Director, College Partnerships – West

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Identify, nurture, and establish partnerships with universities that enhance college enrollment and completion rates for KIPP students and alumni.

• Strengthen existing collaborations, revive inactive partnerships, and create new connections with national universities, regional institutions, HBCUs, and HSIs.

• Develop, negotiate, and finalize Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) that include clear commitments and measurable, mutually beneficial goals.

• Manage MOUs, ensure agreement fulfillment, and adjust commitments as circumstances, outcomes, and needs evolve.

• Collaborate with the national College Advancement Team and regional KIPP Forward teams to incorporate partnerships into student advising and matching strategies.

• Share work and best practices with fellow Directors of College Partnerships.

• Enhance institutional memory regarding strategies, plans, successes, and challenges with college partners.

• Assist in codifying best practices.

• Contribute to the College Partnerships strategy, which includes partnership criteria, MOU frameworks, objectives, benchmarks, and accountability measures.

• Monitor and analyze portfolio-level data to guide strategic partnership decisions.

• Report to the VP of College Partnerships and collaborate with the College Advancement and Partnerships team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Preferred experience in supporting students facing economic barriers and/or first-generation college students.

• 7 or more years of experience in building and managing a portfolio of partnerships, ideally with colleges/universities or charter schools across multiple states.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in developing and maintaining MOUs or institutional agreements.

• Proven ability to use data for identifying trends, informing decisions, and driving results.

• Strong track record of achieving and exceeding ambitious objectives.

• Experience working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders to implement initiatives and achieve goals.

• A Bachelor’s Degree is required.

• Exceptional partnership and alliance-building capabilities.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Effective skills in collaboration and relationship-building.

• Strong self-management abilities to meet ambitious goals.

• Strong problem-solving capabilities.

• Willingness to travel extensively: approximately 30–50% (65–110 days per year).

• Availability for occasional evening or weekend work.

• Strong alignment with KIPP’s mission and focus on students.

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 holidays.

• 18 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 premiums for employee medical/dental/vision plans.

• 75% coverage of premiums for employee + family medical/dental/vision plans.

• Fitness reimbursements.

• Discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions.

• Backup care support for children and adults/elders.

• Employee assistance program.

• 401K retirement plan with a 4% match.

• Employer-sponsored legal plans.

• Life/disability insurance.

• Flexible spending accounts.