Account Executive, Higher Education

November 28

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

Although this job is listed in Colorado, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

Although this job is listed in Pennsylvania, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

+2 more states

⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote ⛷️ Utah – Remote

💵 $20k - $500k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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Virtual Internships

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Education • HR Tech • B2B

Virtual Internships is a platform that guarantees real-world work experience through remote internships across the globe. It connects educators, companies, and interns to create a meaningful impact, offering flexible start dates, internship lengths, and guaranteed placements regardless of degree, location, or prior experience. The company partners with 13,000 businesses worldwide to provide valuable experiences that can help bridge the gap between education and the working world, particularly in the AI era. Virtual Internships supports interns with expert coaching, award-winning courses, and mentorship, enhancing employability and building a strong future talent pipeline.

51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

👥 HR Tech

🤝 B2B

📋 Description

• Building and managing a robust sales pipeline with deals ranging from $20k to $500k+ • Identifying, prospecting, and securing partnerships with new university clients across the US, focusing on both well-known institutions and emerging educational entities • Developing and executing innovative sales strategies to rapidly expand our market presence over the next three years • Achieving and surpassing sales targets and KPIs, contributing to both your financial success and the overall growth of VI

🎯 Requirements

• Success as an Account Executive within an early stage start-up, ideally in the EdTech sector • Experience with, and the stamina for, long-cycle sales. You particularly understand how to drive against ambitious timelines and targets while also balancing the needs and realities of individual target client constraints • Willingness to work in a fast-paced, evolving early-stage environment. You are comfortable with the ambiguity that comes with a startup environment, and you are excited by the idea of working with a global team across 25+ countries • Collaboration with cross-functional teams (Partnerships, Growth Marketing, and Operational teams) to work effectively in a remote and asynchronous environment • Building relationships should come easy to you – and you’ll love connecting with people • Willingness to travel - domestically and possibly internationally as needed. Given the current environment, you also bring an instinct of knowing when meetings should take place virtually versus in person • Legally able to work in home country without sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-First: All roles at VI are currently and will remain remote - flexibility to work from anywhere • Flexible Working Hours: Start earlier, leave earlier, take a shorter lunch, or leave later, it's totally up to you. • Annual Leave: Wherever you are in the world, you’ll get 25 days of paid annual leave per year, plus bank holidays and 5 sick days. • Life Event Leave: There are moments in life where your life responsibility is a higher priority than work (e.g. moving house, your best friend getting married, your sister having a baby) therefore, you’ll get 5 days of paid life-event leave to support these occasions. You also get a day off on your birthday. This is in addition to your Annual Leave. • Flexible VIer Budget: You’ll receive a flexible budget of $1,000 per year that you can use on but not limited to your work setup, personal wellness, or professional development. • Tech: New joiners receive a budget for your company laptop depending on the role and location. • Health Coverage: Medical, dental and vision