Head of School Engagement & Partnerships

The Role

Reporting into the leadership team, you will take ownership of building relationships across the Australian education ecosystem.

You will combine high-level strategic thinking with relentless on-the-ground engagement, spending significant time in schools, meeting education leaders and building relationships with the organisations that influence the sector.

You will help shape how the platform enters the market, how schools adopt it and how we build a national network of flagship school partners and advocates. Frequent interstate travel will be a core part of the role.

Key Responsibilities

 Own and execute the national school engagement and adoption strategy.

 Build a strong pipeline of Independent, Catholic and Government school partnerships across Australia.

 Develop relationships with Principals, Heads of School, Deputy Principals, CIOs, Heads of IT, curriculum

leaders, advancement teams and other key decision-makers.

 Personally lead school meetings, presentations, demonstrations, workshops and stakeholder engagement.

 Identify and secure pilot, foundation and flagship school partnerships.

 Build deep strategic relationships with education bodies, school associations, networks and other industry stakeholders.

 Develop partnerships with Independent Schools associations, Catholic education networks and other influential sector organisations nationally.

 Create advocates and champions within the education community.

 Represent the platform at education conferences, forums, industry events and school leadership gatherings.

 Work closely with product and leadership teams to bring direct school feedback into product development and strategy.

 Develop scalable engagement models that can support progression from early adoption to nationwide rollout.

 Track engagement, pipeline, conversion and adoption activity against ambitious national growth targets.

 Help shape the long-term commercial and partnership strategy in Australia and, ultimately, internationally.

Who We Are Looking For

You will likely have built your career inside the Australian education ecosystem and possess a strong understanding of how schools make decisions.

You could currently be working in school leadership, education partnerships, school development, stakeholder engagement, EdTech, an education association or another senior role that has given you extensive exposure to schools.

More importantly, you will have the energy and drive to build something from the ground up.

 A genuine relationship builder who can establish credibility quickly with school leaders.

 Highly connected within the Australian school ecosystem or capable of rapidly developing those networks.

 Commercially minded while understanding that meaningful school relationships are built on trust.

 Comfortable walking into a school, meeting a Principal and articulating a compelling vision.

 Equally comfortable presenting to an industry body, association executive or national education stakeholder.

 Exceptionally proactive, resourceful and persistent.

 Comfortable operating in a fast-moving scale-up environment where you will help create the playbook rather than simply follow one.

 Strategic enough to help shape national adoption strategy but hands-on enough to personally make the calls, organise the meetings and get in front of schools.

 Passionate about education and the opportunity for technology to create better outcomes for students, families and schools.

Experience We Value

 Significant experience within the Australian school or education sector.

 Strong understanding of Independent, Catholic and/or Government school environments.

 Existing senior relationships across schools or education bodies will be highly regarded.

 Demonstrated experience in partnerships, stakeholder engagement, business development or institutional relationship management.

 Experience introducing new initiatives, programs or technology into schools would be particularly valuable.

 Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills.

 Ability and willingness to travel regularly throughout Australia.

What Success Looks Like

Within this role, success will mean building far more than a sales pipeline. You will establish a national community around the platform. You will create flagship partnerships with respected schools, establish relationships with the organisations that shape Australian education, develop advocates across the sector and create a repeatable pathway to scale from school to school, network to network and state to state.