District Partnerships Manager (SF Bay Area)

Avela•San Francisco, CA

30d•$160,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Work with our Go to Market team to grow our business among public school districts across the United States. You'll be responsible for generating demand and building pipeline, including through direct outreach, field events, and marketing support, as well owning deals and working them through close. Although similar to a sales / Account Executive role, since we're a startup, we need someone who will be extraordinarily proactive and do whatever it takes to grow the business. For this role, we aren't looking for traditional sales people - we want practitioners who have lived the experiences of our clients and empathize with their work and challenges. The best candidates would be current and former school district leaders, including Superintendents, Board Members, and Executive Directors of student services, operations, accountability, or enrollment. Sales, partnerships, development/fundraising, or other business experience is helpful, but we are open to eager candidates with a competitive drive who want to learn the ropes. You’ll be a full stack sales executive, responsible for all stages of the sales process: Understanding Avela, Understanding Avela's go to market strategy and ideal customer profile (ICP), Learning the Avela product inside and out, Mastering pricing and packaging, Building pipeline, Building target lists matching ICP using tools like LinkedIn, RocketReach, Clay, and district websites, Sending outbound emails, cold calls, supporting marketing with outbound campaigns, working charter conferences, mining referral networks, Working the deal, scheduling meetings, attending all meetings, Demoing the product (and leveraging specialists for high priority demos), Leveraging professional and technical services specialists, building relationships with stakeholders and influencers, understanding decision-making process and political, following up, checking in, submitting proposals and quotes, Closing the deal, Pricing and negotiation, Contracting, Navigating procurement, Entering the information correctly into Hubspot, Confirming contract information is correctly synced with TABS, Monitoring TABS to ensure invoices are paid, Handing off the customer, Coordinating internally to identify the CSM, Introducing the client to the CSM and implementation team, Joining the first kick-off call to ensure smooth handoff to implementation team.

Requirements

Based in San Francisco Bay Area or Greater Boston.
Candidates must live within 1 hour of San Francisco and within 45 minutes of either SFO, OAK, or SJC.
5+ years of full time professional experience.
3+ years in district administration role, preferably at a large CMO/network in operational roles including CEO/Executive Director, Enrollment, Student Services, Accountability, or Operations.
Passion for education, equity, or social impact.
Entrepreneurial spirit and drive, extraordinary comfort with ambiguity.
Excellent communicator, including written and oral.
Among the best at what you do with a growth mindset and desire to constantly improve.
Legal ability to work in the US without Visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Sales, partnerships, development/fundraising, or other business experience is helpful.
Eager candidates with a competitive drive who want to learn the ropes.

Responsibilities

Generating demand and building pipeline through direct outreach, field events, and marketing support.
Owning deals and working them through close.
Building target lists matching ICP using tools like LinkedIn, RocketReach, Clay, and district websites.
Sending outbound emails and cold calls.
Supporting marketing with outbound campaigns.
Working charter conferences.
Mining referral networks.
Scheduling and attending meetings.
Demoing the product (and leveraging specialists for high priority demos).
Leveraging professional and technical services specialists.
Building relationships with stakeholders and influencers.
Understanding decision-making process and political landscape.
Following up and checking in with prospects.
Submitting proposals and quotes.
Pricing and negotiation.
Contracting and navigating procurement.
Entering information correctly into Hubspot.
Confirming contract information is correctly synced with TABS.
Monitoring TABS to ensure invoices are paid.
Coordinating internally to identify the Customer Success Manager (CSM).
Introducing the client to the CSM and implementation team.
Joining the first kick-off call to ensure smooth handoff to the implementation team.