Strategic Partnerships Associate

CollegeVine

21h • Remote

About The Position

As a Strategic Partnerships Associate, you will be sourcing, managing and executing strategic partnerships with university partners. You will work closely with senior commercial leadership and the broader GTM team to drive business development, partnerships, and growth. This is a highly cross-functional role that requires strong product acumen, analytical skills, client engagement, and a bias for action.
This role is ideal for someone who aspires to be a GTM/commercial leader - with the opportunity to influence product direction and drive real outcomes for education institutions.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience in consulting, investment banking, or hyper-growth startups
• Extraordinarily high agency, early career doers that want to be able to drive direct outcomes
• Proven ability to operate in fast-paced environments, and strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data to develop actionable insights
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across partner universities

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of AI and/or other technical systems

Responsibilities

• Rapidly understand complex customer workflows and pain points.
• Translate domain needs into valuable technical solutions.
• Drive the identification, development, and execution of high-impact strategic partnerships aligned with company priorities
• Demonstrate customer empathy and be the face of CollegeVine, managing relationships from end-users to executive stakeholders.
• Identify the most valuable problems to solve with university partners.
• Partner with GTM and commercial leaders to surface solutions.
• Take ownership and accountability for the success of each engagement.
• Occasional travel to client sites for discovery, workshops, training, and deployments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed