Ascend Learning
Business Development Rep
🇺🇸 Remote - Leawood, KS
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Sales
🗓️ July 16th, 2025
CRM
Edtech.com's Summary
Ascend Learning is hiring a Business Development Representative. The role involves generating qualified sales leads, managing prospect pipelines within K12 and Career Technical Education programs, and collaborating with the sales and marketing teams to support client engagement and sales execution.
Highlights
- Generate and qualify sales leads through outbound calls, emails, and handling inbound inquiries.
- Convert qualified prospects into sales qualified leads (SQLs) and coordinate discovery meetings with sales team members.
- Maintain CRM records and manage leads throughout the sales process.
- Collaborate with marketing on campaigns and participate in sales strategy meetings.
- Required: High School Diploma or GED; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- At least 1 year of prior sales-related experience.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and goal-oriented mindset.
- Proficiency in CRM systems and sales prospecting techniques implied.
- Company offers flexible PTO, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) matching, parental leave, and tuition reimbursement.
- Supports clients in K12 education and Career Technical Education within the healthcare sector under the NHA brand.
Business Development Rep Full Description
Business Development Rep
Job Category: Sales
Requisition Number: BUSIN005972
Full-Time
Leawood, KS 66211, USA
Job Details
Description
We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture
Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.
Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers.
We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.
NHA is building the next generation of allied health professionals. Since 1989, we have helped over 1 million people access a better future in healthcare. From education and training to certification and career development, we partner with individuals, educators, and employers to elevate the learning experience, ensure practice, and career readiness and drive positive outcomes for the industry, allied health professionals, and ultimately patients. NHA is a brand in Ascend Learning’s healthcare segment.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
As a Business Development Representative (BDR), you’ll focus on creating qualified sales leads to cultivate new business opportunities from prospects through self-sourced prospects, manage an assigned roster, and Marketing qualified leads within K12 and Career Technical Education programs.
WHERE YOU’LL WORK
This position will work remote in the United States.
HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME
- Drive lead generation and client conversion by executing outbound calls and emails, handle inbound inquiries, and identify high-potential prospects through effective prospecting and qualification
- Convert through qualification and needs validation to create SQLs for sales execution
- Schedule and coordinate discovery meetings with aligned Sales team member(s) as applicable
- Foster strong client relationships and create a positive brand image by collaborating with Marketing on campaigns, maintain accurate CRM records, and manage leads throughout the process
- Support sales team success by participating in strategy meetings, staying informed on industry trends, understanding prospect challenges, and preparing sales plays and messaging for Call Calendar
- Streamline top of the sales funnel to facilitate the success of Account Managers and Solutions Executives
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Bachelor’s degree preferred. High School Diploma or GED required.
- 1+ years of prior sales related work experience
- Passion for developing a career in sales
- Goal-oriented team player
- Strong time management and organizational skills to handle multiple tasks and priorities effectively
- Self-motivated, driven, and a commitment to personal and professional growth
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate product offerings and engage with clients
- Coachable and willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
BENEFITS
- Flexible and generous paid time off
- Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- 401(k) employer matching program
- Parental leave
- Wellness resources
- Charitable matching program
- Hybrid work
- On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
- Community outreach groups
- Tuition reimbursement
Fostering A Sense of Belonging
We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.
About Ascend Learning
As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.
Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
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