Director of Partnerships - Digital Learning - UTK

University of Tennessee · Knoxville

Reporting to the Executive Director, Head of Outreach, Engagement & Partnerships, the Director of
Partnerships provides leadership and oversight of the partnership function within the Digital
Learning unit. The Director leads, plans, and directs the development of strategic partnerships with
industry and education partners that build enrollment pipelines to the university's fully online
degree programs, and establishes the processes and infrastructure that allow the program to
launch, scale, and sustain. As the founding hire for this function, the Director owns the full
partnership lifecycle, serves as Digital Learning's primary point of contact for partners, advises unit
leadership on matters within their area of expertise, and analyzes courses of action to make
independent decisions on complex operational issues within scope.

This is a builder’s role suited to someone who is equally comfortable in an external, consultative
business-development conversation with an HR or talent-development leader and in the internal
work of standing up a program from the ground up, including defining workflows, configuring CRM,
drafting agreements, and establishing the metrics by which the program is evaluated. The Director
operates with a high degree of autonomy, carries enrollment goals, and serves as Digital Learning’s
primary point of contact for employer partnerships.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent, fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and engagement for everyone.

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.

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