Minimum of five (5) years of supervisory experience leading professional staff and strategic enrollment initiatives.

Demonstrated success developing and implementing enrollment strategies that achieve recruitment, admission, and enrollment goals.

Relevant combinations of education, training and experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working at an R1 research university, preferably with a strong science and technology focus.
• Experience leading or supporting transfer and international student recruitment, as well as developing and managing campus visit, admissions event, and yield programs designed to support enrollment goals.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of enrollment management principles, including recruitment, admissions, financial aid, and student success strategies.
• Knowledge of higher education policies, regulations, and best practices related to enrollment and student services.
• Strong leadership and personnel management skills, with the ability to recruit, develop, mentor, and evaluate staff across multifunctional teams.
• Ability to lead organizational change initiatives and effectively manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Strong budget development, fiscal management, and resource allocation skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in data analytics, including predictive and prescriptive modeling, statistical analysis, and data visualization to support enrollment strategy and institutional decision-making.
• Ability to interpret complex data and translate findings into actionable recommendations for executive leadership.
• Excellent strategic planning, project management, and organizational skills.
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills with academic departments, administrative units, and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to influence, negotiate, and build consensus across diverse constituencies.
• Proficiency with student information systems (SIS), customer relationship management (CRM) systems, enrollment management technologies, and business intelligence/reporting tools.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment in handling sensitive student and institutional information.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive, student-centered environment and promoting continuous improvement through innovation and data-informed practices.

Representative Job Duties:

• Set and execute a comprehensive recruitment and yield strategy for first-year and transfer classes.
• Lead the functional areas of the office, including first-year recruitment, transfer recruitment, international recruitment and global partnerships, campus engagement and visit experience, and operations.
• Direct the use of predictive and prescriptive analytics to guide territory management, communication strategies, financial aid leveraging, and yield decisions.
• Manage recruitment and campus visit budgets while ensuring responsible stewardship of net tuition revenue.
• Oversee the customer relationship management (CRM) system and related enrollment technologies, including artificial intelligence tools and financial aid optimization platforms.
• Partner with academic deans, marketing, financial aid, and student affairs to align recruitment strategies with institutional goals.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing, multifunctional team while guiding the office through organizational, structural, and process improvements.
• Represent Undergraduate Admissions to institutional leadership and external partners.

Shift:

This position primarily works standard business hours, Monday through Friday. Periodic evening and weekend hours are required to support recruitment events, campus visit programs, open houses, admitted student programs, yield activities, and other institutional events. Additional hours may be required during peak recruitment and enrollment periods.

Travel:

Periodic Overnight Travel (Up to 25%)

Periodic travel is required to represent the Institute at recruitment events, college fairs, high schools, community colleges, professional conferences, and other enrollment-related activities. Travel may include local, regional, national, and occasional international recruitment, as well as visits to partner organizations and institutions. Overnight, evening, and weekend travel may be required during peak recruitment cycles.

Driving:

Incidental driving possible, but not required

Starting Salary/Rate:

Expected hiring range: $170,000 - $210,000

Pay transparency disclosure: The selected candidate’s salary will be determined based on factors that include the available budget, internal equity, and the final candidate’s qualifications, experience, education and other job-related credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaer’s good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting.

Application instructions:

Follow the on-screen prompts to create a brief online profile. Please be ready to upload your resume and cover letter.

If you need assistance with the online application process, please contact careers@rpi.edu.

Job Posted Date:

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Total Compensation and Benefits Information:

Rensselaer’s Total Compensation Program is designed to provide stable pay growth, a comprehensive and affordable benefits package, and a comprehensive and affordable retiree medical and prescription plan. Our goal is to provide you and your family with a comprehensive health and welfare program as an umbrella of financial security and protection during your employment. For more information, please visit Benefits | Human Resources (rpi.edu) .

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is committed to the cultivation of a community that is welcoming, inclusive, and above all values learning. We welcome candidates who bring a variety of perspectives to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's work and campus communities. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law.