Student Success Manager, Crimson Rise & Boarding/Day School Admissions

Crimson Global Academy; Canada; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative EdTech startup is seeking a passionate Student Success Manager to bridge communication between parents and students. In this role, you will ensure that families are aligned with their child’s educational strategies, providing support through translation and addressing technical concerns. You will collaborate with internal teams to enhance student engagement and satisfaction, making a meaningful impact on their educational journey. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are dedicated to transforming lives through education, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree minimum, preferably from US/UK university.
• Professional fluency in Mandarin and Vietnamese required.

Responsibilities

• Liaise between parents and students, ensuring clear communication.
• Translate communications to Mandarin or Vietnamese as needed.
• Support student engagement and overall progress.

Skills

Global awareness

Cross-cultural communication

Professionalism

Customer service attitude

Empathy

Negotiation

Adaptability

Collaborative mindset

Solution orientation

Resilience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Want to revolutionize the future of education and do meaningful work that transforms future generations’ lives?

Crimson Education is a Series C, global EdTech startup founded in 2013 with the idea that through personalized education and technology, we can transform students into the world leaders of tomorrow. We’re now in 28 markets and have an ambitious team of 700 that’s rapidly expanding across the globe. Our tech platform connects 3000 tutors/mentors to students aiming to achieve admission and scholarships to top universities or their dream career pathway.

We’ve built Crimson to become the world’s most successful university admissions consultancy, with our students 4x more likely to gain admission. To support our students, we have a Student Success team that’s obsessed with providing the best outcomes for our students and levelling the playing field. They engage, manage and facilitate a student’s journey with Crimson to help them achieve their goals and reimagine their future.

What are the main responsibilities for this role?

As a Crimson Rise Student Success Manager, you will be responsible for active liaising between parents of Crimson Rise students (typically grades 6-8, ages 11-14) and their child’s Strategist. This role ensures clear communication lines exist between parents and Strategist (including text support or live/offline translation as needed), parents are clear and aligned on their child’s education strategy, and families’ technical or programmatic concerns are rapidly addressed. You will work closely with varying internal stakeholders to ensure smooth completion of services and high client satisfaction.

Experience required

• Bachelor’s degree minimum (preferably from US/UK university)
• Mandarin - professional fluency
• Vietnamese - professional fluency
• Customer service experience
• Parent liaising experience, preferably in education context (children <15 years old)
• Knowledge of education/mentoring/coaching/youth development advantageous
• Knowledge of university admissions/international education systems advantageous

Skills required

• Global awareness and cross-cultural communication
• Professionalism and customer service attitude
• Empathy, negotiation, and adaptability
• Collaborative mindset
• Solution orientation
• Resilience

Services Provided

• Translate live meetings, session notes, progress reports, and questions/ communications to Mandarin or Vietnamese for families as required
• Liaise between parents and Crimson Team, communicating:
• Child's education strategy and roadmap
• Child’s progress or hindrances
• Child’s general engagement, as noted by tutors and mentors
• Technical guidance on using the Crimson App
• Parent questions or concerns (to team)
• Support student’s engagement and overall progress by proactively ensuring:
• Meetings with Strategist & Tutors are scheduled to standard frequency and missed meetings are rapidly caught up
• Student attends meetings, with reminders sent to student + parents
• Parents receive notes from meetings on preferred platform
• Student completes homework on assigned schedule
• Communicate rapidly and sensitively to both clients and Crimson team, including:
• Timely responses to parent queries, check-ins, or concerns regarding delivery of Crimson services
• Timely and accurate responses (informed by Strategy team) to general queries around summer applications, school applications, testing, university admissions, and child’s individual strategy
• Conflict resolution in the event of complaints or escalation, sharing student/family’s feedback with wider team and proactively aligning with team on action needed for resolution
• Following overall student progress and initiating internal alignment as needed for lagging students, ensuring everyone is on the same page and working as an effective team
• Learn basics of application timelines/requirements to private schools in the US, UK, and locally
• Keep up to date with standardized testing schedules and policies to support students on registration as required
• Assist students in acquiring/preparing necessary documentation for summer program or school applications (including recommendation letters, transcripts, testing certificates, application fill-in support, etc.)
• Contribute to knowledge bases of local/regional resources

Product Knowledge & Improvement

• Keep up to date with operations practices, product changes, and new services at Crimson relevant to Crimson Rise and Boarding/Day Admissions students
• Work with Rise and Boarding/Day Admissions Strategy teams to identify opportunities for service improvement and propose viable solutions

If you're passionate about growing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and want to work with cutting-edge technology then we'd love to hear from you!

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