Growth Manager

About the job

Job Description: Area Sales Manager Education Sector

Market Segment: B2B 

About Ezyschooling

Ezyschooling is a technologically driven admissions platform that bridges the gap between admission-seeking parents and schools. We believe that parenting is the toughest journey in a person’s life, and so we have made it our mission to create a one-stop destination for all your parenting worries.

Our quest is to guide parents in their decision of choosing the right school for their child as we understand the impact this decision can have on their family’s future. Parents aren’t the only group we are helping through our platform. We help schools boost their admissions by completely digitalizing and streamlining the process.

Overview of the Role:

As a Area Sales Manager specializing in the Admission Business, you will be responsible for driving sales and revenue growth within your assigned territory by promoting and selling Ezyschooling Services to various educational institutions, including CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and Boarding schools.

Your primary focus will be on understanding the unique admission challenges of each type of institution, building relationships with key decision-makers, and achieving sales targets.

Key Responsibilities:

A. Sales and Business Development:

1. Develop and implement a comprehensive sales strategy for the admission business, targeting Preschools, CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and boarding schools within the assigned territory.
2. Identify and prioritize target schools and institutions, generating leads through various channels such as networking, referrals, and online research.
3. Conduct thorough research on individual schools, understand their admission processes, pain points, and requirements, and tailor admission sales pitches and product offerings accordingly.
4. Engage with school administrators, principals, admission officers, and other stakeholders to demonstrate the value and benefits of the admission management solutions.
5. Conduct product presentations and demonstrations to highlight key features and advantages of the solution.
6. Develop and negotiate pricing proposals, contracts, and agreements in collaboration with the sales team and the legal department.

B. Relationship Building and Account Management:

1. Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers at CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and Boarding schools, including school administrators, admission officers, and management teams.
2. Act as a trusted advisor to schools, providing expert guidance on streamlining admission processes, enhancing efficiency, and improving the overall admission experience.
3. Conduct regular check-ins with existing customers, address inquiries, and provide excellent customer service.
4. Identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities within the customer base and develop strategies to maximize revenue.

C. Area Management:

1. Effectively manage and prioritize the assigned area, including travel planning, scheduling meetings, and optimizing sales routes.
2. Stay updated on the latest trends, regulations, and industry developments related to admission processes in CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and Boarding schools.
3. Attend relevant conferences, trade shows, and educational events to network, gather market intelligence, and represent the organization.

Requirements:

1. Proven experience in sales and business development, preferably within the education sector, specifically in selling admission management solutions to CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and boarding schools.
2. Strong understanding of the admission processes and challenges faced by educational institutions.
3. Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage with school stakeholders at all levels.
4. The proactive and results-driven mindset with a track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets.
5. Ability to build and nurture long-term relationships with customers.
6. Strong negotiation and closing skills, with attention to detail in contract and agreement management.
7. Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
8. Willingness to travel within the assigned territory as required.
9. Bachelor's or Master’s degree in business, marketing, education, or a related field is preferred.

Why Ezyschooling & What We Offer:

• Startup Environment - Work with a passionate and energetic team driven by results.
• Growth & Compensation: Competitive Salary + High Incentive + Conveyance

Few Pointers

• Years of Experience: 1-4+ years (2+preferably in EdTech/B2B/School sales)
• Nature of Engagement: Full time
• Salary: As per industry standard.
• Work Location: Delhi/Ncr , Pune, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad
• Office location: East Delhi
• Role Type: Full time
• Product website Ezyschooling.com

Job Description

Build and maintain bots on Azure platform.  Integration with Active directory, WEB API based integration with external systems. Training and Integrate bots as per users’ requirements. Work in line with design guidelines, best practices and standards of bot deliverable. Creative approach to the conversation flow design, human aspects in the bot responses and sentiments

Qualifications

1. a) 5 years of experience in software development with clear understanding of the project life cycle
   b) Min 2-3 years of hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure Bot Framework, LUIS and other Cognitive services offered by Azure
   c) Hands on experience with Machine Learning based chat bots
   d) Experience with Azure bot services like Text Analytics etc.
   e)Strong database skills and hands-on experience on databases like SQL Server/Oracle
2. f) Strong experience on Azure Active directory and adaptive cards integration in Chat bot.
3. g) Strong experience designing and working with

with service-oriented architectures (SOA) and WebAPIs.

