Zen Educate · 1 day ago
City Manager - Los Angeles
Zen Educate is a rapidly expanding company in the education recruitment sector, seeking a City Manager for their Los Angeles team. The role involves strategic leadership, team building, and collaboration across various functions to drive growth and operational success in the region.
EdTechEducation
Responsibilities
Define your region's launch and growth strategy, setting and achieving ambitious revenue targets
Own the overall end-to-end delivery of a new city including planning, hiring, people management, launch, and everything in between
Own the strategy for how to achieve consistent month over month growth in your region
Your team of Account Managers are responsible for delighting schools, and increasing their usage of Zen Educate’s educators and software
Build and coach this strong commercial team to continuously improve service levels and usage in a particular geography
Work hand in hand with Product to build the features and function that your school districts and educators need
Work closely with our Educator Onboarding team and Marketing to ensure you are onboarding the right number of educators at the right time to staff certain roles
Problem solve with Compliance to ensure Zen is meeting the compliance requirements of your state, city, and districts
Strategize with Sales to ensure we are launching in new districts within your city, and expanding revenue as a result
Foster strategic partnerships with education leaders and key district accounts
Own the execution and drive performance improvement of the logistics and operations of dispatching teachers and teaching assistants to work in schools by developing tools, processes, and systems
Like any true start-up, no two weeks will be the same and a general interest in ‘mucking in’ and just getting the job done is crucial
Qualification
Required
At least 5 years in a Customer Success Manager or Account Manager role
Relentless individuals with a proven track record of hitting/exceeding revenue targets
Ability to act with urgency, and roll up your sleeves to do whatever is needed to get the job done
Share our passion for positively impacting education
Mastery of managing a portfolio of customer accounts
Willingness to come into the office 3 days a week
Benefits
Competitive salary
Ownership in the company through option grants
20 days of vacation & 9 federal holidays
Health Insurance
401k
Company
Zen Educate
Zen Educate is an online platform to connect supply teachers with openings in schools.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$71.55MKey Investors
Round2 Capital PartnersBrighteye Ventures
2024-02-21Series B· $37M
2022-09-20Series A· $22.53M
2021-11-30Series A
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