Director, Strategic Partnerships (Northern California)
- Employer
- Ohio University
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Nov 15, 2021
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- Position Type
- Executive, Executive Directors
- Employment Level
- Executive
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The Director, Strategic Partnerships position is primarily
responsible for managing all aspects of OHIO online
program promotion, corporate and community college collaboration,
recruiting and organizational communication efforts through
relationships with academic, industry, organizational and agency
partners. The director will build and maintain relationships with
organizations to support OHIO online programs. The
director will qualify all new leads serve as the primary point of
contact in addition to providing consistent follow-up through the
entire enrollment funnel.
Cultivate and maintain relationships in an assigned territory with
executives and leadership at current and prospective partner
organizations including academic, industry and agency partners.
Execute a relevant strategic partnership plan for every assigned
partnership, ensuring partnership launches, maintenance, project
timelines, student impact, and enrollment results are achieved. In
collaboration with the Regional Director, conducts market and
competitor assessment; identifies and evaluates potential
partnership opportunities through effective and data-driven
territory planning. Travel to and maintain presence at college
partners on a regular basis to promote OHIO’s undergraduate
programs. Research, recommend, and participate in appropriate
regional, professional organizations or events to
represent OHIO and extend reach. Serve as initial contact
for prospective students and ensure consistency of the university
relationship throughout the recruiting stages. Counsel and advise
constituents on a range of admission and enrollment
processes. Build and maintain relationships with leadership
at industry partners, administrators and faculty at partner
community colleges and other educational based community
organizations. Facilitate appropriate university connections
and ensure appropriate campus representation and engagement with
the partner. Connect Ohio University staff with appropriate
counterparts at these organizations to promote and grow
collaborative opportunities. Present to senior leadership at
industry partner and community college partner department chairs,
faculty and staff. Responsible for organizing and delivering
several on-site or virtual recruiting events per month,
representing OHIO online programs with the intent to
drive enrollment. In collaboration with the Regional Director
Strategic Partnerships, identify new prospective partner
organizations and cold call key decision makers to build
relationships and create a pipeline of prospective students.
Consistently introduce and manage the roll-out of campaigns and
promotions to new and existing partners. Monitor market trends in
assigned territory to share with senior leadership to inform new,
emerging and enhanced partnership opportunities. Act as primary
point of contact for employees of partner organizations who are
enrolled in OHIO online programs.
Work remotely and travel extensively within assigned territory to
manage and implement strategies to increase prospective student
inquiries. Qualify new leads and provide consistent follow-up
through email, phone and text. Counsel prospective students
on the enrollment process from lead generation through
application. Maintain current and thorough knowledge of the
university and degree programs represented.
Daily management of all recruitment and relationship activity with
appropriate history and account information. Facilitate
articulation agreement and Early Start process for partner
community colleges. Collaborate with Senior Director of
Enrollment Marketing to ensure accurate information is maintained
on partner organization websites. Other duties as
assigned.
In collaboration with the Regional Director, routinely evaluate
the ROI of recruitment efforts and use the data to inform
future recruitment strategies.
The hiring range for pay grade 17 is $51,281 – $85,325.
Salary is commensurate with education and experience, while also
considering internal equity. Please find the full pay structure at
the following link.
https://www.ohio.edu/hr/compensation-pay/pay-structures/classified-and-administrative-pay-structure
Employees enjoy a generous benefits package such as paid holidays,
sick time, personal time, a tuition waiver up to 100% for self and
dependents, a comprehensive insurance package (including but not
limited to prescription, vision, dental, and life insurance), an
excellent retirement plan with up to a 14% company contribution, a
12-week parental leave program, adoption reimbursement, transgender
care, flextime and flexplace policies, counseling and mental health
care, access to professional development programs and more.
Additional information is available at https://www.ohio.edu/hr/benefits.
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