Global Head of Student Recruitment & Market Growth

Navitas; Dubai; On-site; AED 661,000 - 955,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive senior leadership package

Job summary

Navitas is seeking a Head of Student Recruitment Regional Leadership based in Dubai to lead regional student recruitment across the Middle East Africa and South Asia, driving growth in both mature and emerging markets. You will design scalable recruitment models, coach multi-country teams, and build long-term partnerships with agents, institutions and stakeholders.

This leadership role reports to Navitas’ global sales and marketing leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-country recruitment or sales teams.
• Strong strategic commercial and analytical capability.
• Deep expertise in agent-channel and stakeholder management.
• A disciplined data-driven approach to decision-making and forecasting.
• Sound judgement in regulated high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

• Setting and delivering regional student recruitment strategy in partnership with the regional leadership team.
• Driving growth across both established and emerging markets.
• Designing and scaling recruitment models (in-market hub-based and partner-led).
• Leading coaching and developing high-performing multi-country teams.
• Building trusted long-term partnerships with agents institutions and key stakeholders.
• Owning forecasting pipeline management and conversion performance.
• Managing regional budgets and maximizing return on investment.
• Representing Navitas at senior partner meetings and industry forums.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-country recruitment

Strategic thinking

Analytical capability

Agent-channel management

Job description

Navitas is seeking a Head of Student Recruitment Regional Leadership based in Dubai to lead regional student recruitment across the Middle East Africa and South Asia, driving growth in both mature and emerging markets. You will design scalable recruitment models, coach multi-country teams, and build long-term partnerships with agents, institutions and stakeholders.

This leadership role reports to Navitas’ global sales and marketing leadership.