Core Responsibilities of a Student Journey Partner (Online Sales Associate)

1. Understanding and learning :

1.1. To understand GradRight, the vision, product, and the overall strategy and stay updated on the changes in a fast-moving environment

1.2. To learn how universities, banks and NBFCs work and advise the student on the right strategies to select and finance the right program by using GradRight

1.3. To appreciate student's problems in their higher education journey and introduce GradRight to help solve them

2. Action :

2.1. To engage students over telephonic conversations, emails, messages and video calls, as required to assist them in using GradRight platform for making the right college choices and getting the loans for their college

2.2. To utilize the firm's CRM platform to nurture student-leads with a goal to get them to sign up for the platform, that is free for them, and make the best use of it

2.3. To keep track of engagement of students, maintain a high standard of turn-around-time and keep a strong follow-up on tasks

2.4. To pursue your daily targets and tasks in a diligent manner and achieve a high order of performance

2.5. To build good relationships with students based on trust, empathy and transparency and generate referrals and strong word-of-mouth in their community

3. Improving continuously :

3.1. Master data analytics and CRM management skills to increase effective of their efforts and outcomes

3.2. To provide insights and feedback to marketing and lead generation teams to help them sharpen their digital marketing and outreach strategies

Qualities desired :

1. Comfort with talking and engaging with students in an empathetic and persuasive manner

2. Good listening and communicating skills

3. High energy, enthusiastic, dynamic nature will be of advantage

4. Interested in a career in sales, marketing and business development

5. Awareness of education loans/financial products will be beneficial but not mandatory

6. Quick learner and committed to becoming better every day

GradRight is an Ed-fintech startup focused on global higher education. We are committed to enabling global youth aspirations by helping students find the "right education" at the "right cost." We aim to assist students in discovering their best fit universities and funding plans.

Our flagship product - FundRight is the world's first student loan bidding platform.

GradRight won the HSBC Fintech Innovation Challenge supported by the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India & was among the top 7 global finalists in The PIEoneer awards hosted by The PIE News, UK. Since September 2020, we have received over US$900 million in loan requests and successfully secured over US$150 million in loan
 approvals for more than 3000 students.

- Our recently launched product - SelectRight brings together students and universities on one platform to provide an innovative approach to university selection and student recruitment. The product rests on the three pillars of data-science, transparency, and ethics to match students to their best fit universities and programs.

- GradRight's core team possesses extensive domestic and international experience in the launch and scale-up of premier higher education institutions. We are firm believers in the transformative power of education. The team culture balances hard work with play and thrives on team members fuelling each other's learning and growth.

- GradRight was founded in 2019 by Sasidhar Sista, an alumnus of BITS Pilani, and University of Pennsylvania; and Aman Singh, an alumnus of the Indian School of Business and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

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