Suraasa - Inside Sales/Education Counsellor (1-3 yrs)

Suraasa is a multi-national EdTech company that empowers school teachers by helping them super-charge their career growth and inspire millions of youth to become high-impact, high-achieving, and high-earning motivated teachers.

- Revolutionizing teacher education globally, Suraasa is on a mission to make school teaching one of the most prestigious and rewarding careers.

- Winning the trust of some of the most ambitious government bodies in the world, we are one of the very few firms -globally contributing to UN SDG 4: target 4.c of Increasing Number of Qualified Teachers to deliver Quality Education's worldwide.

- In fact, since our launch in 2018, hundreds of Suraasa-trained teachers from 40+ nationalities have already achieved several dream career milestones, and we are all beaming with joy about that.

- Suraasa is founded by a visionary team of global pedagogy experts, industry's leading technologists, the world's top MBAs, top Management Consultants, and counsellors in the industry

- Before launching Suraasa, the passionate team has been recognized as - India's Best Teacher Training Company- award thrice-in-a-row and gained the trust of 75,000+ teachers from 1600+ schools from 21 states of India. Check out our initial journey here: YourStory.

- After building a highly-profitable and successful global product line as a bootstrapped startup, we- ve recently raised strategic funds from various Unicorn's Founders and CEOs, and some of India's leading VCs (more news soon).

- We work as a family and the founders place every team members- growth and development at the forefront. Offering a pleasant and fast-paced work environment, we offer liberty to execute your ideas, learn new things and grow in every way. Read our Glassdoor reviews with a stellar 4.8 / 5 rating.

- We are looking for you, the next rockstar, to join our fast-growing team and make millions of teachers and school children smile every day.

Apply now! We can- t wait to meet you and start this incredible journey together!

INSIDE SALES - COUNSELLOR

- We are looking for result-oriented and motivated Inside Sales Specialists / Counsellors who can develop strong technical knowledge about our educational products, industry and customer base to support the customers- purchase decisions. Additionally, the candidates will be required to effectively prospect, qualify and generate new sales to meet or exceed revenue goals.

- This role provides fast growth opportunities to leadership positions as long as top performance is delivered, exemplary teamwork and leadership potential are demonstrated.

Responsibilities :

- Build a thorough technical understanding of Suraasa products and help potential customers in understanding what we have to offer through effective articulation

- Engage with potential customers, identify their key pain points and create personalized growth journeys for every customer to help them purchase products to meet their career objectives

- Counsel leads on their personal growth prospects in the education industry

- Maintain excellent and supportive rapport with all leads

- Follow up after the sale to ensure customer satisfaction and gain referrals

- Stay on top of market trends and participate in brainstorming sessions with the sales team to come up with new growth strategies

- Use CRM to track leads and manage pipelines daily

- Achieve monthly targets, and unlock fast growth opportunities within the department, eventually managing own sales team(s) and beyond

Qualification Criteria

- 2+ years of experience working in Sales or Marketing in EdTech space (preferable but not required) or 1-2 years of experience in Academic counselling/school counselling/clinical counselling

- Excellent verbal communication skills, strong conversationalist, and well-versed in English

- Strong negotiation and objection handling skills with the ability to work within deadlines

- Ability to work independently and as a part of a team while always maintaining a professional, client-oriented attitude

- Understand the landscape of the Education Industry and the current needs of teachers and school leaders

- Proficient with Microsoft Office / Google Documents and CRM systems

Additional Requirements

- Integrity, professionalism, team collaboration, and full dedication/availability during the assigned working hours are paramount

- Keep company work & data 100% secure and not visible to any other but the employee