Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Strategic Education, Inc. is hiring a senior manager to lead the teams responsible for employer-client implementation, platform operations, and solutions consulting for Workforce Edge. The role oversees the client lifecycle from launch through ongoing platform stewardship, building consistent operations and driving client value realization.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop three distinct teams — Implementation, Platform Operations, and Solutions Consulting — ensuring each has clear goals, strong operating rhythms, and effective people management
- Manage team leads and senior ICs within each function, providing coaching, feedback, and professional development
- Set performance standards, run regular 1:1s, and build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement across the combined team
- Partner with HR on hiring, onboarding, and team structure as the organization scales
- Partner with the Ops Excellence Sr. Manager and the Product Operations Manager, WFE Platform and Services — both direct reports to the Sr. Director — to develop and maintain SOPs, KPIs, and SLAs for Partner Operations functions, and be accountable to those standards
- Own the end-to-end process for onboarding new employer clients to the Workforce Edge platform — from contract execution through go-live, including initial educational provider configuration
- Ensure implementations are completed on time, within scope, and result in a client that is configured correctly and ready to transact
- Oversee the initial implementation and platform configuration of new educational providers — ensuring that provider program structures, eligibility rules, and data specifications are correctly set up in WFE prior to go-live; ongoing provider data management and financial operations are owned by Enrollment & Financial Operations
- Build and maintain implementation playbooks, project templates, and quality checklists that reduce time-to-launch and error rates
- Partner with Sales and Account Management to manage handoffs and set appropriate expectations for new clients
- Identify patterns in implementation challenges and work cross-functionally to address root causes in product, process, or client readiness
- Oversee the Platform Operations team responsible for managing the day-to-day technical and operational health of active employer client accounts
- Ensure platform configurations are accurate, integrations are functioning, and data flowing between WFE and clients is correct and timely
- Define and monitor SLAs for platform-related issues, escalations, and configuration changes
- Partner with Product and Engineering to prioritize technical issues that affect client experience
- Own backend systems accuracy — ensuring client records, benefit configurations, and platform settings reflect current client agreements
- Ensure clients are actively realizing value from the Workforce Edge platform — driving adoption, utilization, and measurable outcomes tied to client benefit objectives
- Partner with Account Management to identify at-risk clients, surface usage gaps, and develop action plans that demonstrably improve client experience and outcomes
- Support renewal and expansion conversations by ensuring operational health metrics and client success stories are documented and accessible
- Champion a commercially-minded approach across Partner Operations teams — framing platform work in terms of client value delivered, not just tasks completed
- Lead the Solutions Consulting team responsible for translating complex client requirements into technical and operational solutions
- Ensure the team provides expert guidance to employer clients on how to configure and maximize the Workforce Edge platform for their workforce and benefit needs
- Develop reusable frameworks, decision trees, and consultation playbooks that enable consistent, high-quality client advisory
- Partner with Sales and Account Management on complex renewals, expansions, and new business pursuits that require technical solutioning
- Serve as the operational owner of the client lifecycle from launch through ongoing platform stewardship
- Represent Partner Operations in cross-functional planning, product roadmap discussions, and escalation forums
- Build strong partnerships with Enrollment & Financial Operations, Sales, Product, and Finance to ensure seamless handoffs and shared accountability for client outcomes
- Contribute to WFE's operating model by identifying opportunities to standardize, automate, or improve client-facing processes
Skills
- Ability to lead multiple teams simultaneously, each with distinct functional expertise, and align them toward shared outcomes
- Strong operational mindset — comfortable building processes, setting standards, and holding teams accountable to them
- Experience managing partner-facing teams in a SaaS, edtech, or benefits administration environment
- Technical aptitude sufficient to understand platform configurations, integration protocols, and data exchange standards — and to make informed decisions about them
- Ability to navigate complex cross-functional relationships and influence without direct authority
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences and business requirements for technical teams
- Data-driven approach to performance management — comfortable defining metrics, tracking trends, and using data to prioritize work
- 8+ years of relevant experience in operations, client success, implementation, or technical account management roles
- 4+ years of leadership experience with at 2+ years of experience managing managers or leading multiple teams
- Track record of building or scaling operational functions, including developing playbooks, SOPs, and team structures
- Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Finance
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams through change and ambiguity
- Bachelor's degree required
- Experience in a SaaS platform or benefits administration environment strongly preferred
- Advanced degree a plus
Benefits
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: well-being incentives
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: parental leave
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: paid time off
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: certain paid holidays
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA)
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: 401(k) retirement benefit
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: tuition assistance
- For employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week: entertainment and retail discounts
- Overtime pay for non-exempt employees, if applicable
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