Director of Admissions

Job Summary

As a key member of the leadership team, you will bridge the gap between high-level strategy and technical execution. You will serve as a key ambassador for UATX-meeting with prospective students, parents, and developing relationships with key schools and networks-while acting as a systems and operations architect. Leveraging Palantir Foundry and other IT systems, you will implement the automated data pipelines and AI-driven workflows that power our growth. This is a role for an entrepreneurial builder tasked with designing the strategy, managing a small AI powered team, and ensuring our operational infrastructure keeps us nimble.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Collaborating with the President and his cabinet, serve as a core member of the leadership team, aligning admissions goals with the university's long-term vision and participating in high-level institutional decision-making.
• Foundry Systems Engineering: Deploy an automated admissions workflow using Palantir's Foundry to create an operational pipeline.
• High-Stakes Ambassadorship: Represent UATX extensively across the U.S., delivering presentations that distill the university's mission and program into a compelling call to action for students and families.
• Tactical Execution: Develop and execute a comprehensive recruitment strategy that bridges the gap between high-level vision and ground-level results, moving fluidly from "big picture" planning to "in-the-weeds" execution.
• Organizational Scaling: Evaluate, build, and lead a sustainable, entrepreneurial admissions team; establish scalable systems and documentation to support a rapidly growing institution; develop automated reporting for president, board, and accreditors.
• Delegation: Act as a captain for prospective student engagement, identifying and delegating high-value meetings to the appropriate faculty or leadership to ensure families receive a highly tailored UATX experience.
• Pipeline Development: Cultivate partnerships with schools, counselors, and networks to secure a high-caliber and high-affinity applicant pool.

Qualifications

• Mission-Driven: Aligned with UATX's mission of education in the principles, ideas, and entrepreneurial ethos of Western civilization. Able to speak with authority on UATX's educational philosophy.
• Enterpreneurial: A "builder" mindset with the capacity to hire, mentor, and manage a team while maintaining a personal track record of ownership and follow-through.
• Strategic & Tactical Agility: The ability to iterate on a 12-month recruitment roadmap with senior leadership and collaborate on tactical marketing with the communications team.
• Master Communicator: Exceptional people skills, with the ability to become well informed about the UATX program and its unique value propositions.
• Start-up Energy and Mindset: UATX is a mission-driven startup; we expect an uncommon level of commitment of time and energy.
• Technical Competence: Comfortable with learning admissions CRM platforms (specifically Element451) and Palantir's Foundry.
• Bachelor's degree preferred but not required.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.