Job Description:

• Set the national vision for how KIPP leverages institutional partnerships to drive affordability, persistence, and degree completion at scale.
• Design a long-term roadmap to secure partnerships with the nation’s top 250 colleges by 2030, prioritizing institutions committed to equity, student success, and measurable investment in KIPP students.
• Consistently realize partnership excellence, establishing clear performance standards, accountability structures, and required commitments across all partners.
• Develop systems, data insights, and cross-functional processes that integrate college partnerships into national advising, match, financial aid, and persistence strategies.
• Lead and refine the ongoing strategy grounded in data, institutional performance, and student experience to ensure partners consistently achieve results.
• Position KIPP as a national thought leader and trusted collaborator in improving postsecondary outcomes for first-generation and low-income students.
• Cultivate, negotiate, and formalize strategic partnerships with colleges and universities that advance access, affordability, persistence, and completion for KIPP students.
• Develop and negotiate Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), securing 50 new MOUs annually with clear commitments and measurable goals.
• Identify, vet, and prioritize new partnership opportunities aligned with KIPP’s goals, including engaging with the nation’s top 250 colleges by 2030.
• Manage a national portfolio of college partners, maintaining strong, trust-based relationships with senior institutional leaders.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and data-driven discussions to strengthen collaboration and outcomes.
• Support partner institutions in implementing practices that improve student success and equity.
• Analyze persistence, enrollment, and graduation data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with partner institutions to enhance advising structures, financial pathways, and campus-based supports.
• Ensure partnership commitments contribute meaningfully to KIPP’s long-term milestones.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience managing teams and supporting stakeholders across multiple regions and programs.
• 10+ years of experience developing, managing, and implementing high-impact partnerships that deliver measurable improvements in student outcomes at a national scale.
• Proven track record of influencing senior leaders and external partners to achieve ambitious goals.
• Expertise in college counseling, postsecondary advising, career preparation, or progressive pathways; experience as a high school principal strongly preferred.
• Experience managing education technology products, including collaborating with technical teams to select and customize platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Tableau) to meet practitioner and student needs.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion, with experience working alongside students and families from under-resourced communities, many of whom may be first-generation college-goers.

Benefits:

• 25 holidays for + 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5+).
• 100% paid parental leave
• 100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family medical/dental/vision plans.
• Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and our employee assistance program.
• Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts