Guild is hiring a Strategic Account Director - Public Sector to drive the next frontier of workforce education and career mobility. As a core member of the Public Sector Team, you'll play a critical role in identifying, assessing, and operationalizing high-potential growth opportunities for Guild to broaden its reach - focusing on partnerships with innovative states and local municipalities to drive outcomes-based workforce development initiatives.
Requirements
- 10 - 12+ years of experience in strategy, business development and sales, consulting, venture building, or innovation roles—preferably with experience in government, philanthropic, or workforce-related sectors.
- Proven track record of evaluating, launching, and iterating on new business ideas or markets
- Experience developing business opportunities from the ground up—including ideation, outreach, diligence, and execution.
- Exceptional analytical skills, with fluency in building and interpreting market sizing, financial models, and business cases.
- Experience designing and running experiments or pilot programs in ambiguous environments.
- Comfortable engaging with senior-level external stakeholders including funders, government officials, and mission-aligned partners.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to synthesize complex ideas into compelling narratives and strategies.
- Mission-alignment with Guild’s vision for unlocking opportunity through education and career pathways.
Benefits
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Collective Heath and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Vacation policy to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
