About the role
Act as a business expert to education leaders and decision makers (Superintendents and Offices of Education, university Presidents, CIOs/CDOs, academic and administrative leaders), running discovery, envisioning, and value conversations that connect AI to learning outcomes, educator workload, student success, research productivity, and operational efficiency. Build and present compelling business cases and adoption plans aligned to national digital-education and AI-in-education priorities, institutional budgets, and public procurement cycles in Korea. Deliver sales execution rigour: accurate forecasting, disciplined pipeline and milestone management in MSX, and acting on digital signals, trials, and solution accelerators to drive urgency at scale. Co-sell with Korean education partners, LSPs/CSPs, and ISVs to scale reach across institutions, land pilots and proofs of value, and convert them into broad deployments. Bachelor's Degree AND 7+ years of experience in technology solution sales, consulting, or business development; including meeting or exceeding quota in solution or specialist sales of SaaS, productivity, collaboration, or AI solutions to large organizations or to public-sector clients. OR 9+ years of equivalent experience in technology solution sales, consulting, or business development experience. Native-level fluency in Korean and professional business proficiency in English, written and spoken. Experience selling to, or working within, the Korean education sector -- Ministry of Education and affiliated agencies, Offices of Education, K-12 schools, or universities; including familiarity with public procurement processes. Knowledge of Korea's digital and AI education initiatives, and of the policy, privacy, and security
requirements that shape technology adoption in education. Experience working with education partners, LSPs, and ISVs in a co-sell model. Background as an educator, education technology leader, or advisor to education institutions on digital transformation. Experience orchestrating complex, multi-stakeholder deals across matrixed internal teams and partners. Strong consultative and value-based selling skills, with the ability to build business cases and influence senior business and technical decision makers.
About Swiftkey
SwiftKey is a technology company that aims to enhance interaction between keyboards and people. It upgrades smartphone keyboards to make typing faster, by utilizing artificial intelligence to learn from each user in order to autocorrect and predict their next word. The SwiftKey Keyboard for Android supports more than 80 languages. SwiftKey was founded by Ben Medlock and Jon Reynolds in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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Location
Seoul, South Korea
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
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I pitch you to the company
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A meeting lands on your calendar
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