1. h) A strong experience on Microsoft Azure, ASPNET / MVC and programming languages such as C#/VBNET
2. i) Knowledge of Python and NodeJS is a plus
3. j) Ability to design and optimize SQL Server 2008 stored procedures.
4. k) Experience with JQuery, CSS3, HTML5 or similar technologies.

• Experience in defining new architectures, design all layers of the solution, create architectural blueprints that can be used for final code development.
• Interface with client business/technical teams to understand complex requirements.
• Anticipate on technological evolutions(example use MySQL Lite not MS SQL, use C# not ASP, don't use JSF use Angular).
• Resolve technical issues.
• Bridge between Developers, Project Managers/Leads, and Client, ensuring smooth communication channel.
• Ensure quality of project implementation deployed.
• Provide technical guidance to projects/programs for complex components of a multiple technology suites.
• Ensuring documentation of the complete project architecture.
• Lead actions to determine root cause of problems and drive resolution.
• Participate in cross-functional work groups to assess business needs, develop a systems architecture strategy, and implementation plans.
• Leads work groups that are responsible for software development.
• Ensure that all components of the technical architecture are properly integrated and implemented by the development team.
• Coach the technical team in the development of the technical architecture and help them solve challenging technical problems
• Provide technical support and technical quality control throughout all stages of the project.
• Spearheads the development, implementation and communications of architecture roadmap strategies to ensure that systems are scalable, reliable, secure, supportable, and achieve.
• Identify existing architecture weaknesses and find opportunities for process reengineering and perform cost benefit analysis

• Time Management- Organizes own workload to achieve maximum productivity and completes work in a timely and professional manner. Handles multiple short and long term modules by proper planning while anticipating potential problems and planning for contingencies.
• Identify high-potential team members for next level positions and creating learning and development plans for them.
• Enable strong process in place and reducing dependencies on individual.

Technical Skills and Qualification

• Excellent knowledge of Web technologies, Java, Javascript, Contact center environment.
• Experience of current technologies including Open Source, J2EE (JSP, Servlet, JSP, etc.), web application development, web services (REST/SOAP/XML), Rich Internet Applications, messaging infrastructures and databases.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new tools and applications.
• Should be comfortable for 40%-60% coding.
• Able to convert requirements into executable code
• 9 to 12 yrs experience
• Qualification: BE/B-Tech /MCA or any equivalent degree

Desirables

• Excellent written and verbal communication skill
• Ability to lead discussions with all levels of the organization and provide balanced information of an idea or communication of an issue regardless of written or verbal
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across project teams.
• Having Analytical and problem-solving
• Ability to translate complex requirements into functional and Technical architecture
• Experience managing the technology aspect of multiple complex projects
• Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions and Assist team members in complex task
• Willing to take ownership and being accountable.
• Openness, communicates honestly, openly, and consistently.
• Positive Attitude encourages a positive rather than negative viewpoint.
• Integrity maintains the highest standard of personal conduct in performing all duties.
• Should be a good listener.
• Dependable, can be relied upon to get the job done.
• Able to avoid mistakes that could/should be anticipated.
• Should be able sense and grab the opportunities to innovate and improvise.
• Very high competence in presentation skills.
• Negotiator: Excellent negotiation skills which comes handy in hard selling new ideas/ new technical implementations etc.
• Risk Management: Should be able to take calculated risks in trying out new technical implementation avenues
• Able to communicate the org level vision to the team effectively