Director Schools

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

📋 Description

• Establishing the school business of GoStudent in Germany

• Identifying suitable school operators for acquisition or strategic partnership

• Building a network with school operators, school foundations, religious orders, dioceses, municipalities, and other relevant stakeholders

• Evaluating potential targets regarding strategic fit, operational status, and growth potential

• Developing new business opportunities related to privately operated schools and all-day offerings

• Managing the entire process from initial contact through concept development to the conclusion of acquisitions or partnerships

• Leading discussions and negotiations with owners, representatives of operators, foundations, religious institutions, and other stakeholders

• Coordinating internal and external teams on legal, financial, educational, and operational matters

• Developing sustainable models for acquisitions and strategic partnerships

• Overseeing the transition to operational operations after successful initiation or acquisition

• Creating an efficient operating model for schools and all-day programs

• Identifying potential for the further development of organization, personnel, processes, and technology

• Ensuring educational quality, economic sustainability, and a professional school operation

• Leveraging GoStudent's personnel, sales, technology, and operational expertise to enhance existing structures and facilitate growth

• Engaging with school supervisory authorities, district governments, and municipalities

• Managing approval and financing processes, including grant notifications

• Communicating with school leadership, school conferences, and other educational committees

• Building long-term and trusting relationships with relevant stakeholders

• Collaborating directly with company management and relevant teams

⛳️ Requirements

• Several years of leadership experience at a school operator, school foundation, all-day operator, or a comparable educational organization

• Excellent knowledge of the German school operator landscape and the structures of the German education system

• Experience in working with school supervisory authorities, district governments, municipalities, and other public institutions

• Good understanding of the legal and financial frameworks for privately operated schools

• Experience with financing and approval processes in the school sector

• Ideally, experience with partnerships, acquisitions, transitions of operators, or comparable transformation processes

• Experience in leading teams and managing complex, cross-functional projects

• Strong communication and negotiation skills

• Entrepreneurial, visionary, hands-on, structured, relationship-oriented, and results-driven work style

• Knowledge of the German school operator landscape and the German education system

• Willingness to take responsibility from the first conversation to implementation

• Resume preferably uploaded in English in PDF format

🏝️ Benefits

• An extraordinary opportunity for establishment and design: Developing a new business area around schools and all-day care in Germany

• Responsibility for the entire process from identifying suitable school operators through initiation and conclusion to operational further development

• Entrepreneurial scope for shaping strategy, acquisitions, partnerships, and the future operating model

• A strong foundation with technology, personnel, sales, and experience from operating over 1,000 educational locations in Europe

• Direct collaboration with company management

• Reporting directly to company management

• A meaningful task for the long-term security and development of schools and all-day offerings in Germany

• Opportunity to develop within an ambitious team

• Focus on diversity, openness, and equal opportunities