Director Education, Operations

SUMMARY

The Director Education Operations plays a critical role in AMPP's transition to a market driven education model by ensuring the consistent, effective, and scalable delivery of global education programs. This role owns the operational execution of facilitated and self directed learning worldwide and ensures alignment with business strategy, quality standards, and market demand. The position partners closely with internal stakeholders, global licensees, instructors, vendors, and partners to deliver high quality learner experiences and operational excellence at scale.

• Build and execute the operational strategy for market driven, agile education delivery aligned with AMPP's strategic objectives and growth priorities.
• Oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of global education offerings, including in person, virtual, and self directed programs.
• Ensure consistent, high quality delivery across regions through standardized processes, service models, and governance frameworks.
• Apply a customer journey and service design mindset to continuously improve learner and partner experiences.

• Develop, implement, and refine operational processes, standards, and controls to support scalable global education delivery.
• Establish and maintain governance models that ensure operational consistency, accountability, and quality across education ecosystems.
• Ensure adherence to organizational policies, accreditation standards, partner agreements, and regulatory requirements related to education operations.
• Promote inclusive, accessible, and learner centered operational practices aligned with AMPP's CLASS values:
  Connect, Listen, Anticipate, Simplify, Serve.

• Partner with instructors, facilitators, licensees, hosts, vendors, and internal leaders to ensure seamless logistics and communication.
• Collaborate with Education Portfolio Managers, Learning Systems, Learning Innovation leaders, Market Leads, and Country Managers to support global education growth.
• Support identification and research of new education markets and delivery models through forward looking operational planning.

• Design, implement, and maintain Education Operations KPIs, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Deliver regular reporting packages highlighting operational activity, risks, capacity, service levels, and value delivered.
• Use data and analytics to drive continuous improvement, capacity planning, and informed decision making.

• Manage the Education Operations budget, including vendor contracts, invoices, accruals, chargebacks, and forecasting.
• Partner with Finance to ensure accurate financial reporting, cost controls, and operational forecasting.
• Support strategic planning through disciplined budget management and operational insights.

• Lead, coach, and develop Education Operations Managers and their teams.
• Oversee hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, recognition, and issue resolution.
• Monitor workload, capacity, and service level commitments, adjusting priorities and resources as needed.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, and resolving issues.

Some domestic and occasional international travel (up to 25%) may be required to support global education delivery, partner relationships, and key events. A valid passport is required.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Education Management, Instructional Systems, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience overseeing global, distributed education or training ecosystems at scale.
• Minimum 3 years of experience…