Director, Partnerships (SLP - Texas)

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Career Center•Austin, TX

9d•$92,100 - $129,570•Remote

About The Position

The Director of SLP Partnerships leads the strategy, development, activation, and management of strategic alliances that advance the mission of the University and the MS in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program and drive enrollment, visibility, and mutual value across the education and healthcare sectors. This role serves as a bridge between the University and potential partners and is responsible for identifying, cultivating, and stewarding partnerships with schools, clinics, hospitals, and employer networks to create innovative pathways for student progression and workforce development. The Director acts as the primary liaison with external partners to create seamless pathways for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs) into the MS-SLP part-time program, while ensuring alignment with academic, accreditation, and clinical standards. Key responsibilities include developing and executing scalable partnership strategies; negotiating and finalizing agreements that support academic, clinical, and professional goals; and measuring partnership performance through defined metrics tied to growth and impact. Success in this role requires exceptional strategic thinking, communication, and negotiation skills, along with the ability to navigate and influence across a highly matrixed environment—collaborating effectively with Academic Affairs, Marketing, Enrollment, Legal, and Operations teams to ensure seamless execution and sustained partner engagement.

Requirements

Experience in partnerships, business development, or workforce strategy
Proven success closing institutional or workforce contracts
Experience in higher education, healthcare, workforce development, or corporate education
Demonstrated success building scalable partner frameworks and growth playbooks
Strong business acumen with ability to influence senior decision-makers
Strong qualitative and analytical skills. Ability to perform market analyses and evaluate results.
Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Must have advanced interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to develop and deliver presentations to senior management and top-level executives
Exceptional problem solving and negotiating skills
Ability to drive the program management process with diplomacy and enthusiasm
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, often in a remote, virtual workplace
Must have a high level of proficiency of Microsoft Office Suite. High Proficiency in Microsoft Windows including Excel, Word and Power Point.
Ability to develop marketing presentations, marketing brochures, flyers and other digital assets- working closely with program, marketing and enrollment teams

Nice To Haves

Experience in higher education/clinical education for SLPs
Background in employer tuition reimbursement models or direct payer agreements
Knowledge of transfer, articulation, or laddered pathway models
Leadership experience building and scaling teams

Responsibilities

Identify, cultivate, and sustain partnerships with clinical sites, healthcare organizations, schools, community colleges and other relevant industries to create and maintain enrollment pipelines into the MS-SLP part-time program.
Serve as the primary relationship manager for clinical partners, ensuring consistent communication, mutual value, and compliance with accreditation and programmatic standards.
Develop and execute partnership agreements, including MOUs, tuition agreements, and workforce development contracts, in collaboration with Legal, Enrollment, and Academic Affairs.
Build structured pipelines for SLPAs and related professionals seeking academic advancement in speech-language pathology.
Conduct on-site visits, presentations, and professional outreach to strengthen partner engagement and visibility.
Develop a partner activation model that moves opportunities from contract to first enrollment within 90 days or less.
Develop and execute market expansion strategies to increase program visibility and enrollment through targeted partnerships.
Design and implement tuition reimbursement and employer partnership models that reduce barriers for working professionals.
Collaborate with Marketing and Enrollment to create co-branded campaigns, pathway maps, and workforce development collateral.
Establish measurable partnership performance indicators tied to enrollment growth, student outcomes, and partner satisfaction.
Manage the end-to-end partnership process—from prospecting and negotiation through contract execution and post-launch engagement.
Maintain a scalable tracking and reporting system to monitor partner performance, student progression, and clinical site utilization.
Represent the MS-SLP program and the University at professional conferences, regional meetings, and community events.
Collaborate with MS-SLP program leadership on curriculum development for the MS-SLP part-time program to support partnerships.
Work with the MS-SLP clinical placement team to create policies and procedures for speech-language pathology assistants working with partnership placements.
The partner manager will demonstrate ownership of partnership pipeline performance measured by: Number of newly signed partnerships per quarter, Partner activation rate (contract to launch within 90 days), Enrollment and revenue contribution from partner channel, Volume of tuition reimbursement/direct payer agreements, Retention and expansion of partner accounts.
Requires close collaboration between marketing, program strategy, academic leadership, legal, accreditation, enrollment and field teams.
Must be able to work across a matrix and build cross functional teams.
May perform other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.