Sr. Corporate Strategy Manager

About Ellucian

Ellucian powers innovation for higher education, partnering with approximately 3,000 customers across 50 countries, serving more than 21 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, including data-rich tools for student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners and user community of more than 45,000 provides best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.


About the Opportunity

Ellucian Company LLC has a full-time opening for a Sr. Corporate Strategy Manager in Reston, VA. Remote working benefits available. Duties are to lead strategic initiatives that directly drive revenue expansion and company growth. Conduct analyses including market sizing, sales coverage, competitive research, stakeholder interviews and organizational structures to develop market positioning strategy. Provide analysis to support the prioritization of growth initiatives, including new products, potential acquisitions, entry into new geographies, and expansion of existing offerings. Lead cross-functional working teams to drive success of key strategic initiatives. Lead go-to-market efforts to bring new products to market, collaborating with Product, Services, Marketing, Revenue and Partnership organizations. Create materials for board presentations and other internal and external presentations. Assist the Director of Corporate Strategy on special projects. Attend industry conferences and events as needed. Minimum requirements are a bachelor's or its foreign equivalent in Accounting, Economics, Education, Public Policy or Business Administration plus 5 years' experience in working strategy roles, either in corporate strategy roles or for professional services company with experience required at a consulting, accounting or SaaS company and leading quantitative analyses in business context including 2 years' experience within the education sector, leading strategy work within the education sector and with various research methodologies, including interviews, survey work and data analytics. Will also accept a Master's plus 3 years' experience in working strategy roles, either in corporate strategy roles or for professional services company with experience at a consulting, accounting or SaaS company and leading quantitative analyses in business context including 2 years' experience within the education sector, leading strategy work within the education sector and with various research methodologies, including interviews, survey work and data analytics. Annual Salary: $185,000. TRAVEL: Up to 10% short-term domestic travel once every 3 months for attending industry conferences as needed at various unanticipated location within the U.S. Email resumes to: View email address on click.appcast.io

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