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EdSights
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Business Development Representative (BDR) at EdSights

EdSights
United StatesUnited States
Full-time
Not Disclosed
Entry-Level

Job Description

Key Skills Required

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Sales RepresentativeB2B SalesLead GenerationHigher EducationOutbound Outreach

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The Opportunity

As a Business Development Representative (BDR) at EdSights, you’ll be on the front lines of our growth. You’ll own a territory, work closely with our Sales team, and play a critical role in bringing EdSights to new higher education partners.

This role is ideal for someone who is ambitious, curious, and eager to build a high-impact career in sales. You’ll learn how institutions make buying decisions, experiment with outreach strategies, and directly influence our continued expansion as a fast-growing EdTech company.

What You’ll Do

  • Partner with Account Executives to identify, map, and develop prospecting strategies within your territory
  • Conduct daily outbound outreach via phone, email, and social channels to set introductory meetings with prospective customers
  • Develop, test, and refine messaging and positioning to improve engagement and outcomes
  • Create and experiment with creative outreach approaches (e.g., tailored email sequences or campaigns) to build new relationships
  • Learn and understand each institution’s unique challenges, goals, and gaps
  • Develop strong industry knowledge and confidently communicate the value EdSights provides to higher education partners

About You

  • A strong desire to meet and exceed clear, measurable goals
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Consistency and resilience — you stay motivated through challenges and keep moving forward
  • A positive, open mindset with a genuine interest in learning and growth
  • Strong time management and organizational skills
  • A commitment to continuous improvement and professional development
  • Passion for making a real impact in education

Nice to Haves

  • Familiarity with the higher education landscape
  • 0–2 years of experience in B2B sales (preferred)

The Process

  1. Async Video Recording – Your application will be reviewed by humans; if we’d like to learn more, we will send you a link to record a quick 2-minute video!
  2. Recruiter Screen – You’ll chat with Mary, our Head of Talent, to discuss the role, your background, and logistics.
  3. Hiring Manager Interview – You'll chat with Erin, our BDR team lead.
  4. Take-Home Assignment / Group Interview – This is an opportunity to showcase your skills in a tangible way.
  5. Leadership Call – You’ll meet with the co-founders, Claudia and Carolina, for a final chat!
  6. References – We’ll ask for 3 references. Ideally, 2 will be previous managers.
  7. Offer!

Why Join EdSights?

  • Make a real impact in higher education — Be part of a mission to help colleges and universities better support students through AI-driven insights, real-time engagement, and student-centered technology.
  • Join a values-driven, collaborative culture — Be part of a kind, inclusive, “no-ego” team that prioritizes trust, transparency, and respect.
  • Grow with a fast-scaling EdTech company — EdSights is ranked on Inc. 5000 for rapid growth and innovation.
  • Enjoy flexibility and competitive benefits — Remote-friendly work, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, competitive compensation, new Apple hardware, 401k matching, and strong health and wellness benefits.

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EdSights (operating under edsights.com) is the premier, enterprise-grade AI-powered student voice platform, higher education EdTech pioneer, and conversational retention intelligence powerhouse engineered to operate as the definitive, high-velocity student engagement, automated risk detection, and proactive intervention layer for colleges and universities nationwide. Founded by sisters Claudia and Carolina Recchi, the company completely eliminates the severe systemic friction of modern institutional academia—where universities lose critical enrollment momentum and funding to hidden student attrition, uncaptured non-cognitive struggles (ranging from financial anxiety to mental health and belonging challenges), and passive, outdated survey methodologies—by deploying an advanced, text-based conversational matrix. Moving far beyond traditional, passive end-of-semester questionnaires or rigid email tracking forms, EdSights natively unifies proactive SMS adaptive messaging, real-time Student Voice Score (SVS) algorithms, dynamic multi-channel data ingestion pipelines, and automated campus resource routing into a single high-availability operational core. Partnering with over 240 higher education institutions across the United States—including major public systems, community colleges, and massive online universities like Southern New Hampshire University, the University of Missouri, and Oklahoma State University—the platform translates millions of real-time student dialogues into immediate, micro-targeted intervention tasks for academic advisors and administrators with production-hardened precision. Backed by elite institutional financing, including a monumental $80 million strategic growth investment from software investor JMI Equity alongside early backing from Techstars and Kairos Ventures, the fully remote enterprise safeguards its infrastructure with rigorous SOC 2 data privacy framework boundaries. Under the hood, its sophisticated technical stack coordinates high-concurrency natural language processing (NLP), multi-tenant enterprise ERP/CRM data mappings, and predictive behavioral analytics optimized to drive student persistence and maximize institutional tuition stability. What sets EdSights apart is its uncompromising dedication to replacing reactionary student support with absolute conversational responsiveness and data-driven empathy; by bridging the gap between performance-intensive conversational telemetry and immediate, localized administrative action, the firm remains the definitive cornerstone of modern algorithmic enrollment management and higher education digital transformation.

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