Vice President - University Relations & Strategic Alliances - Higher Education Platform

A senior leadership role with a leading digital education platform focused on building and scaling university partnerships across India and global markets. The role owns strategic alliances, revenue growth, and institutional expansion across higher education ecosystems. It involves working closely with university leadership, driving long-term collaborations, and building scalable partnership models. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with significant travel.

Key Responsibilities:

- Drive national and global university partnership strategy and expansion

- Own revenue generation and growth from institutional alliances

- Build and manage relationships with senior academic stakeholders (VCs, Provosts, Boards)

- Lead negotiations and closure of high-value, multi-year partnerships

- Develop scalable and commercially viable partnership models

- Represent the organisation at industry forums and higher education platforms

Ideal Candidate Profile:

- 10-15 years of experience in edtech, higher education partnerships, or institutional sales

- Strong track record of closing and managing large university partnerships

- Experience engaging with senior academic leadership and decision-makers

- Strong commercial acumen with revenue ownership experience

- Ability to operate in a high-travel, relationship-driven role

- MBA or postgraduate degree preferred