Sarah Sedeak

Served as the strategic lead for managing and expanding partner relationships at an edtech organization, driving scalable partnership outcomes.

• Built and deepened relationships with key decision-makers across ~40 partner organizations, including senior executives, to align on strategic goals and maximize partnership value.
• Led end-to-end evaluation, selection, and implementation of HubSpot CRM, streamlining lead management and cross-functional workflows; improved data consistency, reporting accuracy, and increased team efficiency by 30% within the first quarter.
• Analyzed partner performance data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement, driving consistent growth in partnership value.
• Navigated complex organizational structures within partner institutions to understand decision-making workflows and align partnership initiatives accordingly.

Hired as the first member of the Partnerships team for web development school; built partner program from inception to execution.

• Designed partner development strategy and launched program; identified prospects, conducted research and outreach, created feedback cycle and formalized stages.
• Overachieve at 110%+ of targets by successfully managing relationships with ~60 partners per quarter.
• Increased inbound leads 1050% over nine months by collaborating with Marketing & Product to design and launch partner-facing website.
• Created custom dashboards and reporting frameworks that surfaced key success indicators and guided quarterly executive briefings with partner institutions.

Established and led the school partner development strategy at a fast-paced edtech startup, driving growth.

• Expanded school partner network ~340% in eight months by creating and executing go-to-market strategy.
• Increased inbound leads 3x by developing new, data-driven marketing campaigns and collateral in response to user feedback and research.
• Consulted with product development team to enhance products based on customer interest data.

Pioneered go-to-market strategy for school and university partnerships: lead generation, sales execution, and account management that grew revenue 203%.

• Achieved ~150% Year-on-Year partnership growth by managing existing relationships and securing new deals with 75+ schools and universities.
• Acquired 850+ prospective students cultivating in ~300% increase in student enrollment in 2015-2016 school year.