to ensure alignment of outbound sales efforts with ongoing campaigns.

Skills

Education technology

Business development

Sales strategy

Management consulting

K-12 Education market

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or Doctorate preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Sales enablement tools

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Roanoke, Virginia is seeking a K-12 Education Business Development Executive to lead strategic sales engagements with state-level systems and key education customers across the United States.

You will partner cross-functionally to develop and execute sales strategies, create customer success plans, and drive growth in the education market, with up to 50% domestic travel. The role emphasizes leadership, storytelling, and the ability to influence senior education leaders to adopt