Enterprise Account Executive - Government

Who You Are

Do you have a proven track record of developing strategic partnerships expanding business opportunities and leading go-to-market efforts? We are seeking an Enterprise Account Executive to play a crucial role in driving strategy for our business expansion into Education for our Government & Enterprise Team. You have previous experience in an early stage sales role at a fast-growing startup. You are a self-starter and are comfortable spending time researching the space to understand competitors and how to position brightwheel. You have previous experience navigating highly complex sales processes involving multiple C level decision makers and closing 6-figure deals. You are comfortable owning a process from start to finish and thrive in highly ambiguous environments.

What You’ll Do

• You will be responsible for building a 0 to 1 sales motion and strategy for agency partnerships

• . Drive & execute sales strategy: You will take ownership in leading the agency and local government strategy for brightwheel. These sales conversations will be cross-functional high-impact and will require answering questions that have never been answered before. You’ll be responsible for aligning our leadership to a recommendation and vision then driving the business to achieve that vision.

• Lay the foundation for a high-performing sales funnel: You will strive to maintain a healthy pipeline by building relationships with state leaders RFP writing and strategic outreach. Once the pipeline is built you are responsible for winning five to six figure contracts for the business. These deal cycles include complex sales processes and multiple decision makers.

• Partner with senior management teams to achieve results: You will work closely with senior cross-functional stakeholders to understand gaps in our current offering and what would be needed to become the best tech offering in the early education space.

• Manage the FULL sales cycle: You will be responsible for it all. Prospecting presentations to close.

Qualifications Skills & Abilities

• 7+ years of work experience in sales or business development

• Experience with enterprise sales and large quota attainment

• Previous experience in working with non-profit or government grants and funding a plus

• Self-starter! Experience actively building a 0 to 1 sales motion

• Comfort with independence ambiguity as well as a dynamic startup environment that will evolve rapidly

• Tendency to celebrate wins not shy away from misses and ability to learn from both

• Excellent communication (written & verbal) organizational time-management and prioritization skills

• A passion for improving the world through education

$250000 - $250000 a year

brightwheel is committed to internal pay equity and offers a competitive compensation package including base salary equity and benefits. In addition our benefits package includes premium medical dental and vision benefits generous paid parental leave a flexible paid time off policy a monthly wellness and productivity stipend and a Learning & Development stipend.

For cash compensation brightwheel sets standard ranges for all roles based on function level and geographic location benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. In addition to equity our annual cash compensation for this role in all US-based locations is an overall on-target earnings of $250000 yearly. This is the total of our base salary combined with a competitive uncapped commission plan to create that amount.