Regional Director Strategic Partnerships

Reporting to the Senior Director of OHIO Online Enrollment, the Regional Director, Strategic Partnerships leads the development of new strategic partnerships and manages key partners to drive enrollment growth across the portfolio of OHIO online programs. The incumbent will provide leadership and manage a team of Directors of Strategic Partnerships to deliver established goals. The role is expected to develop and implement a key partnership and territory management strategy for Ohio University.  The position will define both short and long-term strategic goals in relation to partnership and enrollment growth and be responsible for managing key partnerships while maintaining an extensive knowledge of market conditions. 

Develop new strategic partnerships and manage key partnerships within assigned region. Monitors, analyzes and anticipates market trends to identify new, emerging and enhanced partnership opportunities with current and prospective organizations including academic, industry and agency partners.  Deliver presentations to groups in order to build awareness of OHIO online and partnership potential advantages. Research, recommend, and participate in appropriate regional, professional organizations or events to represent OHIO and extend reach. Provide senior leadership with accurate and timely information about new partnership development results on a continuing basis so as to facilitate informed decision-making. Stay abreast of developments in region that impact workforce development, partner updates, large employer initiatives and other issues which may impact higher education and leverage those developments to enhance OHIO partnerships. Incorporate consistent utilization of marketing and partnership communication that will enhance OHIO being top of mind for educational opportunities. 

Provides leadership and directs the strategies and activities of assigned region to optimize efforts and drive growth. Establishes key metrics and performance measures in collaboration with Senior Director of OHIO Online Enrollment that enables the team to achieve maximum productivity on an ongoing basis. Ensure each Director has a relevant strategic partnership plan for every partnership, ensuring partnership launch, maintenance, project timelines, student impact, and enrollment growth are achieved. Guide the team in building key relationships that culminate in partnerships for Ohio University with organizations including academic, industry and agency partners. Develops and implements territory management and key account management practices and develops the regional team to optimize their performance. Works closely with Senior Director of OHIO Online Enrollment  to manage and support the relationships with remote and onsite teams to drive enrollment growth objectives. 

Daily management of all recruitment and relationship activity with appropriate history and account information. Management of team recruitment and relationship activity. Liaise with appropriate OHIO staff on partnership, external relations, marketing and other miscellaneous issues. Effectively handles highly complex work initiatives and resolves highly complex issues. Other duties as assigned.

The hiring range for pay grade 18 is $58,972-$98,125 and the target salary range for this position is $58,972-$68,556. 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.