Ellucian
Vice President of Emerging SaaS Products
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Product Development
🗓️ January 2nd, 2025
SaaS
Edtech.com's Summary
Ellucian is hiring a Vice President of Emerging SaaS Products. This role focuses on leading the development of innovative SaaS solutions in the higher education sector, leveraging AI to craft and execute transformative strategies that enhance institutional capabilities and student success.
Highlights
- Drive an AI-first product strategy positioning Ellucian as a leader in higher education technology solutions.
- Develop products addressing challenges such as student success and workforce readiness for societal impact.
- Lead go-to-market success, translating innovative ideas into scalable and transformative products.
- Partner across departments to foster innovation and achieve transformative outcomes.
- Over 10 years of experience in product management with a focus on AI-driven innovation.
- Comprehensive health coverage, flexible time off, and wellness benefits including mental health care.
- 401k with match, parental leave, and charitable days for community support.
- Diversity and inclusion programs and employee referral bonuses are available.
- Opportunities for professional development and an education assistance program.
Vice President of Emerging SaaS Products Full Description
Unlock Learning For All
Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission - power education so institutions can empower student success. We are the global market leader in EdTech for higher education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50 countries. We are dedicated to helping higher education unlock learning for all by providing solutions that support the entire student lifecycle and deliver insights needed now and into the future.
Values Rooted in Purpose
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
Ellucian is transforming higher education through cutting-edge technology that empowers institutions to deliver student success and drive societal impact. As Vice President of Emerging SaaS Products, you will spearhead the development of innovative SaaS solutions that modernize campuses, enhance institutional agility, and improve lives.
In this role, you will define and execute a bold, AI-first product strategy, addressing the unique challenges of higher education while accelerating go-to-market practices. This is your chance to lead at the forefront of innovation, shaping the future of education and its far-reaching impact on students, institutions, and communities.
Where You Will Make an Impact
Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission - power education so institutions can empower student success. We are the global market leader in EdTech for higher education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50 countries. We are dedicated to helping higher education unlock learning for all by providing solutions that support the entire student lifecycle and deliver insights needed now and into the future.
Values Rooted in Purpose
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
Ellucian is transforming higher education through cutting-edge technology that empowers institutions to deliver student success and drive societal impact. As Vice President of Emerging SaaS Products, you will spearhead the development of innovative SaaS solutions that modernize campuses, enhance institutional agility, and improve lives.
In this role, you will define and execute a bold, AI-first product strategy, addressing the unique challenges of higher education while accelerating go-to-market practices. This is your chance to lead at the forefront of innovation, shaping the future of education and its far-reaching impact on students, institutions, and communities.
Where You Will Make an Impact
- Shape the Future of Higher Education Technology: Drive an AI-first product strategy that positions Ellucian as a leader in transformative solutions for institutions.
- Empower Institutions and Communities: Develop products that address key challenges like student success, workforce readiness, and institutional agility, creating lasting societal impact.
- Accelerate Go-to-Market Success: Seamlessly translate innovative ideas into actionable strategies, ensuring scalable and transformative product delivery.
- Foster Innovation and Collaboration: Partner with teams across Product, Cloud, Professional Services, Sales, and Marketing to drive a culture of excellence and achieve transformative outcomes.
- Drive Scalable Growth: Align customer needs, institutional goals, and market opportunities with disciplined prioritization and execution to achieve commercial success.
What You Will Bring
- Strategic Vision: Proven ability to craft and execute transformative strategies in complex enterprise SaaS environments, with a focus on AI-driven innovation.
- Higher Ed Insight: A deep understanding of the challenges facing higher education and a passion for empowering institutions to succeed.
- SaaS Leadership: Over 10 years of experience in product management, leading multi-product portfolios across all lifecycle stages.
- Collaborative Spirit: Exceptional ability to build trusting relationships, inspire cross-functional teams, and foster alignment around ambitious goals.
- Data-Driven Decision-Making: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance immediate priorities and long-term vision.
- Exceptional Communication Skills: A track record of articulating bold visions and inspiring diverse audiences with clarity and conviction.
What makes #Ellucianlife
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible time off
- Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
- Parental Leave
- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
- Telemedicine
- Wellness
- Headspace Care (mental health)
- Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
- RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
- Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
- We Foster a learning culture with:
- Education Assistance Program
- Professional development opportunities
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At Ellucian, we believe in the “power of together.” We embrace an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace, and believe that our differences help inspire a culture of acceptance that makes our company more collaborative and innovative. We’re proud to provide equal employment opportunities for job applicants and for our employees, and we are committed to providing a process and an environment that is free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), and other legally protected classifications. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring, appraisal systems, promotions, training, and career development programs. To enable employees to perform essential functions of their positions and to offer applicants a meaningful opportunity to be considered for positions, we also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices. Additionally, this job posting is intended to comply with all applicable laws. If we learn during the course of our recruitment process that, due to an applicant’s location, further information about the position is required, including certain salary information, the information in this posting will be supplemented accordingly.
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