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Core Education

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51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Education • Enterprise • SaaS

Core Education is a public benefit corporation dedicated to transforming nonprofit colleges and universities. Acting as a long-term operating partner, Core Education collaborates with institutions to implement strategic initiatives aimed at achieving prosperity and operational excellence. The company offers services such as revenue growth and diversification, technology modernization, operational effectiveness, and capital strategy development. By integrating their resources into the day-to-day operations of partner institutions, Core Education supports colleges and universities in overcoming internal barriers, driving revenue growth, and enhancing digital infrastructure. Their mission-driven approach focuses on enabling higher education institutions to realize their strategic goals while aligning with broader educational and societal benefits.

📋 Description

• Drive operational planning, process design, and workflow optimization across all marketing and communications initiatives • Lead forecasting, vendor selection, contract negotiation, project scoping, invoicing, and financial tracking for 1099 contractors • Establish project management frameworks, timelines, and accountability structures for cross-functional marketing campaigns • Develop KPI dashboards, attribution methodology, funnel reporting, and measurement standards for leadership decisions • Evaluate, procure, license, and optimize marketing technology platforms and strategic vendors • Identify bottlenecks and implement process enhancements to increase speed-to-market and campaign quality • Establish SOPs, QA/UAT processes, intake workflows, and knowledge management practices • Partner with leadership on resource planning, capacity management, and operational trade-offs

🎯 Requirements

• 8–10+ years of progressive experience in marketing operations, project management, or a related field • Proven track record managing marketing budgets of $500K+ • Extensive experience managing external contractors, agencies, and vendor relationships • Advanced project management skills with hands-on proficiency in Asana, Monday.com, Trello, Jira, or Confluence • Strong financial acumen in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and P&L oversight • Comfort with Google Analytics, Tableau, Excel, or Power BI • Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments • EdTech, SaaS, or higher education experience strongly preferred • Collaborative leadership style that builds trust and drives alignment without formal direct reports • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, Operations Management, or related field • PMP certification preferred; MarTech or marketing operations certifications a plus