Fast Facts

The Vice President of Sales will lead the sales team at Reading Horizons to achieve aggressive growth targets, aiming to expand from serving 500,000 to 8 million students within five years, through effective leadership, strategic planning, and talent development.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include developing and executing sales strategies, overseeing recruitment and training of the sales team, leading change management initiatives, and managing department budgets to drive growth and impact.

Skills: Candidates must possess strong leadership and sales experience, particularly in educational or software sectors, along with proven skills in driving team success and developing strategic plans.

Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required, with a preference for a master's degree; 7-10 years of sales experience, including leadership roles, is essential.

Location: The position is primarily based in Kaysville, UT, with remote work options available in certain states.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $150,000 - $250,000.

Description

 Location: Full-time, in-office

Reports to: President

Works closely with: CEO & Executive Leadership Team

Summary

The VP of Sales is responsible for leading their sales team to meet and exceed goals. The essential duties include hiring and developing Account Executives, as well as training them in the techniques needed to meet sales and impact goals, which include moving us from serving 500 thousand students presently to 8 million students in five years. 

Essential functions

• Develop and execute a strategic plan to achieve revenue and impact goals based on the target market. 
• Develop and implement sales strategies, forecasts, territory planning, go-to-market plans, and compensation structures aligned with key organizational objectives.
• Develop and implement sustainable and repeatable sales opportunity processes that are disciplined and transparent, solution-based, and promote scalable growth.
• Develop and implement an ideal sales personnel journey to set team members up for immediate success and a pathway for growth. Create sustainable processes to allow for scale, utilizing best practices for recruiting, onboarding, training, and coaching a diverse and successful team.
• Map the organization’s sales process with our target market’s buying process to understand and enhance what skills, knowledge, processes, and tools are required by our sales team to increase impact, market share, and conversion rates at each stage of the process.
• Lead Regional Sales Directors by setting up comp plans/quotas and coaching sales leadership and team members, while motivating them to be strong and happy contributors to our organization, culture, and purpose.
• Oversee the management, learning, and career development of the sales team, lead and influence change management with positivity, and gain overall buy-in.
• Develop department budget, monitor, and adjust to business conditions

 We offer our employees the following benefits: 

• Competitive base salary with unlimited commission potential
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Rx benefits
• 401(k) with a generous company match 
• Company-paid life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance
• 12 paid company holidays, including two floating holidays of your choice, per year
• Monthly wellness days and generous paid time off (PTO)
• A supportive, team-oriented work environment
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth

 If you’re motivated by making an impact, have a hunger for success, and are excited about being part of an organization working toward a purpose bigger than themselves, we want to hear from you! Strong preference for candidates who can work at our headquarters in Kaysville, UT, with most of our Sales team. Will also consider remote candidates in the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY. 

READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM? We’ve streamlined our application process to make it quick and easy for you to apply. If this is the right role for you, complete our short application and take the first step toward joining Reading Horizons and making a real difference. 

 Reading Horizons is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. Therefore, we do not discriminate against any applicant, candidate, or team player based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other protected class. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.  

Requirements

Required education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Professional Sales, Business Management, or equivalent required, Master's degree preferred.
• 7-10 years of sales experience, including closing and leadership roles 
• Previous experience selling educational and/or software strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding quota
• Supervisory experience is highly preferred.
• The preferred individual is local to the Kaysville, Utah, headquarters.
• The first six months will include extensive onboarding and product knowledge acquisition. 

Travel required

Up to 40% travel required.