Chief Enrollment Officer

Alliant University is a professional practice University committed to excellence in four areas:  Education for Professional Practice, Scholarship, Multicultural and International Competence and Community Engagement. The University provides students with the highest quality of education through excellence and innovation in academic scholarship, applied training and research, and community service, particularly to underserved populations.  Through its Mission, the University's goal is to equip students with the competencies they need to provide public benefit and make an impact in their communities by addressing major contemporary social issues.  Core competencies of the University's training programs include cultural diversity, which is infused in courses and field placements and is manifest in the diversity of its students, faculty.

Our Mission

Alliant University prepares students for professional careers of service and leadership, and promotes the discovery and application of knowledge to improve the lives of people in diverse cultures and communities around the world.

Our Vision:

An inclusive world empowered by Alliant alumni.

Our IMPACT Values:

• Inclusion:  We value and engage the rich diversity of the Alliant community.

• Mentoring:  We provide guidance and create enabling environments for success.

• Passion:  We bring enthusiasm, creativity, and authenticity to our work.

• Accountability:  We act with integrity and responsibility in all we do.

• Communication:  We are responsive, transparent, and respectful in our interactions.

• Teamwork:  We collaborate to develop innovative solutions for our community.

The Chief Enrollment Officer is a member of Alliant University’s Executive Leadership Team and serves as the University’s senior executive responsible for developing and executing an integrated enrollment strategy. The Chief Enrollment Officer provides enterprise leadership across student recruitment, admissions, enrollment operations, marketing alignment, partnerships, and market expansion, ensuring these efforts advance Alliant’s mission, strategic priorities, and long-term financial sustainability.

The position brings a data-informed, student-centered, and market-aware approach to enrollment, identifying opportunities to strengthen recruitment pipelines, improve conversion and yield, expand access to priority student populations, and enhance the effectiveness of the University’s enrollment strategies. The position applies sound business judgment and maintains close awareness of enrollment economics, revenue implications, student acquisition costs, and return on investment. Working closely with academic and administrative leaders, the Chief Enrollment Officer translates market demand and student needs into sustainable enrollment initiatives while maintaining appropriate attention to academic quality, student outcomes, regulatory requirements, and institutional capacity.

As a member of Alliant’s Executive Leadership Team, this position champions innovation as a core leadership responsibility. The executive advances ideas, technologies, partnerships, and practices that strengthen enrollment capabilities, enhance the prospective and enrolled student experience, improve operational effectiveness, and support sustainable enrollment growth. Working collaboratively across the University, the executive fosters a culture of responsible experimentation and adaptability to ensure Alliant remains forward-thinking and responsive to the evolving higher education landscape.

Salary Range:  $192,000 - 240,000 annualized exempt position.

Benefits Plans Include:  Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Voluntary Benefit Plans: Accident, Critical Illness, or Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Plan, Transportation Spending Account, Employee Tuition Waiver.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in higher education, enrollment management, business, marketing, finance, strategy, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and significant executive experience.

• Significant progressively responsible leadership experience in enrollment management, admissions, student recruitment, marketing, strategy, or related functions.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-channel enrollment organizations or portfolios.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute enrollment strategies using student, market, financial, and performance data.

• Strong business acumen, including experience developing enrollment forecasts, business cases, performance metrics, budgets, and measures of return on investment.

• Demonstrated understanding of the relationship among enrollment performance, net tuition revenue, resource allocation, and institutional sustainability.

• Demonstrated success leading across organizational boundaries and influencing outcomes through collaboration.

• Executive-level communication and presentation skills.

• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a complex, regulated environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Senior enrollment leadership experience in higher education, education services, healthcare education, or another complex service organization.

• Experience within a private, tuition-dependent, multi-campus, hybrid, or online higher education environment.

• Experience with enrollment management, admissions operations, digital marketing, recruitment partnerships, and new-market development.

• Experience building new student pipelines or successfully scaling enrollment across existing programs and markets.

• Familiarity with higher education accreditation, regulatory requirements, and institutional governance.

• Experience leading organizational change and technology-enabled enrollment initiatives.