Chief Enrollment Officer

Bertelsmann-Jobs•Phoenix, AZ

1h•$192,000 - $240,000

About The Position

The Chief Enrollment Officer is a member of Alliant University’s Executive Leadership Team and the senior executive responsible for developing and executing an integrated, enterprise-wide enrollment strategy. The role provides leadership across student recruitment, admissions, enrollment operations, marketing alignment, partnerships, and market expansion, aligning these functions with the University’s mission, strategic priorities, and long-term financial sustainability. The executive uses a data-informed, student-centered, and market-aware approach to strengthen recruitment pipelines, improve conversion and yield, expand access to priority student populations, and improve enrollment strategies. Responsibilities include attending to enrollment economics, revenue implications, student acquisition costs, and return on investment, while working with academic and administrative leaders to develop sustainable initiatives that account for academic quality, student outcomes, regulatory requirements, and institutional capacity. The Chief Enrollment Officer also champions innovation, responsible experimentation, and adaptability, advancing ideas, technologies, partnerships, and practices that strengthen enrollment capabilities and the prospective and enrolled student experience. The position is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Work modality is determined by University operational needs, hours follow an executive schedule based on business and institutional needs, and travel is required as needed to support campuses, partnerships, markets, and University priorities. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Requirements

Master’s degree in higher education, enrollment management, business, marketing, finance, strategy, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and significant executive experience.
Significant progressively responsible leadership experience in enrollment management, admissions, student recruitment, marketing, strategy, or related functions.
Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-channel enrollment organizations or portfolios.
Ability to develop and execute enrollment strategies using student, market, financial, and performance data.
Strong business acumen, including experience developing enrollment forecasts, business cases, performance metrics, budgets, and measures of return on investment.
Understanding of the relationship among enrollment performance, net tuition revenue, resource allocation, and institutional sustainability.
Success leading across organizational boundaries and influencing outcomes through collaboration.
Executive-level communication and presentation skills.
Ability to operate effectively in a complex, regulated environment.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Successful completion of a background check is required.

Nice To Haves

Senior enrollment leadership experience in higher education, education services, healthcare education, or another complex service organization.
Experience in a private, tuition-dependent, multi-campus, hybrid, or online higher education environment.
Experience with enrollment management, admissions operations, digital marketing, recruitment partnerships, and new-market development.
Experience building new student pipelines or scaling enrollment across existing programs and markets.
Familiarity with higher education accreditation, regulatory requirements, and institutional governance.
Experience leading organizational change and technology-enabled enrollment initiatives.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute an enterprise-wide enrollment strategy aligned with the University’s strategic plan, mission, academic portfolio, financial objectives, and growth priorities.
Establish enrollment goals, strategies, performance indicators, and accountability measures across the recruitment and admissions lifecycle.
Strengthen recruitment pipelines and improve inquiry, application, admission, enrollment, and yield performance across programs, campuses, modalities, and student populations.
Evaluate potential markets, partnerships, programs, delivery models, and recruitment channels for student demand, enrollment potential, mission fit, and financial sustainability.
Partner with Finance to develop enrollment forecasts, scenario models, business cases, and measures of return on enrollment investments.
Assess the enrollment portfolio and recommend investments, adjustments, or discontinuation of initiatives based on performance, student outcomes, strategic value, and financial implications.
Lead recruitment, admissions, enrollment operations, conversion, yield, and onboarding strategies.
Align enrollment and marketing strategies with institutional priorities, student demand, program capacity, and financial sustainability.
Use market intelligence, competitive analysis, demographic trends, student demand, and performance data to shape strategies.
Identify geographic, demographic, employer, community, and sector opportunities to expand enrollment and access.
Collaborate with academic leadership to align enrollment strategies with program quality, workforce needs, competitive position, capacity, and financial viability.
Connect marketing investments and strategies to measurable inquiry, application, enrollment, and institutional growth outcomes.
Establish performance measures for lead generation, application completion, admission, conversion, yield, student acquisition costs, and associated enrollment revenue.
Use data and analytics to evaluate channel effectiveness, forecast enrollment, and guide resource allocation.
Strengthen coordination among marketing, enrollment, admissions, academic leadership, finance, and student-facing functions.
Develop and expand strategic partnerships that create sustainable student pipelines and enrollment opportunities.
Identify emerging markets, student populations, and partnership models consistent with the University’s mission, academic strengths, and enrollment priorities.
Evaluate partnership and market-expansion opportunities using enrollment, strategic, financial, operational, academic, and reputational criteria.
Represent Alliant externally in relationships that expand awareness, access, enrollment, and market presence.
Advise the President and Executive Leadership Team on enrollment, student demand, market position, competition, enrollment economics, and growth opportunities.
Balance enrollment objectives with academic quality, student outcomes, financial sustainability, compliance, and organizational capacity in executive decision-making.
Build cross-functional relationships and shared accountability for enrollment performance and student-centered growth.
Present enrollment strategies, forecasts, risks, opportunities, financial implications, and results to executive leadership and other stakeholders.
Develop high-performing teams and establish expectations, accountability, and professional development for areas in the Chief Enrollment Officer’s portfolio.
Travel as required to support campuses, partnerships, markets, and University priorities.