Sr. Director of Business Development

The Senior Director generates opportunities and successfully closes commercial partnerships in the Education and Government sectors. The Senior Director will build relationships and partnerships with for-profit companies in education, workforce, and economic development to effectively deploy Lightcast data and solutions. With five-plus years of business development experience, ideally in the Education and/or Workforce Development sectors, the Senior Director will excel in relationship building, networking, and sales presentations. The successful candidate will also be skilled in consultative selling, thought leadership, and building revenue-producing partnerships.

Major Responsibilities:

• Sales Achievement Plan: Develop and implement strategic, outcome-driven sales practices through competitive analysis, customer segmentation, market penetration, and thoughtful product positioning. Collaborate with sales leadership to take necessary actions to meet or exceed sales targets. Maintain rigorous sales qualification and pipeline management.
• Sales Performance: Consistently meet or exceed sales volume, market share, and financial objectives. Identify and close sales opportunities while negotiating contracts with support from legal and other internal stakeholders for smooth deal execution.
• Sales Cycle Management: Efficiently manage the entire sales cycle, from prospecting and qualification to presenting offers, addressing objections, and closing deals. Ensure detailed documentation and use of approved tools for sales enablement and excellent client services.
• Sales Forecast and Pipeline Management: Accurately forecast and manage opportunities while driving them toward closure. Maintain a robust 3x pipeline to ensure sustained sales momentum. 

Education and Experience:

• 5+ years of sales or sales-related experience, ideally in edtech, govtech, higher education, or the workforce development or economic development sectors.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with proven success in relationship building, consultative selling, and sales presentations. 
• Proficient in CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce), sales technology (e.g., Apollo, Salesloft), business technology tools (Google Suite, Microsoft Office, project management), and adept at sales territory management, account planning, consultative selling, and account growth.
• Highly energetic and self-driven, with a focus on achieving winning results.
• Deeply passionate about engaging with diverse prospects and clients to understand their challenges and provide solutions.
• Skilled at maintaining high activity levels, managing competing priorities, and excelling in a competitive, results-oriented environment.
• A continuous learner committed to personal growth and helping others create and sustain mutually beneficial client-company outcomes.
• Capable work independently with minimal supervision while remaining open to coaching and development.
• Thrives in a dynamic, collaborative, and fun sales culture.

Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with headquarters in Moscow (ID) with offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India. We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities. Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.

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