Director of Business Development: WorkForce Solutions Job at University of Phoenix

University of Phoenix Phoenix, AZ 85004

General Information

Location:

US-AZ - Phoenix

Position Type:

Full Time

Virtual Eligible:

Yes

Job Category:

Sales

Ref #:

6194

Description and Requirements

Are you searching for a rewarding, fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the ability to make a big impact while working side-by-side with a team of fun, innovative people? Ideally, would you like this position to be with an organization that makes a positive contribution to the world? If so…we would love to hear from you!

About Us
University of Phoenix is a leading higher education institution founded in 1976 by Dr. John Sperling. Our mission is to improve the lives of our students, their families and future generations through higher education. Our values (which hopefully you share) are: Brave. Honest. Focused.

Our University values and embraces all team members and their unique perspectives. We fundamentally believe in fostering an environment which deeply respects, celebrates, and actively encourages a diverse workforce. We are committed to hiring – and learning from – those who share our passion to help others achieve their educational aspirations.

We offer excellent benefits, an effective recognition program, and outstanding learning and development tools, including tuition vouchers for employees and their qualified family members.

About the Position


The Director, Business Development, Workforce Solutions (WFS) manages the business development and related operations for the University’s corporate and government vertical. The individual develops and implements annual strategic sales plans to attain sales objectives and grow revenue for the University, manages the sales efforts of the WFS account executives, and manages sales support to ensure efficiencies and customer satisfaction. The Director, Business Development builds and maintains positive relationships with all internal and external stakeholders and ensures seamless continuity of sales to account management transitions and outcomes within the Client Success and Engagement area of WFS.

What You’ll Do:


1. Collaborate closely with leadership and cross functional members of WFS management team to drive and implement WFS and University strategy and long-range planning. Utilize market research to develop a successful annual sales plan grounded in solutions-based approaches. Assist in identifying portfolio, financing, technology and/or organizational gaps and recommend plans for how to best address them.

2. Work collaboratively with WFS leadership to develop and execute strategies and solutions to support implementation of business-to-business relationships and successfully support the long-term aspects of account relationships. Provide management support to account executives and others in the delivery of unified and scalable processes through which client solutions are identified, developed, and executed.

3. Implement and manage effective and efficient sales processes, including client information gathering, custom survey development and RFP preparation, and related policies and procedures. Monitor and ensure compliance with all departmental and University policies and procedures, as well as federal and state regulations as they relate to the delivery of the support functions.

4. Develop and track metrics to ascertain effectiveness of sales and other training within the sales organization; recommend and implement evaluation procedures to determine training efficiency and effectiveness.

5. Build and maintain key strategic relationships, including clients and strategic partnerships, to foster leading edge solutions for the business and education community. Research emerging trends and recommend new University offerings to meet clients’ needs.

6. Select, mentor, coach and evaluate staff; establish and monitor appropriate employee performance objectives; prepare and present employee performance discussions, including one-on-one meetings and quarterly check-ins; implement mentoring and coaching plans, or correction action, where appropriate.

7. Perform other duties as assigned or apparent.

NOTE: The Primary Accountabilities above are intended to describe the general content and requirements of the position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or most of the Primary Accountabilities listed above. Specific goals or responsibilities will be documented in incumbents’ performance objectives as outlined by the incumbents’ immediate manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct and indirect management of staff

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Ten (10) years of direct sales and/or business development experience that includes at least three (3) years of people management/leadership experience

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Master’s Degree
  • Experience in consultative sales or operations leadership, presenting comprehensive business partner solutions to senior-level executives
  • Proven leadership ability to influence, develop and empower employees to achieve business objectives; inspiring others to support a shared vision and common goals
  • High level of analytical, conceptual, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills to lead the development of, and understand and anticipate the impact of, strategies, goals, objectives, processes, and activities that will cross multiple critical projects
  • High level of attention to detail and an ability to coordinate various details and deadlines for successful implementation and support of Workforce Solutions objectives
  • Able to navigate throughout an organization to interact with key decision makers and other executives
  • Able to work collaboratively and effectively across departments, functions, cultures, and time zones
  • Experience with Salesforce

As an Equal Opportunity employer, we particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.


If you are an active-duty military member seeking employment when off-duty, compliance with Department of Defense Joint Ethics Regulation, 5500-7-R, is required prior to starting employment with University of Phoenix. You are advised to contact your base Judge Advocate General to seek such approval and answer any questions.

Hiring Range

Hiring range for this position is between $109600 and $145000.

109600

165300

109600

145000

Your work is critical to helping adult learners achieve their dreams, and we’re committed to rewarding you for your efforts. We offer a competitive, comprehensive total rewards package designed to help you achieve your health, financial, educational and work-life balance goals.
Full-time employees are eligible for:
  • Medical, dental and vision plans; Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Savings Accounts; Life and Disability insurance; and our Wellness incentive program;
  • Competitive 401(k) employer match;
  • Substantial tuition discount for you and eligible dependents; and,
  • A generous time off package, including paid vacation, sick time and company holidays.

Hourly midpoint

79.47

Hourly minimum

52.69

Manual Hourly Midpoint

69.71

Manual Hourly Minimum

52.69



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