Account Executive, K-12 Education Partnerships (SLED)

Location: Preferred in Oakland, California or the Greater San Francisco Bay Area; hybrid work is required for Bay Area employees. Remote work may be possible within California. Headquarters: Oakland, California. Occasional camp-location visits are expected from June through August, with 10–15% travel possible for employees outside a camp territory.

Salary: $75,000–$120,000 OTE annually, including base and commission.

Company

hirify.global provides out-of-school enrichment, expanded learning programs, curriculum, and instructional support that develop innovation skills and creative confidence in students.

What you will do

• Build and manage a high-velocity pipeline of new partnerships with community-based organizations, charter networks, and small-to-mid-size school districts.
• Lead consultative discovery to identify staffing capacity, instructor confidence, curriculum gaps, and customer needs.
• Close multi-stakeholder deals typically ranging from $25,000 to $75,000 and align proposals with public education funding cycles.
• Conduct outbound prospecting, qualify inbound and SDR-referred leads, and identify enterprise-scale opportunities for executive sales leadership.
• Represent GalileoX at afterschool, expanded learning, and SLED conferences and convenings.
• Maintain accurate CRM data, forecast reliably, communicate pipeline risks, and help develop a repeatable sales playbook.

Requirements

• 3–7 years of full-cycle, quota-carrying closing experience with a demonstrated record of achieving sales targets.
• Experience selling in K-12 education, SLED, charter networks, or community-based educational organizations.
• Strong understanding of public school operations, including district structures, board approvals, RFPs, and funding streams such as ELO-P, ASES, 21st CCLC, and Title I.
• Ability to self-source pipeline, manage high-velocity sales cycles, run deep discovery, and qualify opportunities effectively.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex educational solutions clearly.
• CRM proficiency and comfort using pipeline data to manage priorities, documentation, and forecasting.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven, collaborative culture centered on visionary, courageous, determined, and reflective ways of working.
• Hybrid office and work-from-home policy for San Francisco Bay Area employees.
• No-cost employee medical insurance, plus dental and vision coverage.
• Flexible paid time off, generous parental leave, employee assistance resources, and optional life insurance.
• 401(k) benefits after one year of employment.
• Free or gifted Galileo camp weeks, camp discounts, and priority scholarship nominations.