Shorelight, LLC
Managing Director, Gonzaga Global
Spokane, Washington, United States · Director
Work authorization requiredDetected 55 days ago
NegotiationFP&ACustomer SupportLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- Offering programs for both undergraduate and graduate students, Gonzaga Global seeks to increase Gonzaga's international student population, and to educate students who are interculturally competent and engaged with the world.
- Gonzaga University is a nationally ranked Jesuit, Catholic, humanistic university educating students for leadership and service for the common good.
- Located in Spokane, Washington, Gonzaga enrolls approximately 7,300 students including around 4,900 undergraduates as well as graduate and law students.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years' experience in management with strong team motivational skills
Nice to have
- Experience working within a joint venture and/or a highly matrixed organizational structure
Compensation
- Serve as strategic leader of the partnership, including understanding and driving enrollment and diversity goals, driving annual strategy, and partnering with university leadership
Benefits
- Background Check Required--Education, Criminal, Identity
Company info
- Gonzaga Global, a partnership between Gonzaga University and Shorelight, offers academic and support programs for international students with a focus on helping them succeed and thrive in and out of the classroom. Offering programs for both undergraduate and graduate students, Gonzaga Global seeks to increase Gonzaga's international student population, and to educate students who are interculturally competent and engaged with the world.
- Gonzaga University is a nationally ranked Jesuit, Catholic, humanistic university educating students for leadership and service for the common good. Located in Spokane, Washington, Gonzaga enrolls approximately 7,300 students including around 4,900 undergraduates as well as graduate and law students. Through artful teaching from expert professors, a proud liberal arts Jesuit tradition, and a supportive community, Gonzaga helps students become innovative, compassionate, and courageous leaders.
- Job Overview
- The Managing Director (MD) develops and serves as the operational leader across programs for international students at Gonzaga Global. The MD drives enrollment goals and ensures a high-quality experience for all students in this specialized academic program. As the most senior member of the staff, the MD builds the partnership, provides strategic and ongoing leadership, and oversees day-to-day operations.
- Serve as strategic leader of the partnership, including understanding and driving enrollment and diversity goals, driving annual strategy, and partnering with university leadership
- Partner with student recruitment leadership to understand competitive landscape and key market opportunities
- Lead all training on academic partnership programs and support regional recruitment activity through campus webinars, campaigns, and events
- Ensure that the program retains students and guides, prepares, and motivates them to degree completion
- Develop the strategy and programs required to deliver exemplary and differentiated customer service
- Ensure academic integrity and compliance
- Ensure systems and procedures are established and followed to maintain accurate records and reporting on all aspects of the program
- Analyze data and reports on the progress of the program and achievement of objectives
- Assume overall P&L responsibility, including budget management
- Contribute to financial planning and analysis to support strategic plan
- Gonzaga Global, a partnership between Gonzaga University and Shorelight, offers academic and support programs for international students with a focus on helping them succeed and thrive in and out of the classroom.
- Through artful teaching from expert professors, a proud liberal arts Jesuit tradition, and a supportive community, Gonzaga helps students become innovative, compassionate, and courageous leaders.
- The Managing Director (MD) develops and serves as the operational leader across programs for international students at Gonzaga Global.
- The MD drives enrollment goals and ensures a high-quality experience for all students in this specialized academic program.
- As the most senior member of the staff, the MD builds the partnership, provides strategic and ongoing leadership, and oversees day-to-day operations.
- The MD is a skilled relationship manager who successfully leads an innovative educational partnership venture.
- He/She/They are committed to quality and the specialized attention and guidance that international students require.
- The MD displays an entrepreneurial spirit to continuously innovate methods to advance the partnership whilst leading and inspiring others to do the same, so demonstrated experience in building positive and productive relationships is critical.
- The MD is an excellent communicator with exceptional presentation and negotiation skills.
- He/She/They are a strong strategic thinker with the dual capacity to see the big picture and attend to details.
- The MD is a solid team player who can enthuse and galvanize colleagues around the institution's mission, vision, and goals.
- Essential Functions
- Student Experience
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Eligibility to work in and travel freely to and from the United States without sponsorship
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