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Director of Business Development (Remote)

The Director of Business Development is a part of The Enrollment Management Association’s (EMA) Member Relations Team. Key priorities include: managing a business development/sales region, meeting revenue goals, territory analysis, and planning, developing innovative approaches for product adoption and sales growth within a territory; providing exceptional service to all EMA member constituents; serving as Project Manager for various business development assignments; delivering thought leadership presentations to independent school leaders.

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This position is fully remote.

This role reports to:
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Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted advisor creating awareness and demand for EMA membership, products, and services
  • Create a business development strategy within their territory that provides clear direction for prioritization of  the most important areas of focus based on key  relationships and revenue opportunities. 
  • Provide monthly forecasting of territory sales and product adoption and meet monthly, quarterly, and annual targets identified and agreed upon
  • Identify new markets and areas of membership and product growth
  • Achieve annual sales targets through customer prospecting, account sales, and other strategies
  • Oversee the building of relationships with current and potential client schools in the assigned region
  • Recruit and sign new test centers 
  • Collaborate with all of the following:
  • 1. EMA’s Member Success team to ensure successful onboarding of both new members and products and services.
  • 2. EMA’s Marketing team to develop programs and promotions to increase sales and/or introduce new products and services
  • 3. Other EMA staff as needed to ensure streamlining of efforts and awareness
  • Serve as a subject matter expert to guide and teach schools about EMA’s full suite of products and services
  • Support the overall goals of the department by performing duties as assigned
  • Maintain knowledge of the market, competition, and best practices and trends in sales techniques and strategies

Educational Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, plus 10 years minimum professional experience, preferably with a background in sales

Experience Qualifications 

  • Ability to cultivate and manage sales opportunities within Salesforce.com
  • Organized and analytical, able to eliminate sales obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches
  • Extensive travel required
  • Ability to work independently with the capacity to manage complex issues, challenges, and solutions
  • Ability to coordinate and administer multifaceted programs and projects
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong public speaking skills
  • Strong consultative skills
  • Ability to multitask and work independently and efficiently under deadline
  • Excellent, articulate, personable, and diplomatic customer service skills 
  • An upbeat, team-player attitude
  • Proven project management skills 
  • Success in driving results in a nonprofit environment 
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other departments, member schools, and organizations

To Apply:

Candidates who share our passion for excellence are encouraged to send their resume and a cover letter (including salary requirements) to careers@enrollment.org. Please reference DBD2022 in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

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Benefits

The Enrollment Management Association offers our employees a Total Rewards package, which includes compensation and a range of market-relevant benefits. We believe in compensating well for excellent work. We balance our total rewards with pay and provide great benefits.

Paid Time Off & Holidays

We want you to take time off for you and your family. We offer up to 25 days of vacation, 10 sick days, 3 personal days plus 13 federal holidays.

Health & Income Protection

We offer medical, dental (at no cost to you), vision (at no cost to you), short-term and long-term disability, group life insurance and more.

Paid Maternity Leave & Parental Leave

We believe that having that time to spend with your family is important. We offer 8 weeks of paid maternity leave and 2 weeks of paid parental (secondary caregivers) leave.

Work from Home & Remote Workers

We offer opportunities to work from home up to two days per week for suitable positions and we have positions that allow for remote employees.

Wellness

We offer Employee Assistance Program and gym and fitness membership fee reimbursement up to a certain amount.

Tuition Reimbursement

We are dedicated to developing a capable and knowledgeable workforce.  We provide financial support to employees who participate in externally sponsored educational courses.

Financial

We offer a retirement plan that employees can participate upon hire with a very generous employer contribution following an employee contribution of just 2%. We also provide you with the option to invest in a Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account.

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The Enrollment Management Association is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the policy of The Enrollment Management Association to recruit, hire, and promote for all positions and to administer all Human Resource matters such as wages, benefits, assignments, promotions and all other terms and conditions of employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic disposition, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, and/or local law.

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