Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager - Craft Education

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider Craft Education as the next step in your career.

 

Craft Education is on a mission to solve skilled labor shortages by powering work-based learning pathways for all.  

 

At Craft, we’re revolutionizing the apprenticeship degree, combining on-the-job learning with accredited instruction to create innovative educational pathways that accommodate working professionals and meet employer needs.  Our flagship product - Craft Connect - helps organizations administer apprentice degree programs and address mission-critical data and reporting needs.  Through the same platform, Craft is also transforming how on-the-job learning converts into academic credits.

 

Our team of technology, education and workforce professionals also provides technical assistance to organizations looking to launch and manage apprenticeship degree programs.  We are working tirelessly to accelerate the expansion of these programs along with the data infrastructure that underpins them.  

 

If you’re looking to join the work-based learning revolution, we’d love to talk with you.  At Craft, you’ll have the opportunity to solve hard problems in a high-growth startup environment and make a lasting impact on the future of education and workforce development.  We couldn’t be more excited to advance this work as a team of innovative, collaborative and mission-oriented professionals - we hope you’ll consider joining us.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
 

Pay Range: $ - $

Job Description

The Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager (SPM) expands the impact of the Craft network of academic and employer relationships to support the company's vision. Craft partnership efforts increase market reach and student access, improve affordability, and enhance the student experience. This position will develop, secure and grow partners in a specific region, promoting the value of Craft's educational programs, and executing a flywheel approach to effectively benefit both the university and its partners.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

· Authentically project and reflect the mission of Craft Education.

· Develop deep partnerships to increase Craft's reach and educational impact.

· Execute a relevant strategic partnership plan for every partnership owned, ensuring partnership launches, maintenance, project timelines, student impact, and business results are achieved.

· May deliver sales presentations to potential partner organizations with the sales acumen that incorporates Craft's “flywheel” approach.

· Research, recommend, and attend and participate in appropriate regional, professional organizations or events to represent Craft and extend reach.

· Incorporate consistent utilization of marketing and partnership communication that will enhance Craft being top of mind for educational opportunities.

· Develop and execute Regional and/or National Craft hosted events. Participation includes pre-event efforts to secure partner participation and marketing of the event to appropriate audiences, support the day-of activities and complete follow-up tasks.

· Strategy development for Regional and/or National marketing initiatives that support local and broader Craft strategic operations.

· Demonstrate thoughtful and appropriate time management in extending the vision, strategies and tactics required for profitable and sustained partner engagement and implementation across all assigned accounts.

· Maintain timely, accurate and thorough documentation of all activities, tasks, contacts and account management.

· Develop, orient and support engaged alumni to represent Craft in regional and/or national events, within their places of employment, or, with other opportunities.

· Actively participates in Craft wide strategic planning, organizing, developing work processes,