Company: Global University Systems
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary:
Job date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 07:22:11 GMT
Job description: Global University Systems is an international education group that empowers students to transform their lives through education. We believe education drives careers, lives, and society forward, enabling a brighter future for all. Our network of 30 institutions offers the broadest range of industry-relevant skills through inclusive, accessible, and digital-first learning. We currently educate around 122,000 students on campuses worldwide and have 20M+ unique subscribers to our courses. Our global ecosystem powers accessible digital learning and academic achievement.Global University Systems (GUS) is seeking a commercially astute and innovation-led leader to drive the strategic development, profitable growth, and global expansion of its online education portfolio. This is a pivotal role responsible for scaling GUS’s online operations while ensuring sustainable, margin-conscious growth. The ideal candidate will bring a strong track record of building scalable, commercially successful online ventures, with experience across organic and inorganic value creation, digital innovation, and learner experience transformation.Key Responsibilities1. Strategic Development & Product Innovation
- Lead the development of scalable, market-aligned online learning products, ensuring alignment with both learner demand and institutional goals.
- Own and manage the global digital product roadmap, driving innovation from ideation to launch across diverse markets.
- Embed gamification, immersive content, and emerging technologies into the digital learning ecosystem to enhance engagement and attract new learner segments.
- Continuously evolve the online offering to reflect changing learner behaviours and digital content consumption trends.
2. Commercial Strategy & Profitable Growth
- Develop and execute go-to-market strategies for online programs, optimising student acquisition, retention, and monetisation models.
- Work closely with marketing and commercial teams to drive qualified traffic, conversion, and student lifetime value.
- Analyse and optimise pricing, bundling, and promotional strategies to maximise revenue and profit margins.
- Deliver profitable growth, with close attention to EBITDA performance and unit economics across product lines and institutions.
3. Platform Excellence & Student Experience
- Oversee the optimisation of the online learning platforms to support scalable delivery, high engagement, and strong retention metrics.
- Use analytics to improve the student journey, from onboarding through to course completion and progression.
- Ensure the technology stack supports personalisation, automation, and commercial flexibility at scale.
4. Performance Analytics & Insight-Led Optimisation
- Define and monitor KPIs; including profitability, funnel efficiency, and learner engagement.
- Build and maintain dashboards to track business performance and inform decision-making.
- Use data insights to iterate strategies and improve outcomes across the learner lifecycle.
5. Inorganic Growth & Strategic Partnerships
- Identify and assess inorganic growth levers—including M&A, strategic partnerships, and platform acquisitions—in partnership with the CIO and executive leadership.
- Support due diligence and integration planning to accelerate capability expansion and market entry.
6. Leadership & Cross-Institutional Alignment
- Coordinate with institutional online leaders to ensure consistent delivery of revenue-generating, high-quality programs.
- Partner with senior leadership to embed online education growth goals into institutional strategies and long-term planning.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience scaling profitable digital education businesses or online platforms.
- Commercially driven, with a deep understanding of margin management, pricing strategies, and digital business models in education.
- Strong knowledge of emerging digital engagement strategies, including gamification and user experience innovation.
- Experience in both organic and inorganic growth strategies, including partnerships or acquisitions.
- A strategic thinker with a data-informed, execution-focused approach to leadership.
Global University Systems (GUS) is an international education group focused on empowering students through accessible education. With a network of 30 institutions educating approximately 122,000 students worldwide and over 20 million unique course subscribers, GUS offers a wide range of industry-relevant skills facilitated through digital-first learning.
GUS is seeking a commercially savvy leader to enhance its online education portfolio. This role aims to drive strategic development, profitable growth, and global expansion, requiring expertise in building scalable online ventures, digital innovation, and an improved learner experience.
Key Responsibilities:
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Strategic Development & Product Innovation: Lead the creation of market-aligned online learning products and manage a global product roadmap, integrating gamification and new technologies to boost engagement.
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Commercial Strategy & Profitable Growth: Develop go-to-market strategies, optimize student acquisition and retention, analyze pricing and promotional strategies, and focus on EBITDA performance.
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Platform Excellence & Student Experience: Optimize online learning platforms for engagement and retention, using analytics to enhance the student journey and ensure technology supports personalization.
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Performance Analytics & Insight-Led Optimization: Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and utilize data insights for iterative strategy improvement.
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Inorganic Growth & Strategic Partnerships: Identify opportunities for growth through mergers, partnerships, and platform acquisitions, supporting due diligence and integration planning.
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Leadership & Cross-Institutional Alignment: Work with institutional leaders to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality programs and integrate online education goals into broader strategies.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Proven ability to scale profitable digital education businesses.
- Commercial focus with expertise in margin management and digital business models.
- Knowledge of digital engagement strategies.
- Experience with organic and inorganic growth strategies.
- Strategic thinker with a data-informed leadership approach.