Join a mission-driven organization with a team that is passionate about excellence in college education. Below are current career opportunities available at ACUE and submission guidelines to apply.
Join a mission-driven organization with a team that is passionate about excellence in college education. You’ll have a diverse leading role within the product and technology group, working on building and improving various components of our platform. The work involves a broad range of responsibilities, so be prepared to get your hands dirty while at the same time thinking bigger about systems design, devops, deployment strategies and more. Reporting to the CPO, you’ll be working directly alongside our product technology team. This is a great chance to be part of a rapidly growing organization that is passionate about making a difference in higher education as well as continually providing opportunities for professional growth.
- Manage and contribute to full-stack software design and development with a focus on maintainability, usability, scalability, and performance
- Work closely with the product, operations, sales, marketing, and content teams to understand strategic goals with the intent of architecting the platform optimally for feature delivery
- Build out a basic CI/CD processes and tools
- Maintain a high awareness of industry issues and trends, particularly in regard to web technologies, cloud computing, and machine learning (ML)
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills
- Work remotely from anywhere, but you must be able to work effectively and within a few hours of the Eastern (GMT-5) timezone.
Requirements
- 4+ years of full-stack software development experience on a customer-facing application
- Extensive knowledge and experience with PHP and JavaScript
- Experience with Vue.js and/or MVC frameworks a plus
- Hands-on experience working with RESTful web services and APIs
- Hands-on experience with SQL databases (MySQL is a plus)
- Linux admin and sysops experience
Benefits
We offer a solid health package with a strong PTO policy, and a flexible work schedule.
Compensation
A competitive compensation package will be provided commensurate with experience and responsibilities. This full-time position includes salary, incentive plan and benefits.
To Apply
To apply, please submit:
- A current CV or resume
- A cover letter which expresses your specific interest in and qualifications for this position. Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered.
Resumes or CVs and cover letters should be emailed to [email protected]. Please include “Full Stack Developer” in your subject line. Only emailed expressions of interest will be considered.
Position Summary:
Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) will play a key role in developing ACUE’s growth, acquisition, and customer experience strategies. The CRO will effectively drive towards aggressive growth goals with ACUE’s mission, long-term vision, and outcomes as a guide. ACUE’s CRO will be an effective team player and a builder of cohesive teams which work effectively together and exceed our customers’ expectations. In this role, the CRO will build ACUE’s talent and capabilities with a demonstrated depth of understanding of sales, marketing, and operations in order to drive impact, customer satisfaction and revenue while also optimizing for quality and margin. This is a hands-on role that requires the successful candidate to see the big picture while also being willing and eager to dig into details and nuances. The CRO will be data focused for decision making and will develop a strong POV on our market, product opportunities, and customer facing strategies.
Responsibilities:
- Engage SLT (ACUE’s senior team) and Board in our long-term growth strategy
- Integrate ACUE’s sales, marketing, academic strategy, and operations teams around common goals aligned to ACUE’s long-term revenue and impact goals
- Promote communication and cooperation among divisions to create a spirit of unity in the organization
- Partner with internal stakeholders to develop, refine and execute against operating plans that account for external market dynamics, customer needs and preferences, and buyer behaviors as we respond to changes in the marketplace
- Serve as an active member of ACUE’s Product Council
- In partnership with Marketing Team establish a comprehensive event strategy that includes both company and outside events
- In collaboration with the Sales Team, evolve sales strategy to lead to long-term meaningful partnerships
- Optimize sales approach, systems, messaging, and collateral to achieve goals
- Integrate Sales, Marketing, Operations and Academic Strategy functions to maximize impact, customer satisfaction and efficiency
- Work cross-functionally to refine product roadmap and pricing strategy
The CRO’s direct reports will include:
- Executive Director, Partnerships
- Executive Director, Academic Strategy
- Executive Director, Strategic Marketing
- Executive Director of Operations
Skills and Experience:
- Track record of driving growth at mission-driven organizations
- Nuanced understanding of market for educational software and related services
- Experience in the higher education marketplace
- Demonstrated ability to translate market insights into strategies that meet customer needs
- Experience in operational delivery or leading project management teams
- Outstanding leadership skills and demonstrating ability to lead cross functional teams and proven success in fostering team collaboration in service of efficiency and impact
- Success in leading teams through rapid growth and disruption
- Experience working with PE/VC backed companies
- Experience with or affinity for improving student outcomes and equity
Position Details:
A competitive compensation package will be provided commensurate with experience and responsibilities. This full-time position includes salary and benefits. This position is fully remote, with regular travel anticipated at 40%.
