Vice President for Enrollment Management

Mount Holyoke College; South Hadley (MA); On-site; USD 255,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Holyoke College seeks a visionary vice president for enrollment management to lead Admission, Student Financial Services, and Career Readiness. Reporting to the President, this role shapes enrollment strategy, student outcomes, and revenue growth for a women’s college with a gender-diverse commitment.

The salary range is $255,000–$275,000, reflecting the senior leadership scope and strategic impact in higher education.

Qualifications

• Must have proven expertise in enrollment strategy and financial aid programs.
• Experience with net tuition revenue management and budgeting.
• Demonstrated leadership across large enrollment operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Admission, Student Financial Services, and Career Readiness.
• Shape the institution's enrollment strategy to support long‑term vitality.
• Align enrollment decisions with Mount Holyoke's mission and strategic priorities.
• Lead a data-informed, collaborative leadership team to improve student outcomes.

Skills

Enrollment strategy

Financial aid

Revenue management

Organizational leadership

Job description

As the first and oldest of the renowned Seven Sisters colleges, Mount Holyoke has long been a leader in expanding educational opportunities and preparing students to shape the world around them. The nation's leading gender-diverse women's college, Mount Holyoke immerses students in a vibrant, intellectually adventurous, and globally connected community that develops students' voices, broadens their perspectives, and prepares them for lives of purposeful leadership. As the College advances the ambitious goals of its strategic plan, MHC Forward, and a recently completed strategic enrollment plan, it seeks an accomplished and visionary vice president for enrollment management to help shape the institution's future by advancing enrollment success, student outcomes, and long-term strength. Reporting to President Danielle Holley and serving as a key member of the senior leadership team, the vice president oversees Admission, Student Financial Services, and Career Readiness. Guided by President Holley's conviction that "the future is now," Mount Holyoke is pursuing an ambitious vision for its next chapter, creating an exceptional opportunity for a strategic and entrepreneurial enrollment leader. Supported by a talented enrollment leadership team, a deeply engaged campus community, and the largest fundraising campaign to date in women's college history, the next vice president will play a central role in advancing Mount Holyoke's enrollment, revenue, student success, and career readiness goals while helping articulate the enduring value and contemporary relevance of a Mount Holyoke education. Mount Holyoke's next vice president will join a highly collaborative and mission-driven community committed to maintaining access, strengthening outcomes, and ensuring long‑term institutional vitality. The successful candidate will bring expertise in enrollment strategy, financial aid, net tuition revenue management, and organizational leadership. The vice president will be expected to navigate complex trade-offs thoughtfully and collaboratively while aligning enrollment decisions with the College's mission, values, and strategic priorities. The new vice president will inherit a dedicated team and an enrollment operation poised for its next stage of development. Enrollment success will be essential to realizing the ambitions of MHC Forward and sustaining Mount Holyoke's distinctive position in higher education. As such, the College seeks an ambitious, data-informed, and action-oriented leader who will strengthen enrollment performance, deepen institutional partnerships, sharpen Mount Holyoke's market position, and help ensure Mount Holyoke remains a destination of choice for talented students from across the nation and around the world. The leadership profile may be viewed here. WittKieffer is assisting Mount Holyoke College in this search.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $255,000-$275,000.

Mount Holyoke College is a women's college that is gender diverse. The College is committed to providing equal access and opportunity in employment and education to all employees and students. In compliance with state and federal law, Mount Holyoke College does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, genetic information, sex, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local law.