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Regional Director, Growth Sales - Higher Education

🇺🇸 Remote - MN

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $220K - $260K

💻 Sales

🗓️ March 14th, 2025

Canvas LMS SaaS

Edtech.com's Summary

Instructure is hiring a Regional Director, Growth Sales - Higher Education. The role involves developing and executing sales strategies to upsell and cross-sell Canvas products to top-tier customers in the Midwest region. Collaboration with Customer Success Managers and Solutions Engineers is integral, along with guiding clients through the purchasing process and consistently meeting sales quotas. 

Highlights 
  • Responsible for upsell and cross-sell opportunities with existing Canvas Customers.
  • Must partner with various team members for collaborative customer engagement.
  • Requires experience in SaaS or EdTech sales, with a proven history of exceeding sales targets.
  • Compensation includes a base salary between $110,000 - $130,000, with OTE up to $260,000.
  • Requires Bachelor's Degree in Business, Sales/Marketing, or a related field.
  • Experience with enterprise-level software sales and strategic sales skills preferred.
  • Benefits include 401(k) match, tuition reimbursement, and paid time off.
  • Travel is required for the role.
  • Includes a comprehensive employee recognition and lifestyle benefits program.

Regional Director, Growth Sales - Higher Education Full Description

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their educations and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in:

Instructure is looking for an experienced enterprise account executive to join our growing higher education sales team. 

What you will be doing: 
  • Facilitate upsell and cross sell opportunities with existing named, top tier Canvas Customers in the Midwest Region (MN, WI IL, IA, NE, KS, MO, OK, TX)
  • Partner with Customer Success Managers, Solutions Engineers and other team members to work with customers in a collaborative and consultative manner.
  • Provide education and training about Canvas products.
  • Help guide customers through the purchasing process to meet agreed upon timelines.
  • Accurately forecast your quarterly and annual performance.
  • Develop sales strategies to increase sales pipeline.
  • Properly navigate through institutions to build numerous relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Participate in industry events to develop sales opportunities and personal professional developmentConsistently meet/exceed sales quotas within specified time frame.

Here is what you need to know/have:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Sales/Marketing, or related field.
  • Minimum of 7 + years of proven sales experience.
  • Residence within the territory preferred.
  • Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets in SaaS or EdTech.
  • Understanding educational pedagogy and the process involving selling an LMS is a plus.
  • Experience selling enterprise level software, SaaS sales and services.
  • Experience selling at all levels, including “C” level and above.
  • Excellent strategic/consultative sales skills.
  • Ability to do detailed needs analysis and proposal development.
  • Travel Required 

Get in on all the awesome at Instructure:
  • 401k with company match
  • HSA program, vision, voluntary life, and AD&D 
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Lifestyle Spending Account
  • Paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules 
  • Motivosity - employee recognition program

This role will also have a commission component bringing the OTE to a range of $220-260k.
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