ACUE is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experience enhances our ability to meet our mission and creates an environment where all members of our community can thrive. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, people with lived experience of poverty and/or racism, and people from underrepresented and historically marginalized groups.
How to Apply:
Resumes/CVs and a cover letter which expresses your specific interest in and qualifications for this position should be emailed to [email protected].
Please include “Chief Revenue Officer” in your subject line. Only emailed expressions of interest will be considered.
About ACUE:
The Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) mission is to ensure student success and equity through quality instruction. In partnership with colleges, universities, higher education systems and associations, ACUE prepares and credentials faculty in the evidence-based teaching practices that improve student achievement and close equity gaps. Numerous and independently validated studies confirm that students are more engaged, learn more, and complete courses in greater numbers—more equitably with their peers—when taught by ACUE-credentialed faculty. ACUE’s online, cohort-based credentialing programs are delivered through institutional partnerships and open enrollment courses endorsed by the American Council on Education.
About ACUE:
The Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) mission is to ensure student success and equity through quality instruction. In partnership with colleges, universities, higher education systems and associations, ACUE prepares and credentials faculty in the evidence-based teaching practices that improve student achievement and close equity gaps. Numerous and independently validated studies confirm that students are more engaged, learn more, and complete courses in greater numbers—more equitably with their peers—when taught by ACUE-credentialed faculty. ACUE’s online, cohort-based credentialing programs are delivered through institutional partnerships and open enrollment courses endorsed by the American Council on Education.
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Executive Director of Partnerships, the Partnership Director is an integral team member responsible for building ACUE’s market position by assisting with new business and partnership development, marketing, post-sale strategies, and operational tactics that will enable ACUE to achieve its goals. The successful candidate will work closely with ACUE’s Partnerships team as well as across functions to execute against ACUE’s growth strategy.
Responsibilities:
New Customer Acquisition, Account Management & Partnership Satisfaction
- Initiate contact with potential customers to generate and qualify leads, promote ACUE’s work, and identify sales opportunities;
- Clearly and convincingly articulate the organization’s offerings and value proposition and overcome initial resistance from prospects;
- Develop and secure new system and institutional partners to adopt ACUE’s courses in effective college instruction;
- Identify areas to support partners to scale;
- Manage customer feedback loop to ensure customer satisfaction and that such input informs product development; and
- Track partnerships from inception through implementations in CRM.
Marketing Support
- Work closely with ACUE’s marketing team to implement market-making strategies, conduct customer outreach activities and represent ACUE at conferences; and
- Assist with management of strategic partnerships.
Skills and Experience:
- Proven success selling educational solutions into the US post-secondary or K-12 market, with experience working with System Leadership, Presidents, and Provost-level institutional leaders, or comparable business development experience;
- Experience selling online teaching and learning programs and related services, preferably in a training/professional development context;
- Results-oriented with a commitment to near-term revenue goals and long-term strategy;
- Experience negotiating and structuring complex, multi-year deals, RFPs, and contracts;
- Business and financial acumen to form strategic business and territory development plans;
- Exceptional communication skills to message and communicate the company’s vision and mission, and present to senior higher education leaders, advisors, and potential partners;
- Analytical abilities, including business and deal/financial modeling, pricing strategies and execution, and business case development; and
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and dynamic environment where change is a constant.
- Connection with/affinity for education and ACUE’s mission
Position Details:
A competitive compensation package will be provided commensurate with experience and responsibilities. This full-time position includes salary and benefits. This position is fully remote, but based in either California or Arizona with regular travel anticipated at 40%. We follow CDC guidance and require staff whose roles require travel to be fully vaccinated due to the requirements of many of ACUE’s partners.
ACUE is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experience enhances our ability to meet our mission and creates an environment where all members of our community can thrive. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, first generation college graduates, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, people with lived experience of poverty and/or racism, and people from underrepresented and historically marginalized groups.
