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Account Executive

GradRight Inc.
Reston, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/9/2025

About GradRight : Our vision is to be the world’s leading Ed-Fin Tech company dedicated to making higher education accessible and affordable to all. Our mission is to drive transparency and accountability in the global higher education sector and create significant impact using the power of technology, data science and collaboration. GradRight is the world’s first SaaS ecosystem that brings together students, universities and financial institutions in an integrated manner. It enables students to find and fund high return college education, universities to engage and select the best-fit students and banks to lend in an effective and efficient manner.

GradRight is a US Company with a wholly owned subsidiary in India. We are backed by multiple angel investors and we are gearing up to scale up globally. Our 100 member team is passionate about making an impact. We believe in working hard while having fun and helping each other grow professionally and personally. If you resonate with these values and believe in changing the world for the better, you are in the right place.

Role : Account Executive, University Partnerships

Business Development & Sales)

Responsibilities :

  • Drive the business development efforts leading to new partnerships with universities and colleges in the assigned markets in the US
  • Nurture and monitor existing partnerships
  • Build the brand of GradRight in the US higher education sector

Detailed scope of responsibilities :

New partnerships with universities and colleges :

  • Build a detailed, month-wise plan for securing partnerships as per the annual business goals of the company. Script a clear strategy to achieve the plan
  • Prospect new opportunities by networking, contacting admissions and academic professionals, and visiting campuses in assigned markets
  • Meet potential decisions makers in graduate admissions office and present the platform’s value proposition and its experience for stakeholders
  • Collaborate with product, marketing, student success and account management teams across time zones (US and India) to create winning proposals for potential partners
  • Be responsible for pitching technical engagement proposals to potential clients, negotiating pricing and contractual terms to close the sale, as per the company’s policies and offerings
  • Travel across US / territory assigned for effective conversions for 30%-50% of time.
  • Nurture existing partnerships with universities :

  • Enable every partner to onboard smoothly and effectively with the account management team at GradRight, post sale.
  • Monitor delivery of solutions for the partner as per the expectations and share timely feedback with the account management team and various departments at GradRight
  • Create opportunities to provide more value to the partners
  • Qualification and experience :

  • Bachelors / Masters in Business / Higher Education or related fields preferred but not mandatory
  • 4 years of high impact experience in sales, preferably in US higher education / social sector / startups
  • Authorized to work in the US
  • Skills & Qualities :

  • Entrepreneur : A self-starter with the drive to build a market for a new product / idea
  • Communicator : Excellent communication and rapport building skills
  • Collaborator : Ability to work collaboratively with teams from multiple functions
  • Navigator : Comfort with a dynamic, high-growth organization across geographies
  • Manager : Proficient in sales planning, tracking and prospect nurturing
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