Head of Enrollment Management

The Head of Enrollment Management is serves on the School Leadership Team and is a growth-oriented leader responsible for building, shaping, and converting a robust enrollment pipeline for New England Innovation Academy (NEIA), a co-educational, grades 7–12 day and boarding school serving both domestic and international students, including junior boarding.

NEIA is not a traditional independent school that begins each admissions cycle with an excess of applicants and simply filters from the top. As a young, entrepreneurial school with five years of history, NEIA requires a true hunter—a leader who can proactively identify mission-aligned students, create demand, build the top of the funnel, and convert interest into enrollment through both traditional and non-conventional pathways.

Despite its youth, NEIA has already demonstrated strong outcomes: our graduates are attending top universities and colleges and pursuing meaningful, innovative, and entrepreneurial paths after graduation (see student outcomes and college acceptances here). The Head of Enrollment Management must be able to clearly and compellingly articulate this differentiated value proposition and actively seek families who are aligned with NEIA’s mission, philosophy, and innovative approach to education.

This role owns the entire enrollment lifecycle—from proactive lead generation and strategic outreach through admissions, financial aid strategy, yield, and retention—and partners closely with marketing and communications, academics, student life, advancement, and finance to drive sustainable, mission-aligned growth. The Head of Enrollment Management will work closely with the school’s leadership to continuously refile the profile of NEIA mission-aligned students, our target audience.

This role reports to the Head of School. This is an in person, full time, benefits eligible position and the pay range for this full time position is $150,.

NEIA employees are expected to embody NEIA’s principles of empathy, equity, personalization, authentic work, and collaboration in all work activities and actions.

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• Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in admissions, enrollment management, or related fields (ideally in a 6–12 independent school or boarding school setting or higher education setting).
• Demonstrated success in enrollment strategy, admissions leadership, and data-informed decision-making.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and an ability to welcome and support families from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Familiarity with financial aid modeling and tuition revenue management.
• Demonstrated experience with international and domestic boarding recruitment pipelines.
• Proven record to lead strategic planning and manage complex projects.
• Experience with financial aid strategies and associated software.
• Familiarity with SEVIS, I-20 processes, and international student onboarding.
• Familiarity with independent school governance and culture is essential.
• Experience developing marketing or recruitment campaigns in collaboration with communications teams.
• Proven leadership and team-management experience.
• Strong analytical skills, including experience with enrollment data, forecasting, and CRM systems. Sound financial acumen.
• Knowledge of independent school culture, governance, and best practices.

• Exceptional interpersonal, written, verbal communication, and presentation skills with cultural fluency and the ability to build trust across diverse audiences.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Creative and critical thinker with a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, equity, and accountability.
• Commitment to NEIA’s mission of innovation, global awareness, and human-centered learning.
• Warm, approachable, and service-oriented with excellent relationship-building skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to execute both big-picture and day-to-day objectives.
• Discreet, professional, and able to handle confidential…