Inspira Education is one of the fastest-growing edtech startups in the US. As the world’s leading network of top admissions consultants in medical, legal, business, and college studies, we’re building software and services in one place—disrupting long-entrenched institutions with products and experiences that strive to provide an equal platform for candidates from diverse backgrounds worldwide. We help college applicants and parents with the highest quality content, tutoring, and advising services for their college and graduate school applications.
We believe that diversity drives learning. To meet our mission, we encourage, support, and celebrate different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. As a fully distributed (remote) team, we challenge one another to find the most effective way to empower learners, teachers, and parents. Your name, race, religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and age are not barriers; they are why we want to work with you. We invite talented and creative candidates who value the importance of nurturing a student’s boundless curiosity to join us on this journey.
We operate globally across five brands - Inspira Futures, Inspira Advantage, Quad Education, Juris Education, and Foundation Learning. As one of the fastest growing edtech firms in the world, we are backed by some of the leading venture capital firms and investors in the world including Craft Ventures, Jeff Fluhr (Founder of Stubhub), David Sacks (Former COO of PayPal and Founder of Yammer), Kygo (World renowned DJ), among others.
The Role
The Senior Manager of Operations at Inspira Education plays a crucial and strategic leadership role, overseeing the operations of acquired companies and contributing significantly to the M&A due diligence process. This role demands strong oversight, operational excellence, and effective leadership to ensure the successful integration and management of newly acquired entities. The Senior Manager of Operations will collaborate closely with diverse teams to provide guidance, and coaching, and foster performance growth and efficiency across the organization. This role can be located anywhere in the United States or Canada.
Responsibilities
Lead the execution of operational strategies across acquired companies, ensuring alignment with Inspira’s overall strategic objectives
Participate in the due diligence process for mergers and acquisitions, evaluating potential acquisitions and integrating them into the Inspira framework
Develop and implement processes to ensure high standards of operational efficiency, quality, and regulatory compliance across all managed entities
Provide exceptional leadership to operational teams, promoting Inspira’s culture, values, and behaviors to drive improvement in client satisfaction and employee engagement, retention, and performance across the organization
Oversee and manage various projects to enhance operational performance, collaborating with finance, HR, and marketing teams as needed
Continuously assess current processes and identify opportunities for improvement to enhance departmental functions and overall efficiency
Utilize systems, analytics, and data to track and improve performance, driving commercial outcomes and measuring the impact of initiatives.
Qualifications
Experienced multi-site operator responsible for managing acquired small businesses within the education sector. Proven track record of delivering high-quality services in a regulated environment
Bachelor's degree in a related academic discipline required, or additional related work experience (Master's degree preferred)
6+ years’ of related work experience in operations or comparable management and supervisory experience
Demonstrated ability to drive customer, client, and employee satisfaction while achieving year-over-year growth
Confident decision-maker with a proven ability to support change and drive innovation. Secure understanding of the complex relationship between business, commerce, and service excellence within regulated educational organizations
Ability to develop and implement guidelines and integrate effectively to achieve success
Skilled in planning and delivering strategy, utilizing systems and analytics, digital technology, and data to identify actions to turn around and improve performance
Capable of driving commercial outcomes and measuring the impact of initiatives and work-streams
Experience in developing high-performing teams, with a successful track record of supporting effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, innovation, and service excellence
Strong communication skills, capable of building relationships both internally and externally and maintaining trust and collaboration
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and willingness to go above and beyond to achieve organizational goals
Why you’ll love Inspira
Amazing people with a great vision and values
Remote-first team across the US and Canada
100% coverage on health, vision, and dental coverage
Flexible Paid-time Off
Learning and Development Budget for Employees
Retirement Savings Plans
Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups like OWN (Outreach Women's Network), AAPI, Rainbow (LGBTQIA+), Gender+, LatinX, Black Excellence, Disability Community, and Veterans
Interested in learning more about Inspira Education, please visit https://www.inspiraeducationgroup.com/.
Inspira Education Group does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other reason prohibited by law in providing employment opportunities and benefits.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Management
Industries
Education
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