Vice President, Online Enrollment Strategy

Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategy, Leadership, and Innovation
• Lead subdivision strategically, informed by Online programmatic, Slate CRM, higher education enrollment and marketing for online, and cross-divisional product leveraging trends
• Contribute to the creation of and work to achieve agreed-upon goals
• Shepherd Carnegie-wide integration of subdivision’s people, products, and processes
• Drive innovation for new products and opportunities, with particular emphasis on client and industry feedback
• Sales and Revenue Oversight
• Monitor sales activity and revenue generation proactively
• Lead custom scoping and project-based revenue allocation conversations
• Own the providing of recommendations for offerings, including pricing
• Online Enrollment Management Strategy, Data Analysis, and Storytelling
• Advise on regular project execution strategy for those in the subdivision
• Provide strategic direction in team delivery of ongoing recommendations and insights through data analysis and storytelling
• Maintain a small portfolio of two to five online enrollment strategy partners
• Supervisory Responsibilities
• Supervise subdivision senior leaders, providing constructive and timely performance evaluations
• Manage staffing and workflow, including individual and team bandwidth/resourcing potential
• Structure subdivision to evolve and scale in conjunction with growth

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Leadership, management, and interpersonal skills, including ability to inspire confidence in C- and V-level executives and team members
• Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and organizational skills, including vision planning, attention to detail, multitasking, prioritization, and decision-making
• Deep expertise and proven track record in higher education enrollment management and admissions, including the development of online enrollment and media strategies to benefit institutions or clients
• Due to the remote environment, effective communication and time management skills are required, as well as the ability to use/learn multiple technology platforms and switch between them on a regular basis
• Physical requirement: Must be able to work at a computer for prolonged periods

Credentials and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Master’s degree in higher education administration or a related field (preferred)
• Minimum of 15 years experience in enrollment, admissions, strategic communications, or some combination at an institution of higher education or higher education agency, or within a related industry
• Minimum of 8 years experience working in higher education with Student Information Systems (SIS), Customer-Relationship Management (CRM) tools, or other relational database systems
• Proven results in leading enrollment, admission, and online-specific projects and interdisciplinary teams with demonstrated success