Location: Remote, but works East Coast hours

Six Red Marbles has a history of transformative work in higher education and workforce development. We are growing our impact and transforming our offerings, and the VP will lead that transformation. The VP is an evangelist for SRM and is responsible for ideating and launching product/services, thought leadership and positioning, and growth. The VP partners with our Sales, Marketing, and Instructional Design teams on the execution of our vision.

Product Strategy and Growth

• Define our offerings across the post-secondary verticals, including workforce development
• Build a market-driven product/services vision and multi-year roadmap
• Drive the implementation of our strategy and adoption of new products/services across the business, including Sales and delivery
• Monitor competitive landscape and emerging trends to guide investment

Thought Leadership and Deal Support

• Partner with Marketing to define our brand and thought leadership strategy
• Support that strategy by publishing white papers and blogs, presenting at conferences, etc.
• Define an advisory board strategy to support our push for thought leadership and inform our roadmap
• Join high-stakes sales calls to articulate the value proposition, ROI, and implementation plans
• Partner with the sales team to negotiate key deals

Sales & Marketing Strategy

• Segment target institutions, such as R1, community colleges, OPM exits to prioritize growth opportunities
• Develop our value propositions and messaging, as well as partnering with Marketing on development of Sales enablement materials
• Guide integrated campaigns; email, webinars, LinkedIn, conferences etc.
• Work with key internal stakeholders to set pricing and packaging and align to buyer personas and budget cycles

Other

• Champion and run internal professional development on key topics and new product offerings
• Develop partnerships with consulting organizations, credentialing bodies, etc. to expand reach

Requirements

• Entrepreneurial, with a demonstrated history of pushing new ideas and approaches
• Demonstrated experience setting strategy and defining and launching product/service offerings within the post-secondary market
• Persuasive writer with top-notch storytelling skills
• Direct post-secondary experience
• Credibility as an expert in one or more post-secondary verticals, with a preference for higher education experience
• Executive-level presence and experience presenting ideas internally and at industry events
• Willingness to travel ~15%

Why Six Red Marbles?

Do you believe learning matters? Well, we do, too.

In fact, our entire business is built around the idea that we are all always learning and therefore always students. We believe everyone deserves the most engaging and innovative learning experiences available, and our employees are the secret to our success.

About Six Red Marbles

Six Red Marbles delivers high-quality educational programs at scale and has decades of experience developing custom materials and assessments that can align with any educational standard. We have developed thousands of interactive learning programs for schools, publishers, universities, and more with the support of our global network of subject matter experts.

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In one document (PDF preferred), please include your resume and cover letter when you submit for this role. Six Red Marbles is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.