Business Development Manager

Overview

Meritize is an education lender that uses an individual’s academic history, military background, and work experience to enhance credit evaluation and expand funding for skills-based education. The company’s proprietary merit-based lending program goes beyond traditional underwriting to leverage individual academic and experiential data, resulting in increased access to educational funding and improved outcomes. The Meritize platform promotes the growth and development of skills-based careers on behalf of students, educators and employers through innovative funding solutions, skills building programs and technology-enabled career services.

Responsibilities

If you are looking to work alongside a team of highly energetic, passionate and driven people, then this opportunity may be for you. This Business Development Manager will:

• Identify leads (schools and training institutions) in multiple markets and industries
• Through meetings with prospective partners, leverage a consultative selling approach to identify customer needs and match those needs with the right Meritize solutions
• Build and present proposals to varied stakeholders (including C-level decision makers)
• Negotiate and execute contracts
• Build strong initial relationship with new partner through sales process

Qualifications

Working closely with the other members of the business development team, this person will meet the following requirements:

• At least 2 years of experience in sales
• Understanding of basic sales processes and dynamics
• Interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly build rapport with customers
• Financial services experience strongly preferred

Meritize is an Equal Opportunity Employer.