Career Connect Growth & Impact Trailblazer

Year Up, Inc.; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 270,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Year Up United seeks an executive to lead Career Connect, building and scaling a new high-growth workforce solution. You will own strategy, revenue, and delivery while driving employer partnerships and learner outcomes across multiple industries.

The role demands rapid iteration, cross-functional leadership, and a strong commitment to Year Up United's mission. You will oversee a dedicated sales, design, and delivery organization, define operating models, and pursue sustainable profitability

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in business development, workforce development, talent solutions, staffing, consulting, operations.
• Proven success building and scaling new business lines, products, workforce solutions, or venture-stage initiatives.
• Experience leading teams responsible for revenue generation and customer delivery.
• Strong employer partnership development and consultative sales experience.
• Experience designing and implementing innovative workforce, talent, education, or employment solutions.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-changing environments with rapid iteration.
• Strong financial and operational management capabilities.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for working with young adults and Year Up United's mission.
• Understanding of the Opportunity Divide and its drivers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the executive leader of Career Connect with full accountability for strategy, execution, revenue generation, and operational outcomes.
• Build and scale Career Connect as a distinct business unit delivering employer-funded workforce solutions.
• Develop multi-year growth strategy expanding into healthcare, manufacturing, skilled trades, and other high-demand sectors.
• Establish operating model, service offerings, pricing strategies, and delivery approach.
• Drive employer partnership, pilot launches, placements, revenue, and learner outcome goals.
• Create an agile culture that prioritizes speed, experimentation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead employer growth and revenue generation efforts for Career Connect.
• Hire, develop, and coach a team of sales professionals with clear goals tied to employer acquisition, pilot launches, placements, and earned revenue.
• Establish sales processes, pipeline management disciplines, forecasting capabilities, and performance management systems.
• Identify strategic employer opportunities that can create scalable and repeatable workforce solutions.
• Oversee solution design and delivery translating employer needs into learner experiences.
• Ensure pilots generate actionable learnings informing future offerings and growth strategies.
• Balance employer requirements, learner success, placement outcomes, and operational sustainability.

Skills

Executive leadership

Business development

Sales leadership

Strategic planning

Employer partnerships

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Year Up United seeks an executive to lead Career Connect, building and scaling a new high-growth workforce solution. You will own strategy, revenue, and delivery while driving employer partnerships and learner outcomes across multiple industries.

The role demands rapid iteration, cross-functional leadership, and a strong commitment to Year Up United's mission. You will oversee a dedicated sales, design, and delivery organization, define operating models, and pursue sustainable profitability