Sales Director, Ireland Education

Flywire
Dublin
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: SalesSkills: ["Presentation","Communication","Relationship building","Consultative selling","Autonomy","Pipeline management"]

Own Flywire’s growth in the Irish Higher Education market, defending an existing portfolio while hunting net-new opportunities to reach full market coverage. Lead the full sales cycle, manage pipelines and RFPs, and drive revenue by optimizing payer adoption. Advance deep technical integrations with key Student Record Systems (e.g., Banner, SITS) and serve as a trusted strategic partner to finance, admissions, and student services leaders across Ireland.

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Flywire
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Sales Director, Ireland Education

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Job Summary

Own Flywire’s growth in the Irish Higher Education market, defending an existing portfolio while hunting net-new opportunities to reach full market coverage. Lead the full sales cycle, manage pipelines and RFPs, and drive revenue by optimizing payer adoption. Advance deep technical integrations with key Student Record Systems (e.g., Banner, SITS) and serve as a trusted strategic partner to finance, admissions, and student services leaders across Ireland.
Location: Dublin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Sales
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and expand Flywire’s Irish Higher Education market footprint, reaching 100% coverage by hunting and closing net-new opportunities.
  • •Drive revenue growth by optimizing payer adoption and ensuring Flywire is the primary/exclusive payment method for international receivables.
  • •Build and manage a robust pipeline and lead the full sales cycle from discovery through negotiation and close, maintaining Salesforce hygiene.
  • •Lead tender responses and RFPs for the Irish market in collaboration with bid teams to secure long-term contracts.
  • •Champion integrated payment flows by driving adoption of integrations with key ERPs/SISs and manage retention through renewals and business reviews.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:EquityWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience in sales, account management, or business development in Ireland, focused on Higher Education (EdTech/FinTech/Payments) with C-level relationships.
  • •Demonstrated expertise with Higher Education technology stacks, including experience with Tribal SITS and/or Ellucian Banner and payments integration.
  • •Proven consultative selling ability to navigate complex sales cycles and identify gaps in financial processes for C-level stakeholders.
  • •Ability to balance new business hunting with long-term relationship management, knowing when to push for close versus nurture.
  • •Must live in Ireland and have exceptional presentation and communication skills to build rapport virtually and in person.
Experience:Higher EducationEdTechFinTechPayments
Skills:PresentationCommunicationRelationship buildingConsultative sellingAutonomyPipeline management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SalesforceTribal SITSEllucian BannerERPs

Company Brief

Flywire
Provides a global payments platform and vertical-specific software to enable complex cross-border and domestic receivables for education, healthcare, travel and B2B clients, streamlining payments, reconciliation and receivables workflows.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Boston, United States
Founded: 2009
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