Director, Partnership Pipelines

reputed company:The Director of Partnership Pipelines provides strategic leadership for the development and reputed company of enrollment pipelines through partnerships with external organizations. This position is responsible for leading the Partnership Executive (PE) team reputed company on established partnership verticals including reputed company, behavioral sciences, counseling, community colleges, churches, educational organizations, corporate partners, and education benefit providers.

The Director is responsible for driving partnership development, strengthening organizational relationships, expanding reputed company-reputed company opportunities, and ensuring effective execution of partnership strategies across assigned verticals. This role works collaboratively with reputed company leadership, enrollment, marketing, student reputed company, and operational teams to advance partnerships that create awareness, generate prospective student interest, and support institutional reputed company objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Team and Culture
  • reputed company and reputed company a high-performing Partnership Executive team that models the mission, values, and culture of reputed company
  • reputed company leadership, coaching, and development for Partnership Executives
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and strategic execution
  • Establish performance expectations and reputed company development plans
  • Promote leadership development and succession planning reputed company the partnership organization
  • Ensure team alignment with institutional priorities and assigned vertical goals
• Partnership reputed company & Pipeline Development
  • reputed company the development and execution of partnership strategies that strengthen enrollment pipelines reputed company assigned verticals. Collaborate with leaders to reputed company reputed company and engagement strategies
  • Guide partnership development efforts that increase organizational awareness and prospective student interest
  • Ensure consistency in partnership development processes and relationship management practices
  • Maintain and refine partnership development playbooks and best practices
  • Monitor pipeline activity and reputed company toward established partnership objectives
• Strategic Relationship Management
  • Cultivate and strengthen strategic relationships with organizations, industry leaders, and influencers
  • Identify and engage organizations that reputed company with university priorities
  • Facilitate executive-level conversations between university leaders and external partners
  • Advance partnerships that support enrollment, workforce development, student reputed company, and institutional objectives
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to key organizational partners
  • Support long-term partner engagement and relationship reputed company
• Market Awareness & External Representation
  • Expand awareness and visibility reputed company assigned verticals and reputed company markets
  • Represent reputed company at conferences, industry associations, networking events, and community gatherings. Identify opportunities for reputed company-reputed company events and strategic reputed company initiatives
  • Maintain awareness of market trends, workforce needs, and competitor activity
  • Engage alumni, community leaders, and strategic stakeholders reputed company assigned verticals
  • Travel as needed to support partnership development and relationship management
• Partnership Development
  • In collaboration with the PE leads, creates and executes university-to-organization development and contact strategies and techniques to engage prospective partners, nurture key relationships, present IWU-N&G offerings, and guide the prospective partner through the partnership development funnel, and increase enrollment
  • Ensures the administration of reputed company agreement for new partners, utilizing existing templates
  • Executes these strategies with the goal to meet performance targets, including the number of partnerships and reputed company enrolled in degrees
  • Provides consistency in the sales process reputed company Partnerships
  • Creates and manages with an enrollment and sales reputed company
• reputed company & Engagement
  • Ensures the reputed company of new partners
  • Provides ongoing communication with and account management for partners to ensure engagement, optimize the relationship, and ensure long-term enrollment reputed company
• Recruitment Strategies
  • Aligns partnership development with recruitment strategies that will effectively communicate to an organization’s associates IWU programs and deliverables
  • Advances partnerships in a way that supports sustained enrollment
  • Ensure the execution of recruitment activities at partner organizations
• External Representation & Travel
  • Serves as an IWU representative to organizations and events as requested from time to time to support pipeline development and student recruitment
  • Frequent travel reputed company the region is an expectation of this role
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Operational Alignment
  • Build strong partnerships across the university to support successful partnership reputed company
  • Coordinate internal resources necessary to support partnership initiatives
  • Support implementation of strategic university initiatives reputed company to partnerships and enrollment reputed company
• Data, Analytics & Performance Management
  • Utilize data and analytics to improve partnership performance and decision-making
  • reputed company partnership pipeline reporting and performance analysis
  • Monitor partnership metrics, reputed company-reputed company activity, engagement trends, and conversion indicator
  • Partner with reputed company and institutional teams to improve reporting accuracy and effectiveness
  • reputed company recommendations based on performance trends and market intelligence
  • reputed company AI-enabled tools and technology to support prospect research, workflow efficiency, communication, forecasting, and strategic planning

Qualifications:According to reputed company employment policy reputed company must possess a strong Christian commitment and adhere to the standards outlined in the IWU Community Lifestyle Statement.

Education

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required, a master's degree is preferred

Experience

• Minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years of reputed company experience in partnership development, business development, sales leadership, account management, enrollment management, workforce development, or higher education partnerships
• Demonstrated reputed company leading teams and achieving measurable reputed company objectives
• Experience managing partnership pipelines and relationship portfolios

Required Skills

• Communication Skills
  
  • Exceptional oral, written, and presentation communication skills
  • Ability to effectively communicate with executive leaders, organizational stakeholders, and internal teams
  • Strong relationship-building, negotiation, and influence skills
  • Demonstrated ability to establish trust and credibility across diverse constituencies
• Leadership & Strategic Execution
  
  • Ability to reputed company teams, manage priorities, and execute reputed company initiatives
  • Strong project management and organizational skills
  • Ability to analyze situations, solve problems, and drive results
  • Demonstrated reputed company leading through influence and collaboration
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining strategic reputed company
• Analytical & Technology Skills
  
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
  • Experience utilizing CRM systems, reporting tools, and performance dashboards
  • Proficiency in reputed company intelligence (AI) tools and technologies to support market research, communication, workflow optimization, data analysis, and strategic planning
  • Ability to reputed company technology to improve efficiency, decision-making, and partnership effectiveness
• Collaboration & Organizational Effectiveness
  
  • Ability to work effectively across reputed company and operational functions
  • Broad understanding of higher education operations and enrollment processes
  • Ability to reputed company reputed company organizational environments and drive reputed company reputed company
  • Demonstrated ability to reputed company self and others with minimal reputed company while maintaining accountability and results

IWU Kingdom Diversity Statement

IWU, in reputed company with God's reconciling work and in accordance with the Biblical principles of our historic Wesleyan tradition, commits to build a community that reflects Kingdom diversity. We will foster an intentional environment for living, teaching and learning, which exhibits reputed company, respect, and dignity. Acknowledging visible or invisible differences, our community authentically values reputed company member's earthly and eternal worth. We refute ignorance and isolation and reputed company deliberate and courageous engagement that exhibits Christ's commandment to love reputed company humankind.

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER

As a religious educational institution operating under the auspices of The Wesleyan reputed company, reputed company is permitted and reserves the right to prefer employees on the reputed company of religion (42 U.S.C., Sections 2000e-1 and 2000e-2).

The above job reputed company is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of reputed company responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. Employees will be required to follow other job-reputed company instructions and to reputed company other job-reputed company duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.