Job Description

Position Summary:

Rice Business is a globally recognized, top-ranked graduate business school distinguished by its rigorous academic standards and a full portfolio of MBA programs, including Full-Time, Professional (Weekend, Evening, and Hybrid), Executive, and online modalities. The Senior Director of Working Professional MBA Recruiting and Admissions serves as an elevated strategic partner for the school, tasked with recruiting, admitting, and yielding future global business leaders.

The Senior Director of Working Professional MBA Recruiting & Admissions serves as a senior leader responsible for driving the strategy, recruitment, and enrollment management across the Working Professional MBA portfolio. Reporting directly to the Assistant Dean, the Senior Director translates graduate management education trends into aggressive recruiting and yield strategies. The Senior Director directs a team of enrollment professionals while maintaining active hands-on involvement in candidate cultivation and admissions decisions.

As a core member of the Recruiting & Admissions Office (RAO) senior leadership team, the Senior Director aligns portfolio strategy with operational, CRM, and candidate experience leadership to deliver a seamless, high-touch enrollment pipeline. This position serves as a primary point of contact for Rice Business stakeholders to achieve strategic cohort growth and maintain competitive positioning in the working-professional graduate management education market.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

All interested applicants should attach a resume and cover letter in the Supporting Documents of the application, preferably in PDF format, to avoid formatting issues. Applications submitted without these documents will not be considered.

Ideal Candidate Statement:

The ideal candidate for this position is an enrollment management expert with experience leading teams. This person is an excellent communicator who thrives in a fast–paced professional landscape and takes a proactive approach to meeting goals. This is a senior-level position that operates with a solutions-oriented mindset. This person is focused, positive, and results-driven. The Senior Director must cultivate strong relationships and collaborate effectively with fellow RAO leaders, Rice Business stakeholders, and industry colleagues. The ideal candidate for this position would have supervisory experience with concrete examples of holding teams accountable and leading with a coaching mindset. This person will need to be able to work autonomously, be comfortable with managing up and providing action-oriented and well-thought-out solutions to the Assistant Dean. This person understands the Graduate Management Education market, welcomes feedback, embraces creativity, and is comfortable navigating the nuances between urgent and important. This person should be strategic, outcomes-oriented, data-informed, and AI-fluent to meet the needs/demands of the industry and the Rice Business enrollment goals.

Workplace Requirements:

Rice Business primarily delivers residential classes and activities taking place almost daily between 7 am and 10 pm. We value a highly collaborative and community-based culture, with expectations to provide in-person support and services to all members of our community. Remote work options are limited. Most employment activities are required to be performed in-person and on-campus. This in-person approach is central to the successful achievement of our research and academic missions.

This position is exclusively on-site, necessitating all duties to be performed in-person at McNair Hall on a 5-day in-office schedule with an 8:30am – 5:00 pm workday. Remote work opportunities will be assessed and approved on an as-needed basis following the successful conclusion of the probationary period

This position does include a high volume of professional events occurring both nights and weekends, along with extensive travel both domestically and internationally.

Business professional attire is often required, with the flexibility to shift to business casual on non-event, external-facing interactions.

Per Rice policy 440 , work arrangements may be subject to change.

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience.

*Exempt (salaried) positions under FLSA are not eligible for overtime.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
  • No substitutions permitted
• Four or more (4+) years of higher education and/or relationship management/recruiting professional experience
  • In lieu of the experience requirement, additional related education above and beyond what is required may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.

Job Description

Position Summary:

Rice Business is a globally recognized, top-ranked graduate business school distinguished by its rigorous academic standards and a full portfolio of MBA programs, including Full-Time, Professional (Weekend, Evening, and Hybrid), Executive, and online modalities. The Senior Director of Working Professional MBA Recruiting and Admissions serves as an elevated strategic partner for the school, tasked with recruiting, admitting, and yielding future global business leaders.

The Senior Director of Working Professional MBA Recruiting & Admissions serves as a senior leader responsible for driving the strategy, recruitment, and enrollment management across the Working Professional MBA portfolio. Reporting directly to the Assistant Dean, the Senior Director translates graduate management education trends into aggressive recruiting and yield strategies. The Senior Director directs a team of enrollment professionals while maintaining active hands-on involvement in candidate cultivation and admissions decisions.

As a core member of the Recruiting & Admissions Office (RAO) senior leadership team, the Senior Director aligns portfolio strategy with operational, CRM, and candidate experience leadership to deliver a seamless, high-touch enrollment pipeline. This position serves as a primary point of contact for Rice Business stakeholders to achieve strategic cohort growth and maintain competitive positioning in the working-professional graduate management education market.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

All interested applicants should attach a resume and cover letter in the Supporting Documents of the application, preferably in PDF format, to avoid formatting issues. Applications submitted without these documents will not be considered.

Ideal Candidate Statement:

The ideal candidate for this position is an enrollment management expert with experience leading teams. This person is an excellent communicator who thrives in a fast–paced professional landscape and takes a proactive approach to meeting goals. This is a senior-level position that operates with a solutions-oriented mindset. This person is focused, positive, and results-driven. The Senior Director must cultivate strong relationships and collaborate effectively with fellow RAO leaders, Rice Business stakeholders, and industry colleagues. The ideal candidate for this position would have supervisory experience with concrete examples of holding teams accountable and leading with a coaching mindset. This person will need to be able to work autonomously, be comfortable with managing up and providing action-oriented and well-thought-out solutions to the Assistant Dean. This person understands the Graduate Management Education market, welcomes feedback, embraces creativity, and is comfortable navigating the nuances between urgent and important. This person should be strategic, outcomes-oriented, data-informed, and AI-fluent to meet the needs/demands of the industry and the Rice Business enrollment goals.

Workplace Requirements:

Rice Business primarily delivers residential classes and activities taking place almost daily between 7 am and 10 pm. We value a highly collaborative and community-based culture, with expectations to provide in-person support and services to all members of our community. Remote work options are limited. Most employment activities are required to be performed in-person and on-campus. This in-person approach is central to the successful achievement of our research and academic missions.

This position is exclusively on-site, necessitating all duties to be performed in-person at McNair Hall on a 5-day in-office schedule with an 8:30am – 5:00 pm workday. Remote work opportunities will be assessed and approved on an as-needed basis following the successful conclusion of the probationary period

This position does include a high volume of professional events occurring both nights and weekends, along with extensive travel both domestically and internationally.

Business professional attire is often required, with the flexibility to shift to business casual on non-event, external-facing interactions.

Per Rice policy 440 , work arrangements may be subject to change.

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience.

*Exempt (salaried) positions under FLSA are not eligible for overtime.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
  • No substitutions permitted
• Four or more (4+) years of higher education and/or relationship management/recruiting professional experience
  • In lieu of the experience requirement, additional related education above and beyond what is required may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.