Regional Partnership Specialist Senior, California; Inland Empire

Are you passionate about higher education student success? Do you thrive on managing high-level partnerships? Do you live in Southern California? If so, apply today for this Regional Partnership Specialist Senior, California opportunity!

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We are seeking a Regional Partnership Specialist Senior, California to work on our Partnership Development team on location in California. Every day you will make a difference in the lives of others by managing and scaling institutional partnerships between Arizona State University and a defined set of California Community Colleges. You will focus on operationalizing transfer pathways, supporting college onboarding, coordinating advising and enrollment workflows, and ensuring partnerships translate into measurable enrollment outcomes.

You will be responsible for the California Community Colleges across the Inland Empire region. Frequent travel is required.

This is not a sales role; rather, it is a systems-oriented partnership role that blends relationship management, execution discipline, and data-informed problem-solving.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of California Community Colleges, including relational management with various stakeholders, such as advising, enrollment, articulation, marketing, and analytics, to ensure partner success.
• Lead college-level onboarding into ASU’s transfer partnership model and maintain consistent partnership cadence and communication across colleges.
• Counsel and advise prospective transfer students on ASU Online programs, admissions processes, transfer credit, and enrollment timelines through multiple modalities; represent ASU Online at college visits, transfer fairs, workshops, presentations, and regional events, with frequent in-person engagement across designated California colleges.
• Support and collaborate with Local Transfer Ambassadors and embedded ASU Local staff (where applicable).
• Identify and surface friction points impacting transfer students and work with central teams to resolve.
• Track partnership health, progress, and enrollment-related outcomes. Prepare executive reports and actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
• Support practices that enable impact at scale.
• Contribute ideas and feedback to the central ASU teams that will impact the strategic direction of the partnership broadly
• Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; master’s degree preferred.
• Experience with transfer articulation, advising, or enrollment operations.
• Experience with student recruitment, enrollment, and/or admissions.
• Evidence of familiarity with California Community College structures and districts.
• Experience supporting scalable partnership or program models.
• Experience working with community colleges, higher education partnerships, or statewide systems.
• Demonstrated strong relationship management and coordination skills.
• Demonstrated comfort operating in complex, matrixed environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into execution.
• Evidence of the ability to reside or relocate and travel regionally within California on a frequent basis.

NOTE: Please answer the following questions in your cover letter:

• Describe your experience engaging in partnerships and working with professionals at multiple levels (e.g., staff, faculty, administrators, or external partners).
• Describe your experience advising prospective students and participating in recruitment or outreach events and explain how…