How to Apply:
Resumes/CVs and a cover letter which expresses your specific interest in and qualifications for this position should be emailed to [email protected]. Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered.
Please include “Partnership Director” in your subject line. Only emailed expressions of interest will be considered.
About ACUE
The Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) mission is to ensure student success and equity through quality instruction. In partnership with colleges, universities, higher education systems and associations, ACUE prepares and credentials faculty in the evidence-based teaching practices that improve student achievement and close equity gaps. Numerous and independently validated studies confirm that students are more engaged, learn more, and complete courses in greater numbers—more equitably with their peers—when taught by ACUE-credentialed faculty. ACUE’s online, cohort-based credentialing programs are delivered through institutional partnerships and open enrollment courses endorsed by the American Council on Education.
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Director of Brand and Communications, ACUE’s Partnership Marketing Manager is responsible for communicating the impact exceptional teaching has on student outcomes to new and existing institutional partners, while also working with these same partners to identify, organize, and amplify success stories from ACUE’s rapidly growing network in higher ed.
The Partnership Marketing Manager will work closely with ACUE’s sales and partnership success teams to:
Attract new higher ed institutional partners
- Develop B2B content to be used on web, in emails, presentations, and throughout social media
- Assist in developing B2B communications strategy
- Work with strategic partners to build credibility, awareness, and demand from within their communities
Increase total contract value
- Produce & coordinate marketing materials to support ACUE’s sales team that articulate the correlation between investments in effective teaching and student success
- Effectively articulate the benefits and return on investment for ACUE’s partners
Improve the lifetime value of ACUE’s partnerships
- Produce marketing strategies and collateral to support growth efforts at institutional partners
- Work directly with institutional marketing teams to generate on campus awareness and demand among faculty and administrators by supporting their communications campaigns with templatized assets and recommended messaging
- Partner with institutional marketing teams to broadcast faculty engagement and student success stories throughout their campuses and among prospective students
Strengthen ACUE’s reputation through storytelling
- Work with marketing team to develop a content calendar to map out all external communications activities
- Capture and package campus success stories, then amplify across ACUE’s marketing channels
- Work with strategic and media partners to develop campaigns to elevate institutions committed to improving student outcomes via investments in effective teaching
- Work with strategic partners to promote their collaborations and/or investment in ACUE, and associated available benefits to participating institutions and students
- Collaborate with the marketing team to leverage conferences and virtual events with mission-aligned organizations to strengthen the brand reputation
Skills and experience:
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Experience with marketing high quality, but intangible learning experiences
- Be capable of creative, out-of-the-box thinking
- Self-motivated and reliable, with an independent work ethic and entrepreneurial mindset
- Direct experience developing and managing content marketing and media plans
- Excellent time management and organizational skills to meet critical deadlines
- Have demonstrated ability to gain consensus among multiple stakeholders in a matrix organization
- Comfort working with virtual projects teams
Technical skills required:
- Proficiency in using Social Media Platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and HootSuite
- Experience with WordPress, and website maintenance and design (HTML, SEO, etc.)
- Experience with Vimeo and basic video editing (for social media posts)
- Experience using Google Analytics
- Proficiency with Microsoft and Adobe Creative Suites
Experience and Education:
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in brand communications
- Experience developing B2B assets and campaigns
- Experience in higher education and/or agency environments preferred
- History of working collaboratively with sales, marketing, and operational teams to achieve ambitious outcomes
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
Position Details:
A competitive compensation package will be provided commensurate with experience and responsibilities. This full-time position includes salary and benefits. This position is flexible location, but the ability to occasionally travel (10%) is required. We follow CDC guidance and require staff whose roles require travel be fully vaccinated due to the requirements of many of ACUE’s partners.
ACUE is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We believe that having a staff with diverse personal and professional backgrounds and lived experience enhances our ability to meet our mission and creates an environment where all members of our community can thrive. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, women, first generation college graduates, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, people with lived experience of poverty and/or racism, and people from underrepresented and historically marginalized groups.
How to Apply:
Resumes/CVs and a cover letter which expresses your specific interest in and qualifications for this position should be emailed to [email protected] Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered.
Please include “Partnership Marketing Manager” in your subject line. Only emailed expressions of interest will be considered.
