Director Of Education Partnerships

Just Right Reader is hiring for an experienced Director of Partnerships who is passionate about literacy and excited to partner with school districts to accelerate reading achievement. This is a full-time remote sales role where you will be responsible for developing your territory, growing pipeline, and bringing on new customers through understanding how Just Right Reader can address their literacy needs. The ideal candidate has a track record of meeting or exceeding quota selling to districts and will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Form trusted relationships with district leaders through understanding their early literacy needs and employing a consultative sales approach
• Develop your territory and maintain a healthy pipeline through forming relationships with regional organizations and key decision makers, attending local conferences, and understanding regional initiatives, funding sources and/or legislation
• Meet or exceed sales targets for Classroom Libraries and Take-Home Decodable Packs
• Effectively utilize sales tools (e.g. Hubspot)
• Occasional travel for conferences and meetings with school districts required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a past teacher, principal or district leader who understands the ins and outs of schools and working with districts
• Experience as an outside salesperson, ideally for an education product
• Ownership mentality with high degree of organization and attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excited to work in a fast-paced, quickly growing organization
• Ready to share your learnings and collaborate with others to make the entire team smarter and more effective
• Deep empathy for educators and passion for early literacy; prior teaching or district leadership experience strongly preferred

Salary: Approximately $70,000-125,000 base salary and $70,000-$125,000 commission based on experience

Just Right Reader provides students and schools with culturally relevant decodable books that are grounded in the science of reading. A principal for more than 20 years, founder/ CEO Sara Rich recognized the need for more fun and engaging books that would encourage students to read more. Just Right Reader books are representative of students in America's schools and matched to individual reader levels, so they propel students to accelerate in their reading achievements.