Job Title: Regional Sales Manager
Location: Remote (U.S.-based)
Reports To: Chief Revenue Officer
Employment Type: Full-Time
Compensation:
$80,000+ Commission
Who We Are
LanguageBird® is an accredited online language school providing personalized language learning experiences to learners around the world. Through one-to-one instruction and partnerships with schools and organizations, we help learners build language skills through meaningful human connection, flexibility, and learning experiences designed around their goals.
As LanguageBird continues to grow, we’re expanding our reach and building partnerships that help more schools and learners experience what LanguageBird has to offer.
Our company core values are Growth Mindset, Relationships, Ownership & Outcomes, Work with Intention & Momentum, Team Energy & Positivity, and Human Connection. They guide how we work, make decisions, and show up for our learners, partners, and one another. We look for team members who embrace these values and bring them to life in their work each day.
About the Role
LanguageBird is seeking a Regional Sales Manager to grow and strengthen our partnerships with schools, districts, and other affiliate organizations. This role combines relationship-building with new business development, deepening existing partnerships while identifying and developing new opportunities for LanguageBird’s programs and services.
Working closely with Revenue leadership and cross-functional teams, the Regional Sales Manager will help expand LanguageBird’s institutional presence and build lasting partnerships that connect more learners with high-quality language learning experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and strengthen relationships with schools, districts, and other affiliate partners
- Grow existing partnerships by understanding partner needs and identifying opportunities to expand LanguageBird’s programs and services
- Develop new institutional relationships and guide prospective partners through the sales process from initial outreach through executed agreement
- Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified institutional opportunities across assigned markets
- Develop a strong understanding of institutional buyers, market needs, and emerging opportunities to help inform LanguageBird’s approach to B2B growth
- Collaborate with Revenue, Marketing, Academics, and Operations to support a strong partner experience from initial conversation through implementation
- Maintain accurate pipeline, partner, and sales activity information in LanguageBird’s CRM and contribute to forecasting and revenue planning
- Represent LanguageBird at conferences, events, partner meetings, and other opportunities to build relationships and expand our institutional presence
Required Qualifications
- 3–5 years of B2B sales experience in education, including sales to schools, districts, private institutions, or education-adjacent organizations
- Demonstrated track record of sourcing and closing new business in addition to managing and growing existing accounts
- Strong discovery and consultative selling skills, with the ability to understand customer needs and connect them with appropriate solutions
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders and decision-makers
- Experience managing longer, multi-stakeholder sales cycles and maintaining consistent pipeline and relationship management throughout the process
- Proficiency with CRM tools for pipeline management and reporting; HubSpot experience preferred
- Strong organization, initiative, and accountability with the ability to work effectively in a remote environment
- Must reside in and be eligible to work in the United States
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience selling to private K–12 schools, school districts, or educational enrichment programs
- Familiarity with DoDEA, LEA grant programs, government-funded education programs, or related procurement processes
- Experience with prospecting and market intelligence tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator
or comparable platforms
- Background in language education, international education, or a related field
- Experience developing B2B sales processes or expanding into new institutional markets
- Established relationships with school administrators, department leaders, educational consultants, or other relevant decision-makers
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation:
$80,000+ commission
- Benefits: Medical, PTO, 401 (k) with matching, remote work setup, growth opportunities, mission-driven team
Skills Required
- 3-5 years of B2B sales experience in education, including sales to schools, districts, private institutions, or education-adjacent organizations
- Demonstrated track record of sourcing and closing new business while managing and growing existing accounts
- Strong discovery and consultative selling skills
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills with diverse stakeholders and decision-makers
- Experience managing longer, multi-stakeholder sales cycles and maintaining pipeline and relationship management
- Proficiency with CRM tools for pipeline management and reporting
- Strong organization, initiative, and accountability in a remote environment
- Must reside in and be eligible to work in the United States
- Experience selling to private K-12 schools, school districts, or educational enrichment programs
- Familiarity with DoDEA, LEA grant programs, government-funded education programs, or related procurement processes
- Experience with prospecting and market intelligence tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator or comparable platforms
- Background in language education, international education, or a related field
- Experience developing B2B sales processes or expanding into new institutional markets
- Established relationships with school administrators, department leaders, educational consultants, or other relevant decision-makers
- HubSpot experience
What We Do
LanguageBird is an online language school specializing in live, one-to-one language instruction taught by native-level instructors. We are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and Cognia as well as approved by the University of California and NCAA. Our programs include: ✔️ Middle School ✔️ High School ✔️ Tutoring, Test Prep, or Conversational Lessons ✔️ Global Seal of Biliteracy LanguageBird offers personalized, one-to-one, textbook-free, student-centered courses, based on the communicative approach and project-based learning. Our curriculum standards are aligned with 21st-century learning skills, NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements, and the World Readiness Standards’ five “C” goal areas (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities) which stress the application of learning languages beyond instructional settings. We help students save time, get ahead, make up, or take courses their high school does not offer. LanguageBird also works with school districts and schools to provide more opportunities for students to take foreign languages they cannot offer or offer more flexibility in student schedules. LanguageBird currently offers 15 languages in levels 1-6+: ASL, Arabic, ESL, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Students may begin any level course, any time, year-round. Open enrollment. www.languagebird.com [email protected] 844-700-BIRD
