General Manager, International Athletics

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. Were the worlds leading college admissions consultancy with over 1330 Ivy League offers and 2140 to the US Top 15. With a passionate team of 800 thats rapidly expanding across 30 markets our unique tech platform connects expert-led guidance and proven data-driven strategies from 3000 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. Crimsons 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 weve 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. Youll 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 youll 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 Crimsons offices worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Growth

• 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

Service Delivery

• Oversee service deliveryboth full-time and part-time/contracting Strategists who work with international athletes toward successfully recruiting/applying to universityensuring 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

Sales and Marketing

• 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

Skills & Experience Youll Need

• 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

• Strongly preferred: experience as a member of a high-performing sales team

• Strongly preferred: coaching experience at the collegiate level
  
  

Why work for Crimson

• 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 (its 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

• Were 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!

If youre passionate about growing in a fast-paced collaborative environment and want to work with cutting-edge technology then wed love to hear from you!

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