General Manager, International Athletics

Crimson Education

34d•Remote

About The Position

Want to revolutionize the future of education and do meaningful work that transforms future generations’ lives? Crimson Education is a global EdTech company founded in 2013 with the idea that through personalised education and technology, we can transform students into the world leaders of tomorrow. We’re the world’s leading college admissions consultancy, with over 1,330 Ivy League offers and 2,140 to the US Top 15. With a passionate team of 800+ that's rapidly expanding across 30 markets, our unique tech platform connects expert-led guidance and proven data-driven strategies from 3,000 tutors and mentors with students worldwide. We help ambitious students unlock their dream career pathways, and Crimson students are 7x more likely to get into the Ivy League. What sets us apart is our unmatched scale and expertise. We have the largest team of Former Admissions Officers and College Counselors globally. Every student is matched with a carefully-chosen team of admissions experts who laser focus on different parts of their college application — from essays to extracurriculars — ensuring every detail is expertly executed. Valued at over $1B NZD and backed by over $147M NZD in funding from top-tier global investors, including Tiger Global and Ice House Ventures, we are just getting started. We were recently featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Read the article here. Our Mission Our mission at Crimson Education is to be the launching pad that equips students globally to compete on the world stage. Crimson’s technology, resources, and expertise removes barriers of geography and legacy, seeing its students reach their greatest potential thanks to the dedication of their personalized Crimson teams. Our goal is to do the same for international athletes applying/recruiting to US and UK undergrad universities that we've done for non-athlete international applicants, changing the competitive environment in which we operate and becoming the biggest player in athletics recruitment. Position Overview Crimson Education is hiring an innovative, driven product leader who can run our International Athletics (IA) business end-to-end and grow it to win at a global level. You’ll be responsible for the entire lifecycle for our IA consulting services, from product design to marketing/sales strategy, performance evaluation, and product improvement. For this role, you'll need to bring hard-driving entrepreneurial spirit, product vision, great instincts for what makes a target market tick, and a love of 'getting your hands dirty' in operations, sales, marketing, and more. This is a full-time position, either fully remote or based in one of Crimson's offices worldwide.

Requirements

Experience recruiting to a top university in the US or UK
Comfort hiring and cultivating a tight-knit, high performing team
Proven experience working against ambitious targets
Innovative, research-informed approach to product improvements

Nice To Haves

Experience as a member of a high-performing sales team
Coaching experience at the collegiate level

Responsibilities

Define product vision, target clientele, and brand strategy in target markets
Identify opportunities to expand through partnerships, localization, bundling, or new services
Monitor competitors and ensure IA stays ahead in quality and positioning
Cross-functional work with global sales and marketing teams to drive revenue
Oversee service delivery—both full-time and part-time/contracting “Strategists” who work with international athletes toward successfully recruiting/applying to university—ensuring strong admissions outcomes and cohesive, high quality service experience
Oversee product design, improvement, and integration within Crimson ecosystem
Cross-functional work with global Admissions Team for service alignment and cohesion
Recruit, onboard, and manage high-performing sales and marketing team for IA
Coordinate/align with local sales and marketing teams, increasing trust and mutual support between local and global IA sales/marketing teams
Coordinate product updates and releases with internal stakeholders

Benefits

Rapidly growing start up, with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you work
Limitless development and exposure - our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year
$1000 individual training budget per year, we love to ‘Level Up’ (it’s one of our core values)!
Psychologist on staff
Insightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high-performing and ambitious team
Radical Candor is a feedback approach we live by
We’re a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!

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