Who we are
WeSchool is the leading Italian EdTech Company. We are on a mission to ensure learning never stops: our goal is to empower educators and students, and encourage them to innovate learning by making it more inclusive, collaborative and engaging.
About this role
WeSchool will launch a new global B2C EdTech initiative during H1-2022 and is looking for a Business Development Manager to lead its growth. The initiative - the opposite of the usual uni-directional eLearning - is part of our internationalization roadmap and will leverage the cooperative and hands-on “WeSchool Method” for hybrid distance learning and will be focused on professional development in the Tech space, specifically in Web3 and NoCode.
We are looking for a Business Development Manager with a very strong business acumen, very good understanding of the EdTech/Bootcamp market, and extensive experience in B2C and B2B to drive the growth of our new initiatives.
What's in it for you?
- Define and sharpen the offering strategy (USP included), the go-to-market strategy, and the monetization strategy together with the WeSchool leadership team
- Lead the digital marketing funnels, the B2C conversion efforts, and sales strategies running a process for continual lead generation
- Closing sales to hit monthly targets.
- Define a partnerships strategy and execute it to fuel a B2B pipeline and career placement partnership for our students
About you
Basic Qualifications
- A strong track record in the go-to-market and sales of a digital EdTech service or product (ideally you were leading the marketing and/or business team of an innovative B2C digital courses/EdTech player)
- An excellent understanding of EdTech, specifically bootcamps and ideally marketplaces
- Strong digital business skills
- A strong digital marketing background
- Experience in launching digital products from scratch
- 5+ years of experience in EdTech
- Can clearly articulate and present ideas and concepts in a compelling way and interface with cross-functional teams
- Native English speakers or C1 level
What we offer
- Full-time Employee contract
- Competitive salary (fixed + bonus)
- +30 days of paid leave
- Hybrid or Full-time remote
- A learning environment where you can build upon your skills and interests, we support you with a yearly personal development budget
- Flat hierarchy where your voice is heard, your views welcome and appreciated at all levels in the organization
- A diverse, inclusive, and multicultural working environment
About Us
We have recently closed a €6.4 million Series A funding round to scale technology and enter new markets.
We provide an online classroom collaboration e-learning platform developed in-house by our Tech team that has enabled 1.7M (20% of) Italian students not to miss school - the other 2 platforms were Google and Microsoft - and to amplify their learning experience by leveraging digital tools during the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020.
We are a young, fast-growing, and fast-paced team that values collaboration and innovation as keys to reaching our mission. Our company is home to almost 50 full-time employees. And we plan to double our team in 2022 to push on our international growth with a full-remote first and objective-based approach.
We gather teams of experts from instructional design, software engineering, course development, educational video production, web marketing, teacher & student engagement.