Chief of Growth

Elton College Ltd.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Elton College Ltd. seeks a Chief of Growth to own growth across student enrollment, professor recruitment, donor development, and partnerships. You will set strategy, run experiments, and lead a small team of freelancers and interns.

You will build metrics, dashboards, and campaigns that turn visitors into applicants while aligning decisions with our mission of affordable, high-impact education for students and communities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in growth, marketing, enrollment, or business development
• Experience building a funnel from near zero and showing measurable results
• Ability to plan experiments and use data to decide
• Strong writing and speaking skills
• Leadership through service and collaboration
• Passion for education and equity

Responsibilities

• Set and own growth strategy across enrollment, recruitment, donor development, and partnerships
• Define metrics, build dashboards, and report progress monthly
• Run rapid experiments across content, search, social, email, events, referrals, and paid channels
• Optimize the website and application flow to convert visitors into applicants
• Build and guide a small team and a network of freelancers, interns, and volunteers
• Develop partnerships with employers, community colleges, bootcamps, associations, and alumni
• Translate mission-driven messaging into effective campaigns with leadership input

Skills

Growth marketing

Enrollment growth

Experimentation

Data-driven decisions

Persuasive communication

Leadership & mentoring

Education sector experience

Job description

Build the engine that brings students, professors, donors, and partners to Elton.

Elton gives people a better education at a lower cost and with less debt. Too few people know it exists. As Chief of Growth, you will change that.

You will own growth across the whole university and lead with us from the start. This role fits a builder who can set strategy, run experiments, and also roll up their sleeves.

What you will do

• Set and own our growth strategy across student enrollment, professor recruitment, donor development, and partnerships
• Define our key metrics, build a simple dashboard, and report on progress each month
• Run fast experiments in content, search, social, email, events, referrals, and paid channels, then double down on what works
• Make our web presence, from our website to the application flow, convert visitors into applicants
• Build and guide a small team and a network of freelancers, interns, and volunteers
• Develop partnerships with employers, community colleges, bootcamps, professional associations, and alumni
• Work with the leadership team to turn our message (evidence-based, agile, student-first, affordable) into campaigns people remember
• Keep every decision tied to our mission: students, their families, their communities, and the world

You might be a fit if you

• Have 5+ years in growth, marketing, enrollment, or business development, ideally in education, nonprofits, or early-stage ventures
• Have built a funnel from near zero and can show the numbers
• Think in experiments and use data to decide
• Write and speak persuasively
• Lead through service: you share credit, listen first, and put the mission ahead of ego
• Care about education and equity

How it works

• Work remotely. Expect occasional events and travel.