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Inside Sales Representative (Account Executive) - Mid-Atlantic US

Top Hat
🇺🇸In-Person - United States$45K–$65K/yri5h ago
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Summary

Inside Sales Representative role at Top Hat, a higher education technology company, focused on selling digital learning platforms and SaaS solutions to colleges and universities across the Mid-Atlantic region. The position offers autonomy to manage a defined territory while driving adoption of educational technology that improves student and professor engagement.

Key Responsibilities: Own and manage an assigned list of college and university accounts within the Mid-Atlantic territory, conducting prospecting, demos, and closing deals with professors and department leaders. Collaborate with Customer Success Managers and internal teams to maximize customer value and revenue growth across Top Hat's full product suite.
Skills & Tools: Strong inside sales abilities including prospecting, discovery, solution presentation, negotiation, and closing; proven ability to handle cold calling, objection handling, and complex deal management. Experience with metrics-driven environments, coachability, and the ability to build professional relationships with academic decision-makers.
Qualifications: Minimum 1 year of sales experience required; previous experience selling to professors or in higher education strongly preferred. Must demonstrate achievement motivation, ambition, and ability to work independently while managing multiple accounts.
Location: Mid-Atlantic US (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina); remote-first work environment
Compensation: $45K–$65K/yr (estimated)

Job Description

Imagine someone gave you these three things: the opportunity to change the future of education, the autonomy to manage and grow your own territory, and all the necessary tools to be successful. If a job that combines all three of those things interests you, you may be a fit for our Inside Sales Representative role here at Top Hat!

As an Inside Sales Rep, you will be assigned a list of colleges and universities where you’ll have the autonomy to develop professional relationships with professors, demonstrate the value of our platform and products, and convert them into clients. You will add value by working with professors to enhance their teaching methods and help bring the educational experience into the future. To achieve this, you will demonstrate how our products facilitate both students' and professors' engagement in the classroom experience, enabling improved learning outcomes. In essence, you will be making education better for students: one professor, one classroom, and one school at a time.

Due to the territory, we have a preference for candidates located in the Mid-Atlantic Region (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia & North Carolina).

What You’ll do:

  • Own an expansive list of accounts within a defined region.

  • Find, create, facilitate, and close new business opportunities in your assigned accounts.

  • Represent and sell the full suite of Top Hat and approved partner products and services, including Top Hat’s digital textbook content and SaaS platform.

  • Effectively position and message Top Hat’s value proposition to professors or department leaders, using a mixture of sales techniques.

  • You will work closely with Customer Success Managers and internal product and marketing partners to ensure a great customer experience for professors and to maximize revenue growth.

Who You Are:

  • You are highly motivated, achievement-oriented and excited to join a team that is driving change in higher education!

  • You have 1 year of experience in a sales role. Previous experience selling to professors is highly preferred.

  • You have the sales skills, including the ability to identify, drive, and close large/complex deals, prospect effectively, and run the full sales cycle (including cold calling, demos, discovery, solution presentation, negotiation and closing).

  • You are ambitious and have the drive to succeed.

  • You have experience working in a metrics-driven environment and remain positive when facing common objections.

  • You have a strong ability to interpret and apply feedback/coaching quickly.

Why team members love working at Top Hat:

  • A noble mission that creates meaningful, fulfilling work

  • A team that cares deeply for customers and for each other

  • Flexible, remote first work environment

  • Professional learning and development for all role levels

  • An awesome and welcoming Toronto HQ

  • Competitive health benefits that start on day one

  • A management team focused on performance, growth, engagement and connection

  • Our winning strategy and market potential

  • Innovative PTO policy with lots of time and space for self-care

  • Passionate customers that believe in us—and what we do

  • A chance to work with new tech like generative AI—and see the customer impact