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Senior Account Executive responsible for selling Wayfinder's purpose-driven K-12 curriculum and learning tools to educational institutions in Florida and Georgia. This role directly contributes to Wayfinder's mission to transform education and double its impact annually.

Key Responsibilities: Manage sales pipeline, identify and cultivate relationships with school district decision-makers, conduct product demonstrations, and close contracts for curriculum adoption. Support school partners through onboarding and implementation to ensure successful outcomes.
Skills & Tools: Strong consultative sales and relationship-building abilities, deep understanding of K-12 education landscape and buyer personas, excellent communication and presentation skills, and ability to articulate the value of purpose-driven education to diverse stakeholders.
Qualifications: 5+ years of enterprise or education sales experience, proven track record of closing significant contracts, and knowledge of school district purchasing processes. Bachelor's degree preferred; education sector experience or familiarity with curriculum sales is a plus.
Location: Remote
Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation for this role is $80,000 – $120,000/year based on title, seniority, and location.

Job Description

The Organization What if K-12 education were designed to help all students develop lives of meaning and purpose? Wayfinder was founded at the Stanford d.school to answer this question. Our goal is to double our impact each year for the coming years. Our vision is to become the preeminent future-readiness curriculum company in the world — leading the global movement of purpose, meaning, and belonging-based education worldwide.  What We Value You’ll be joining a team of incredibly motivated and dedicated staff members committed to living our organization's values. We work collaboratively across teams, and we feel and act like a purpose-driven organization. To the best of our abilities, each person’s role aligns with their own sense of purpose, which feeds into Wayfinder’s larger sense of purpose. Read this article about our workplace culture in Conscious Company. We value equal access, inclusive community, and belonging, and these values are represented in our product, our team, and our school partners. Product: We develop our learning tools using human-centered design principles. We work with grade-level experts to ensure our curriculum is developmentally appropriate and engaging at all levels. Every Wayfinder lesson is supported by relevant research, prototyped in classrooms, and vetted by teachers over rounds of feedback and iteration. We use Universal Design for Learning principles to give every student an equal opportunity to succeed. Team: Our team is composed of people from all different backgrounds and walks of life. We intentionally recruit, hire, and work with people of all identities + experiences. We focus on belonging: being connected, accepted, and valued by the people around us.  School Partners: We intentionally target a wide array of educational partners, from traditional to non-traditional, that work with a range of students from different socioeconomic groups. We’ve taught our curriculum in high-need schools in the Bronx, independent schools in Silicon Valley, and after-school programs in San Antonio.

Benefits

We offer a competitive package that is based on location and experience. We also offer the following benefits:

  • + 401k: We care about your ability to save for your future.

  • + Family Focus: Parental leave and flexibility for families.

  • + Time Off: Flexible vacation policy to encourage people to get out and see the world.

  • + Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision policies.

  • + Goodies: Whatever hardware and software you need to get the job done.

  • + Team Fun: Regularly scheduled events, annual retreat, and celebrations.

  • + Learning: Learning & Development Opportunities to grow your skills and career.

  • + Great team: Working with fun, hard-working, kind people committed to making a difference!

  • + Flexible culture: We are results-focused. We don’t work at the office every day.

  • + And much more! Lots of other perks make this company an incredible place to work.

Location

This role is remote, but requires living in Florida or Georgia. We are not offering relocation at this time. Must be eligible to work in the US. Will require some travel periodically to meet with key partners and attend company conferences.

Next Steps, If Interested

If you are interested, please fill out the job application here.


EEO Statement

At Wayfinder, we don’t just accept differences — we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Wayfinder is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Pay Transparency

Wayfinder compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Wayfinder’s total compensation package. Additionally, Wayfinder provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, a monthly stipend, office buildout stipend, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation.

Reasonable Accommodations

Wayfinder is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact HR at hr@withwayfinder.com.

Additional Notice

Please note that this job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties.