Requisition ID: 161379
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Network Development & Continuous Improvement
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: -
Position Summary: Manage a team of POLS Partnership Directors and university relationships to ensure POLS has the right relationships in place with senior administration leaders to foster growth of programs, expansion within the university, and renewal of partnerships. Effectively build and manage relationships with multiple university partners, acting as the executive leader for the POLS and as a trusted, strategic advisor.
Deliver on our shared growth and strategic objectives with our university partners and build new business opportunities. Develop strategic insight as to the direction of higher education and the OPM market to effectively forecast opportunities with the Partnership Director team, on behalf of our university partnerships. Oversee implementation of strategic initiatives across the portfolio. Partner with peers across our matrixed organization to create consistent practices and approaches to drive results across all our partners and programs. Ensure the Partnership Directors are also working effectively across the matrixed organization. Ensure a world-class, winning team is in place who are effective in strategic account management and operations. Anticipate future talent needs and ensure talent identification, development, and retention strategies are successfully designed and implemented. Foster a success-oriented, customer-service focused accountable environment, and provide day-to-day leadership that mirrors the strategy, mission, and core values of Pearson. Develop relationships across broader Pearson to ensure we bring to bear the products and capabilities of our global organization for the benefit of our university partnerships.
Identify innovations important to our partners, and work with peers to identify new operational infrastructure (systems, processes, and/or personnel) required to deliver on these innovations. In partnership with Finance, develop pro formas, P&L models, and forecasting for new programs. Measure performance of individual program P&Ls within the portfolio and establish targets for improvement.
Qualifications General Qualifications:
10+ years managing external client/partners and leading large-scale internal operations.
Demonstrated success at developing and implementing integrated strategies and programs which deliver results in alignment with overall business objectives.
An exceptional executive-level relationship builder/influencer with a proven track record of effectively managing a diverse stakeholder group in a complex enterprise and executing on strategies to deliver superior results in both the short and long term.
Strong executive presence, adept at interaction with a diverse group of internal clients along with senior executives of partner institutions.
Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through influencing others.
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