Paragon One (www.ParagonOne.com) is a team out of MIT that unites the world’s largest organizations with the next generation of leaders. We partner with major brands like PwC, National Geographic, Meta, Snapchat, The Home Depot and Pfizer to create and launch Externships. Through work-based learning experiences (Externships), students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds gain competitive skills, grow their network and launch careers. Fortune 1000 companies turn to the Externship to reach their social impact initiatives and Diversity Equity Inclusion goals.
We are helping corporations become the classrooms of the future for real work.
After a 6-8 week cohort-based extern program, students earn a certificate from the company and get to put the externship under professional experience on their resume. Nearly 80% of students are from underrepresented backgrounds, and we see 1 in 2 students land Fortune 1000 jobs within 6 months of completing an externship.
Our platform and process handles recruiting, training, collaboration, workflow management, and assessment.
Mission:
We are looking for a University and Corporate Partnerships Manager with a passion for education, a hustle mentality, focus on results, and strong relationship-building skills. The University and Corporate Partnerships Manager is a visionary leader who is proactive, a charismatic communicator, and adept at influencing leaders at Universities.
Ideal candidates will enjoy building relationships, networking, leveraging Linkedin, and breaking into new professional circles. They will also be strong at leveraging connections, building presentations, and evangelizing university leaders about Paragon One Externships.
We seek aspiring leaders who are passionate about solving extremely hard problems in the education-to-workforce movement.
Responsibilities:
- Establish formal partnerships with major US universities
- Prospect, and build relationships with key stakeholders at major US universities.
- Hold consultative calls with leaders to introduce Paragon One externships.
- Build and maintain presentations and BD collateral.
- Build out a process for targeting and engaging US university leaders.
- Develop and execute strategies that will lead to partnerships with major US universities
Requirements:
- Experience in college admissions / recruiting for graduate schools in the US.
- 4-6 years experience in Top 50 US university admission offices, graduate school preferred
- In charge of international students admission preferred
- Have active connections with university admission teams, east coast/NYC preferred
- 6+ years of business development, BDR, or sales experience.
- Grit and perseverance to tackle the hardest problems
- Strong relationship development / networking skills
- Collaborative teamwork and multitasking skills
- Strong presentation-building skills
- Proactivity: Able to work independently and be a self-starter who takes initiative
- Flexibility / adaptability: Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions and copes effectively with complexity and change
- Enthusiasm: Exhibits passion and excitement over work and has a can-do attitude
Compensation:
Pay Range $5,800 to $7,500 / month
Contract-To-Hire: 3 Months
40 Hours / Per Week
Fully-Remote
