Strategic Education Partnerships Lead (Remote)

jobgether; New York (NY); Remote; USD 118,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Health and dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Employee development opportunities

Life assurance

Job summary

jobgether is seeking a CP&D Senior Manager based in the United States to oversee a portfolio of schools and systems across the Eastern U.S. You will build trusted relationships with senior leaders, drive partnership strategies, and shape service delivery through data and local context.

The role combines account management, programme development, retention, and growth with localization of strategy. You will connect partners with expertise, resources, and networks while collaborating across teams

Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in Education, Business, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Bring experience in education leadership, school improvement, change management, or a closely related environment.
• Demonstrate an understanding of different school contexts, including public, private, and/or international education systems.
• Have experience managing partnerships, strategic accounts, or portfolios, including responsibility for retention, issue resolution, stakeholder engagement, and growth opportunities.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills, particularly when working with senior education leaders and decision-makers.
• Possess strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret data, identify trends, translate insights into actions, and make evidence-based recommendations.
• Have strong project and portfolio planning capabilities; relevant professional accreditation is an advantage.
• Communicate clearly and persuasively in both written and verbal formats, with the ability to present information, influence stakeholders, and facilitate discussions.
• Be fluent in English; additional relevant local language skills are an advantage.
• Demonstrate cultural awareness and comfort working across different educational contexts, cultures, functions, and stakeholder groups.
• Be collaborative, adaptable, and capable of balancing strategic planning with hands-on relationship and portfolio management.
• Have strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, risks, and initiatives simultaneously.
• Be proficient with Microsoft Office tools and preferably have experience using Salesforce or a similar CRM platform.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute account management and partnership plans for a portfolio of schools, groups, districts, and/or school systems, aligning priorities with partner needs and organizational objectives.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including senior school and system leaders, and represent the organization in high-level engagements.
• Act as a primary point of contact for partners, helping them navigate governance, organizational change, programme implementation, and evolving priorities.
• Co-create partnership strategies with stakeholders that establish clear and sustainable value for both partners and the organization.
• Provide proactive support throughout the programme lifecycle through individual and group engagements, connecting schools and systems with appropriate expertise, services, and resources.
• Use partner data, feedback, and contextual insights to identify needs, improve support, and inform portfolio planning.
• Coordinate with relevant service teams to ensure authorization and evaluation processes reflect the needs and expectations of individual schools and education systems.
• Provide clear contextual information and priorities for authorization and evaluation visits, and use resulting outcomes and reports to shape ongoing support.
• Identify retention, viability, and relationship risks early, agree mitigation actions with partners and internal stakeholders, and monitor progress toward resolution.
• Lead issue resolution and service recovery activities, including responding to complaints and low-satisfaction feedback and ensuring appropriate follow-up.
• Manage attrition cases consistently and use evidence and data to support sound decisions and retention strategies.
• Identify and develop sustainable growth opportunities, including new programmes, expanded cohorts, and relevant services or offerings.
• Build stakeholder understanding and advocacy while connecting partners with relevant professional learning, consultancy, and broader networks.
• Adapt portfolio strategies to local education policy, market conditions, stakeholder expectations, and system-level priorities.
• Maintain accurate account information in Salesforce or similar CRM systems and share relevant insights with leadership and internal teams.
• Identify trends, opportunities, and risks within the portfolio and provide actionable recommendations to CP&D leadership.
• Contribute to change initiatives, projects, portfolio planning, and cross-functional activities that improve partnership and service outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Project & portfolio planning

Communication

Facilitation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education, Business, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

jobgether is seeking a CP&D Senior Manager based in the United States to oversee a portfolio of schools and systems across the Eastern U.S. You will build trusted relationships with senior leaders, drive partnership strategies, and shape service delivery through data and local context.

The role combines account management, programme development, retention, and growth with localization of strategy. You will connect partners with expertise, resources, and networks while collaborating across teams