Job Description

ORGANIZATION: Scholarus Learning
POSITION: Partner
LOCATION: Remote USA
ANTICIPATED START DATE: July 2023 with a rolling application window

COMPENSATION (WIP): $150K salary, 50% on-target bonus, full benefits

About Us:
Scholarus Learning is a portfolio of companies that work with districts to build and support dynamic school systems that meet the needs of every learner, today and tomorrow. We believe that students do their best work in learning environments that are designed to reflect their communities and meet their needs. That\xe2\x80\x99s why we customize our K-12 and higher education solutions based on our clients\xe2\x80\x99 unique goals. Our solutions include:

• Educational leadership and organization
• Instructional design and implementation
• Surveys and diagnostics
• Content customization
• Publishing services

Scholarus companies serve more than 1,700 schools in over 350 districts, providing relevant, equitable, accessible and sustainable solutions for more than 2 million students each year.

About the Role:
We are looking for individuals with deep expertise in K12 education, specifically in the fields of consulting, surveys and diagnostics, and curriculum, combined with demonstrated success in business development to join our Partner Team. This team is responsible for expanding the impact of Scholarus Learning portfolio companies through new customer acquisitions, as well as customer retention and expansion. Individuals with an existing network of K12 school district leaders and/or are able to contribute thought leadership to further develop the Scholarus Learning portfolio companies are preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new and existing relationships with K12 district and school leaders that ultimately generate a pipeline of $3-4M in business develop opportunities

• Close $1M+ in new business annually and retain at least an additional $1-2M in revenue annually

• Lead project teams to ensure high quality delivery of products and services and customer satisfaction

• Provide guidance and direction to service and product delivery teams in order to deliver on complex projects

• Attend and present at conferences and other networking events to grow excitement and knowledge about the Scholarus Learning portfolio companies and build new partnerships and relationships

• Partner with marketing and lead generation teams to drive growth

• Write custom proposals and scopes of work that combine multiple products and services across the Scholarus Learning portfolio

• Anticipate market trends and demands and adjust business development strategies as needed

• Develop and execute business development strategies for new markets (such a s new geographic areas and new buyer types, like state DOEs)

Skills/Experience

• Exceptional skills as a communicator and synthesizer, working across a broad spectrum of experience and expertise

• Effective decision-maker, ability to analyze diverse inputs and develop action plans align to goals

• Excellent presentation skills including the use of Power Point and Excel to communicate business strategies

• Collaboration across different departments and services within the company to align and prioritize efforts

• Excels at asking questions to understand root causes of school district challenges and to effectively prescribe appropriate solutions from the Scholarus Learning portfolio

• Exemplary project management skills

• Confidence working with all levels of leadership

• Detail-oriented and focused on high quality outputs

• Strong critical thinker and problem solver

• Knowledge of the K12 education sector, with 7+ years of experience leading projects in a school or district environment preferred

• Experienced in education consulting, surveys and diagnostics, and/or content and curriculum

• Director or partner level at comparable firm preferred

• Willingness to travel 40%

Why Scholarus Learning:

• At Scholarus Learning, you will be challenged every day because we are growing quickly and are relentless in our pursuit to find better ways to support schools and districts

• We form deep relationships with our district and school partners

• We constantly teach and learn from each other

• We have an collaborative, passionate, and fun team

• We are recognized thought leaders in school redesign and program customization

• Students in schools that work with Scholarus Learning are more engaged and achieve higher results

• Teachers in schools that work with Scholarus Learning are more satisfied and believe they have more impact on their students

• Leaders that work with Scholarus Learning see us as a trusted advisor

• We offer a generous benefits package including a variety of 100% paid medical, dental, and vision plans to choose from; Freedom PTO; 401K

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:
We believe that cultivating and maintaining an inclusive work environment where every individual can be themselves is essential to engaging in rigorous work with our educational partners. In order to achieve this goal we commit to:

• Fostering supportive environments that encourage, respect and celebrate the diversity of our team and communities we serve. We are committed to working with our educational partners to bring these environments to fruition for the students and communities they serve.
• Creating a workplace culture where everyone feels a sense of connection, visibility, psychological safety, and belonging.
• Continuous discourse and reflection on our own experiences, biases, and mindsets and the impact of such so that we can achieve our organizations goals together and make the most impact with the educational communities that we serve.
• Actively working to identify inequities in our organizational system and to continually adapt and learn to improve our own organizational systems that increase equity for everyone in the company.
• Providing equal employment and advancement opportunities for all without regard to race, gender, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status.