Purdue University
Purdue Global Records Director, Military Educational Partnerships
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $90K
💻 Project Management
🗓️ December 18th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Purdue University Global is hiring a Director, Military Educational Partnerships. The Director will lead and expand relationships within the military sector, promoting access to high-quality, career-focused online education for service members, veterans, and their families. This role involves managing partnerships, driving sales strategies, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to support workforce upskilling and career readiness.
Highlights
- Lead and expand Purdue Global's military and government partnerships to address workforce and career readiness needs.
- Develop and implement sales strategies to promote Purdue Global's educational programs within the military community.
- Manage partnership agreements, negotiate terms, and sustain existing and new deals.
- Build strong relationships with internal Purdue teams and external military entities to identify revenue growth opportunities.
- Create and coordinate marketing collateral to support partnership initiatives.
- Requires a Bachelor's degree (Master’s/MBA preferred) and 10 years of relevant military experience with knowledge of DoD and VA regulations.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office and Google applications.
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills essential for engaging diverse audiences.
- Target salary is $90,000; position is non-exempt and requires a background check.
- Purdue Global does not sponsor employment authorization for this role.
Purdue Global Records Director, Military Educational Partnerships Full Description
Our Opportunity:
The Director, Military Educational Partnerships will provide support to Purdue University Global.
Building on Purdue University's mission to provide greater access to affordable, high-quality
education, Purdue Global is a public, nonprofit institution offering a world-class education online.
Building on Purdue University's mission to provide greater access to affordable, high-quality
education, Purdue Global is a public, nonprofit institution offering a world-class education online.
Job Summary:
Purdue Global is seeking a Director, Military Educational Partnerships to lead and grow our
relationships within the military sector. This role is crucial for expanding our reach and impact,
ensuring that more service members, veterans, and their families have access to high-quality,
career-focused online education.
relationships within the military sector. This role is crucial for expanding our reach and impact,
ensuring that more service members, veterans, and their families have access to high-quality,
career-focused online education.
What You'll Do:
Expand and Nurture Partnerships: You will be responsible for serving and expanding Purdue
Global's military partnerships, actively identifying and cultivating new relationships with military
and government organizations. Your goal will be to address specific workforce upskilling and
career readiness needs.
Elevate Our Brand: You will act as a key representative, positioning Purdue Global as a
premier online provider of credentials that directly advance career readiness for the military
community.
Strengthen Internal and External Relationships: You will maintain and build strong,
collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across the Purdue Global and Purdue system,
as well as with external military and government entities.
Global's military partnerships, actively identifying and cultivating new relationships with military
and government organizations. Your goal will be to address specific workforce upskilling and
career readiness needs.
Elevate Our Brand: You will act as a key representative, positioning Purdue Global as a
premier online provider of credentials that directly advance career readiness for the military
community.
Strengthen Internal and External Relationships: You will maintain and build strong,
collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across the Purdue Global and Purdue system,
as well as with external military and government entities.
Who We're Looking For:
The ideal candidate is a strategic leader with extensive direct experience and a deep
understanding of the military community and the unique educational needs of its members. You
are passionate about helping service members and their families achieve their educational and
career goals. You have a proven track record of building and managing complex partnerships
and are skilled at identifying opportunities for growth and impact.
understanding of the military community and the unique educational needs of its members. You
are passionate about helping service members and their families achieve their educational and
career goals. You have a proven track record of building and managing complex partnerships
and are skilled at identifying opportunities for growth and impact.
What to expect in this role:
Sales and Business Development:
● Sell existing Purdue Global product/portfolio to new military and governmental partners,
expand sales with current partnerships, including those developed by third parties.
● Develop knowledge base of products to support the sales process and understand the
military education market for each program and find new partnerships within each
market.
● Identify new products in response to customer workforce and military upskilling needs,
identify business objectives, the program details, and define the sales strategy for the
new product.
● Manage the military partnership agreements, structure deal terms, negotiate, implement,
and run deals with existing and new partners.
● Sell existing Purdue Global product/portfolio to new military and governmental partners,
expand sales with current partnerships, including those developed by third parties.
● Develop knowledge base of products to support the sales process and understand the
military education market for each program and find new partnerships within each
market.
● Identify new products in response to customer workforce and military upskilling needs,
identify business objectives, the program details, and define the sales strategy for the
new product.
● Manage the military partnership agreements, structure deal terms, negotiate, implement,
and run deals with existing and new partners.
● Remain current in educational industry trends including technology trends, competitive
intelligence and key influencers.
intelligence and key influencers.
Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration:
● Build out a proposal pipeline of military partnership opportunities that lead to growth in enrollment and revenue for Purdue Global.
● Develop relationships with Purdue colleagues to enable collaboration on qualifying
opportunities that grow and complement college offerings.
● Regularly engage with customers and key business stakeholders and utilize
relationships to identify, synthesize, and clearly communicate strategies that enable new
revenue-generating opportunities for Purdue.
● Architect fast track initiatives, in partnerships with internal teams that have a direct
impact on growing enrollments and revenue.
● Visualize needed marketing collateral and work with marketing departments to create it.
Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree required. Master’s Degree/MBA preferred.
10 years related experience in the military and an ability to understand, identify, and articulate
the educational needs of each branch of the military.
Experience working in sales and higher education preferred.
Familiarity with DoD and VA regulations and requirements as it relates to compliance
10 years related experience in the military and an ability to understand, identify, and articulate
the educational needs of each branch of the military.
Experience working in sales and higher education preferred.
Familiarity with DoD and VA regulations and requirements as it relates to compliance
What we’re looking for:
● Demonstrated organizational, analytical, time management, and problem-solving skills.
● Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate with a professional
demeanor with people at all levels within the organization and from diverse backgrounds.
● Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
● Ability to represent the University with tact and diplomacy.
● Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
● Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, balance competing demands for time, and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
● Effective analytical skills with the ability to assess situations, resolve issues or make
recommendations as appropriate.
● Effective oral and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication
style and method to suit different audiences.
● Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office suite software, such as MS Word, Excel and
Powerpoint, as well as Google applications such as Gmail, Chat and Meet.
● Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate with a professional
demeanor with people at all levels within the organization and from diverse backgrounds.
● Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
● Ability to represent the University with tact and diplomacy.
● Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
● Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, balance competing demands for time, and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
● Effective analytical skills with the ability to assess situations, resolve issues or make
recommendations as appropriate.
● Effective oral and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication
style and method to suit different audiences.
● Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office suite software, such as MS Word, Excel and
Powerpoint, as well as Google applications such as Gmail, Chat and Meet.
Additional Information:
● Target salary is $90,000.
● Purdue University Global will not sponsor employment authorization for this position.
● A background check will be required for employment in this position.
● We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a
dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. You may wish to
review the Purdue Virtual Meeting Professional Standards.
● FLSA: Non-Exempt (Eligible For Overtime)
● Purdue University Global will not sponsor employment authorization for this position.
● A background check will be required for employment in this position.
● We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a
dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. You may wish to
review the Purdue Virtual Meeting Professional Standards.
● FLSA: Non-Exempt (Eligible For Overtime)
● Purdue Global is an EEO/AA employer. Our goal is to recruit and retain talent from a
broad pool of applicants. Purdue Global celebrates a variety of perspectives,
experiences, and skills to support a success-focused environment for employees and
students. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
All are encouraged to apply.
broad pool of applicants. Purdue Global celebrates a variety of perspectives,
experiences, and skills to support a success-focused environment for employees and
students. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
All are encouraged to apply.
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