Senior Director, University Partnerships
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Fully remote working opportunity within the United States.Full-TimeDirector
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 10 years of progressive professional experience in project management, program management, partnership management, or a related field
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipStakeholder managementChange Management
Requirements
- At least 10 years of progressive experience in project management, program management, partnership management, or a related field.
- Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and multiple concurrent projects or partner launches.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Higher Education, Project Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Working knowledge of partnership contract structures, commercial agreements, and partnership economics.
- Strong understanding of higher education operations, including online education models, university processes, and online academic program launches.
- Experience building and maintaining strategic relationships with executive sponsors, senior leaders, and stakeholders.
- Ability to influence decision-makers, gain stakeholder buy-in, and drive adoption of new processes and operational practices.
- Experience leading organizational change management initiatives and guiding teams through complex transitions.
- Cross-functional leadership skills, including establishing accountability and coordinating deliverables without direct reporting authority.
- Project and program management capabilities including planning, prioritization, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and delivery oversight.
- Written, verbal, and presentation skills for communicating with university executives, external partners, and internal leadership.
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities to assess readiness, identify performance gaps, and develop recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end launches of new university partnerships, managing priorities, timelines, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for university partners, executive sponsors, and key stakeholders.
- Guide university leadership and partner teams through organizational and operational changes required for launches.
- Coordinate cross-functional execution across Business Technology, Marketing, Marketing Operations, Academic Services, and other internal departments.
- Collaborate with Business Development to establish realistic launch expectations before partnership agreements are finalized.
- Lead partner readiness assessments and use findings to develop tailored launch strategies.
- Resolve competing priorities and implementation challenges, and ensure teams deliver workstreams on agreed timelines.
- Monitor launch performance using indicators including on-time delivery, scope, workstream completion, partner readiness, and executive sponsor feedback.
- Improve launch processes by capturing lessons learned, refining implementation playbooks, and strengthening cross-functional handoffs.
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