Opportunity at a Glance
Reporting to the VP Growth and Insights the Sr Mgr. Growth and Insights will partner with the Universitys enrollment advising and product management teams as well as Adtalems centralized marketing customer experience and workforce solutions teams to;
- develop datadriven insights that can drive short and longterm strategies for growth
- support and lead high impact crossfunctional growth projects directly related to Waldens transformation
- conduct analysis to monitor and assess project/initiative performance.
In this role the Sr Mgr. will be key in supporting the University. its executive team and functional leaders in growing the institution and winning market share. The Sr Mgr. will partner with the team to help drive revenue enrollment growth market share persistence and gross margin improvements. In addition the Sr Mgr. will track and drive insights from leading indicators such as lead mix and volume website performance admissions conversion rates cohort retention rates student satisfaction and program profitability.
The ideal candidate should be an individual who can think strategically while supporting and driving results. They will have strong analytical capabilities and the ability to drive insights and then drive action from those insights. This individual will have a strong understanding of digital education or a comparable industry. A bias towards action and speed of execution will be beneficial as it is imperative for the University to improve its competitiveness and drive growth.
Responsibilities
The Sr Manager will have a broad set of responsibilities including:
Develop strategy for highimpact growth initiatives
- Take on a prioritized set of strategic growth opportunities for the institution.
- Diligence these opportunities considering sources of insight including but not limited to internal interviews marketlevel data and internal data.
- Work with leaders and teams including frontline colleagues in the Universitys enrollment student success and academic functions to identify risks and opportunities associated with implementation and to refine the assessment of the opportunities accordingly.
- Develop business cases and highlevel implementation timelines for promising opportunities.
Execute on prioritized opportunities
- For opportunities that pass strategic diligence lead initial execution of initiatives in a nimble agile way convening inspiring and steering the efforts of relevant colleagues across WU departments and the relevant corporate Adtalem functions including e.g. IT Data and Analytics Marketing.
- Monitor execution success of inflight opportunities with a combination of leading KPIs (e.g. user satisfaction with new tools or processes) and core outcomes (e.g. student persistence and completion).
- For initiatives that experience early implementation success identify the proper permanent owner in the enterprise and transition ownership effectively.
Conduct analytics and deliver datadriven insights:
- Refine and (where needed) develop a comprehensive set of dashboards to track performance against PY and targets with a focus on developing and integrating a suite of crosscutting (e.g. across marketing enrollment retention academics) key institutionlevel views and the roll up/roll down versions of these at the team and individual levels to drive coherent performance management (analogous to the CompStat system used in government agencies).
- Independently or in collaboration with the corporate Data and Analytics team develop business intelligence tools and/or onetime ad hoc reports to meet the needs of the Growth and Insights teams strategic projects.
- As needed lead and conduct adhoc analysis to support enrollment retention and pricing optimization.
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all policies and standards
Qualifications :
- Bachelors Degree Required
- Masters Degree MBA. Preferred
- 4 years overall experience. Required.
- 4 years of experience and a demonstrated track record of successfully contributing to growth businesses with tremendous drive intellect and emotional intelligence; examples could include: Management consulting with a focus on growth and/or higher education Private equity portfolio operations with a focus on growth and/or higher education Operating experience in a highgrowth company in a growthrelated function preferably in higher education Required
- Growth: Proven experience within growthoriented environments architecting building managing and growing revenue sustaining doubledigit annual growth
- Domain: Demonstrated track record of delivering growth in B2B and B2C businesses ideally in higher education; additional experience in health care a plus
- Scope: Broad experience leading maximizing performance and driving growth across new solution development alliances/partnerships sales customer (student) experience customer (student admissions) services/retention and marketing
- Product: Substantive experience in competitive market analysis and product/solution development with demonstrated success in identifying building launching and scaling new offerings that extend customer relationships expand market presence and drive commercial success
- A thoughtful individual contributor who is highly collaborative and can successfully navigate a matrixed complex organization.
- A selfmotivated individual who is metricsdriven and brings a disciplined approach to strategy execution. Resultsdriven one will bring outstanding strategic capabilities and strong business acumen.
- A true change agent able to lead diverse groups in implementing new programs and ideas. One will bring the proven ability to work crossfunctionally and lead through influence.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Highly motivated selfdirected and will be passionate about making a measurable difference for the University and its students.
Additional Information :
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country the expected salary range for this position is between $80336.75 and $140851.54. Actual pay will be adjusted based on jobrelated factors permitted by law such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:
- Health dental vision life and disability insurance
- 401k Retirement Program 6% employer match
- Participation in Adtalems Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
- 12 Paid Holidays
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You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program subject to the rules governing the program whereby an award if any depends on various factors including without limitation individual and organizational performance.
Equal Opportunity Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime