Lead Student Success Manager

Rs Consult; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 100 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational consultancy based in Pretoria is seeking a Lead Student Success Manager to innovate and lead strategic thinking in Career Accelerator programmes. You will oversee the entire learner journey, ensuring high satisfaction and outcomes while leading a dedicated team. The ideal candidate will have experience in EdTech and proven leadership skills, aiming to foster a supportive, career-first environment for learners. Join us in redefining higher education and enhancing learner experiences.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in student success, retention, or learner engagement within higher education or EdTech.
• Proven leadership in managing and developing teams within learner support or coaching.
• Strong analytical thinking, decision-making, and data interpretation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Student Success team.
• Enhance systems and processes to scale effectiveness across partnerships.
• Champion learner outcomes and satisfaction.

Skills

Student success management

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Empathy and sensitivity

Job description

As Lead Student Success Manager, you will drive innovation, lead strategic thinking, and implement new approaches for scaling the success of our Career Accelerator (CA) programmes.

You’ll be accountable for the full learner journey, from onboarding to completion, with a clear focus on driving progression, satisfaction, outcomes, and careers‑first success metrics.

You’ll lead a high‑performing team of Success Managers and set the gold standard in student experience, retention, and satisfaction.

Beyond leadership, you’ll shape scalable success strategies that align with FourthRev’s commitment to transformative, careers‑first education—ensuring every learner feels supported, enabled, and equipped to achieve their career goals.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a high‑performing Student Success team
• Guide and performance‑manage Success Managers to deliver exceptional learner experiences.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and data‑informed decision‑making.
• Act as point of escalation for complex learner cases with sensitivity and care.
• Enhance systems and processes to scale effectiveness across partnerships.
• Own and drive the careers‑first learner journey strategy
• Lead delivery of learner journeys across orientation, progression, and communications.
• Partner with Product and Delivery teams to design cohesive, high‑impact journeys.
• Create learner‑facing content, assets, and engagement strategies that drive confidence and outcomes.
• Ensure student communities flourish through belonging, motivation, and progression.
• Champion learner outcomes and satisfaction
• Define and own OKRs and KPIs across retention, satisfaction, and completion.
• Analyse learner sentiment and engagement data to drive improvement.
• Report insights and outcomes to leadership, ensuring accountability and iteration.
• Lead a strategic focus area within the Student Success team
• Own one specialism such as Resource Development & Systems Implementation or Specialist Support, Wellbeing & Behavioural Change.
• Develop scalable playbooks and frameworks for future programme rollouts.

Requirements

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive experience in student success, retention, or learner engagement within higher education or EdTech.
• Proven leadership in managing and developing teams within learner support or coaching.
• Strong analytical thinking, decision‑making, and data interpretation skills.
• Deep empathy and sensitivity to diverse learner needs and contexts.
• Ability to balance exceptional learner experience with commercial awareness.

Desirable

• Background in postgraduate or professional learner engagement.
• Experience in community management, service design, or automation of support systems.
• Coaching or wellbeing qualification.
• Understanding of digital skills industries and emerging career pathways.

Benefits

Why FourthRev?

We’re redefining higher education through world‑class Career Accelerator programmes, built in collaboration with top universities and global industry leaders.

Join us in shaping the next generation of transformative, careers‑first learning experiences.