Global Industry Lead, Higher Education SPECS

Global Industry Lead, Higher Education (SPECS) Snap Inc. is a technology company that develops a wide range of products, including the highly known Snapchat app and a wholly‑owned subsidiary, SPECS, focused on augmented reality glasses. We’re looking for a Global Industry Lead, Higher Education to join the SPECS team. In this manager‑level individual contributor role, you will take explicit responsibility for our higher education industry strategy, customer engagement, partner ecosystem, and go‑to‑market execution for augmented reality glasses. What you’ll do Own the higher education industry strategy for SPECS, defining where we play, the priority use cases we pursue, and the offerings we bring to market in service of adoption and scaled growth. Lead all industry‑related engagements for higher education clients, positioning augmented reality glasses as a practical, scalable solution for teaching, learning, research, simulation, training, campus operations, and student engagement. Build and grow a partner ecosystem aligned to higher education, including services partners, solution providers, systems integrators, and other ecosystem collaborators that can help design, deploy, and scale solutions on our platform. Work cross‑functionally with Partner Development Managers and Technical Partner Managers to develop repeatable partner‑led solutions, shape industry‑ready offerings, and accelerate partner onboarding, enablement, and technical readiness. Identify, validate, and prioritize the primary higher education use cases that will drive customer value and create repeatable commercial momentum, with an emphasis on strong business cases, scalable deployment potential, and partner support from the outset. Own higher education customer pipeline development and sales cycles from market education and early discovery through solution shaping, commercial progression, and deployment planning. Build trusted relationships with executive, academic, innovation, technology, operations, and procurement stakeholders across colleges, universities, research institutions, and adjacent higher education organizations. Partner with cross‑functional teams across product, design, engineering, marketing, business development, and sales to ensure our higher education strategy is grounded in platform capabilities, market needs, and clear paths to scale. Drive partner and customer enablement through workshops, demonstrations, solution narratives, and educational content that help institutions understand the practical value of augmented reality glasses and the path from pilot to broader deployment. Own our presence at higher education industry events, including strategy, participation, messaging, partner coordination, and follow‑up plans that convert awareness into pipeline and partnerships. Curate external‑facing thought leadership for the sector, including white papers, knowledge base articles, customer‑facing guidance, and demand generation programs tailored to higher education audiences. Help shape and host higher education‑focused customer and partner engagements on the SPECS campuses, including executive briefings, workshops, summits, and demand generation events that accelerate education, trust, and adoption. Track market feedback, competitive dynamics, and customer requirements to influence product direction, ecosystem priorities, and the long‑term higher education roadmap. Qualifications 10+ years leading strategy, business development, sales, partnerships or go‑to‑market across customers in higher education. Experience applying industrial technology, enterprise software, spatial computing, XR, AR, or an adjacent field technology in higher education. Deep understanding of the higher education landscape, including the needs of academic leadership, IT, digital learning, research, campus operations, and institutional innovation teams. Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate industry insight into market priorities, use case focus, ecosystem strategy, and commercial plans. Ability to build credibility with senior customer stakeholders and guide complex, consultative sales cycles in emerging technology categories. Strong cross‑functional leadership skills with the ability to align partner, technical, product, and go‑to‑market teams around a shared industry strategy. Ability to turn early market demand into repeatable motions, including solution packaging, enablement, demand generation, and pipeline development. Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to develop compelling customer narratives and thought leadership content. Comfort operating in an evolving market where customer education, partner influence, and strategic selling are critical to success. Willingness to travel frequently for customer meetings, partner engagements, onsite events, and industry conferences. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Significant experience in industry leadership, business development, strategic sales, partnerships, go‑to‑market, or solution development roles serving higher education or closely related enterprise sectors. Experience owning complex customer engagements and commercial opportunities from early‑stage discovery through deal progression. Experience working with partners, integrators, software providers, or ecosystem collaborators to bring solutions to market. Experience developing market‑facing content, presentations, or thought leadership for external audiences. Preferred: Experience in augmented reality, mixed reality, spatial computing, smart glasses, wearable computing, or adjacent emerging technologies. Preferred: Selling into or partnering with higher education institutions at scale. Preferred: Building solutions or go‑to‑market motions around enterprise technology platforms, developer ecosystems, or new categories of hardware and software. Preferred: Previous experience at HoloLens, Magic Leap, or a comparable company in the augmented reality or smart glasses ecosystem. Preferred: Working with institutions or partners on immersive learning, simulation, remote assistance, digital instruction, collaboration, or other hands‑free workflow solutions that align with the value proposition of augmented reality glasses. 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