Kaplan is a premier provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses.
Executive Director – School Partnerships
Location
United States
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
$64.8K - $162.0K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Executive Director – School Partnerships
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• Drive net-new business and revenue growth by selling enterprise solutions directly to strategic accounts and within a defined geographic territory. • Build/maintain relationships and pilot partnerships with independent and private secondary schools within the territory, developing a working knowledge of their distinct procurement processes, governance structures, and student outcome priorities — informing future go-to-market strategy in this emerging and cross-over segment. • Lead and execute comprehensive retention and expansion strategies for existing high-value strategic accounts to maximize long-term contractual value and partner loyalty + success. • Serve as a functional lead and mentor, providing guidance, strategy support, and skill development to develop other members of the partner sales team. • Document, formalize, and optimize client implementation models to create structured, repeatable deployment blueprints that ensure reliable student and institutional outcomes. • Maintain a high-visibility pipeline utilizing CRM/Salesforce best practices, providing accurate monthly and quarterly sales forecasts to senior executive leadership. • Partner closely with multiple cross functional internal teams, product, security, privacy, and operations teams to align Kaplan’s capabilities with the unique, complex requirements of strategic K12 partners. • Collaborate with product marketing to host webinars, execute conference playbook, and contribute to white papers and blog content that helps to pull the market and generate new leads.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, Masters degree in Business Administration or Education Leadership; Advanced degree or equivalent leadership experience preferred.
- 8 years sales/leadership experience.
- Proven track record in enterprise sales, consulting, or educational sales management.
- Strong experience in a "player-coach" or functional leadership capacity is highly desirable.
- Experience navigating complex sales cycles within the K12 space or educational institutions (including independent schools and CMO’s) is a significant plus.
- Embrace AI tools with fluency as part of your workflows that support efficiency and impact.
- Exceptional ability to manage high-value sales pipelines, negotiate multi-year institutional contracts, and successfully drive both net-new acquisitions and account expansions.
- Strong interpersonal, presentation, and public speaking skills, with the ability to communicate professionally and build deep trust with school district leadership and C-suite executives.
- Outstanding ability to analyze territory data, formalize operational implementation frameworks, and map educational solutions to institutional needs.
- Skilled in modern CRM platforms (Salesforce) and collaborative tools (Google Workspace, including Docs, Sheets, and Drive).
Benefits
- Remote work provides a flexible work/life balance
- Comprehensive Retirement Package automatically enrolled in The Company Contribution Plan (8-10% annual company contribution based on tenure)
- Our Gift of Knowledge Program provides tuition assistance and substantial discounts for our employees and close family members
- Comprehensive health benefits new hire eligibility starts on day 1 of employment
- Generous Paid Time Off includes paid holidays, vacation, personal, sick paid time-off, plus one (1) volunteer day and one (1) diversity and inclusion day to participate and give back to our local communities
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