Back to jobs

Senior Partnership Manager

Remote, United States

CodePath is reprogramming higher education to create the first generation of AI-native engineers, CTOs, and founders. 

We deliver industry-vetted courses and career support centered on the needs of first-generation and low-income students. Our students train with senior engineers, intern at top companies, and rise together to become the tech leaders of tomorrow. 

With 30,000 students and alumni from 700 colleges now working at 2,000 companies, we are reshaping the tech workforce and the industries of the future.

About the Role

Location: Remote (EST Preferred)

Role Type: Full-Time 

Reporting to: Sr. Director of Programs and Community Engagement 

Compensation: $110,000 to $150,000 per year

CodePath is at a pivotal moment, launching a 5-year strategic plan to exponentially grow our impact from 20,000 to 100,000 students served annually. To drive this ambitious vision, we are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Senior Partnership Manager, University Partnerships.

This role is critical to scaling CodePath's mission. You will not only oversee the entire partner engagement lifecycle – from onboarding and program integration to deep relationship expansion and renewals – but also aid in shaping our long-term university partnership strategy. You will be instrumental in cultivating profound institutional trust, empowering campus champions, and ensuring seamless, impactful program delivery that is truly transformative for students.

Success in this role demands a blend of strategic foresight, exceptional leadership, and a proven ability to translate complex institutional priorities into scalable, actionable solutions. You'll deliver unparalleled partner experiences and compellingly quantify CodePath's value through robust student outcomes and data-driven storytelling.

 

Key Activities

Strategic Leadership & Planning

  • Own and execute a university partnership strategy that directly supports CodePath’s 5-year student growth targets, increasing institutional integration and renewal rates YoY

  • Anticipate and proactively respond to evolving higher education and tech workforce trends, shaping forward-looking initiatives that position CodePath as a thought leader and essential partner

  • Utilizing knowledge gained from partnership engagements inform the conceptualization and new strategic initiatives, programs, or partnership expansions per year, driving innovation and substantial impact

  • Mentor and guide junior team members, with a focus on developing their strategic thinking, expanding partner ownership capacity, and improving cross-functional execution

Relationship Management & Growth

  • Cultivate and sustain deeply trusted, strategic relationships with senior university stakeholders, including deans, provosts, and key administrative leaders, beyond day-to-day operations

  • Conduct in-depth strategic listening tours across assigned university partners to identify systemic needs, high-leverage opportunities, and areas for profound, long-term collaboration

  • Own and execute a university partnership strategy that directly supports CodePath's 5-year student growth targets, increasing institutional integration and renewal rates YoY

  • Facilitate executive-level touchpoints, strategic check-ins, and comprehensive partnership reviews, ensuring complete alignment and shared success at the highest levels

Program Integration & Optimization

  • Strategically collaborate with university leadership and academic departments to embed CodePath offerings deeply into academic curricula, student success frameworks, and career development initiatives, exploring credit-bearing and institutionalized pathways

  • Oversee and optimize the full lifecycle of program adoption, launch, and ongoing delivery, ensuring scalability and adherence to CodePath's high-quality standards

  • Proactively analyze program performance data and partner feedback, identifying systemic challenges and leading the implementation of enhancements that drive superior student outcomes and partner value

Data-Driven Impact & Reporting

  • Establish and maintain robust data governance for partner communications, agreements, and sophisticated impact metrics

  • Design and manage dynamic dashboards and data structures that provide insightful, real-time visibility into student engagement, outcomes, and the overarching value proposition of each partnership

  • Prepare strategic reports and presentations for CodePath's executive leadership, outlining partnership health, identifying systemic risks, and proposing innovative growth opportunities

 

Key Success Metrics 

  • Consistently achieve 90%+ partner satisfaction scores, reflecting deep institutional trust and collaborative success

  • Drive significant year-over-year increases in student participation and engagement, aiming for greater than 5% CodePath CS Student penetration YoY within partner institutions

  • Lead the expansion of CodePath programming into new departments, cohorts, or services at partner universities, demonstrating sustained growth and integration

  • Deliver clear, compelling, and data-driven narratives articulating CodePath's transformative value to each partner every semester, leading to a greater than 90% program persistence rate

  • Maintain exceptionally high partner retention and renewal rates of over 90%, indicating enduring relationships and value

  • Proactively identify and secure at least one major new strategic initiative, program, or partnership expansion per year, based on comprehensive partner needs assessment and market analysis

 

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of progressive experience in senior account management, strategic customer success, or high-level partnership roles, with a proven track record of managing complex relationships, ideally within the higher education sector

  • Deep and nuanced understanding of higher education ecosystems, including intricate institutional structures, multi-layered decision-making processes, academic governance, and campus dynamics

  • Exceptional strategic relationship-building capabilities, with a demonstrated history of engaging authentically, persuasively, and at an executive level with diverse university stakeholders

  • Superior project management and organizational leadership skills, with an acute attention to detail and a highly strategic approach to execution across multiple initiatives

  • A strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into clear, persuasive strategic narratives and actionable insights for both internal and external audiences

  • Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, capable of influencing and negotiating at all levels

  • Profound passion for CodePath’s mission to diversify and strengthen the tech workforce, coupled with a commitment to educational equity and student success

 

Compensation

CodePath has standardized salaries based on the position’s level, no matter where you live. For this role, we’re hiring for a Senior Manager level position at an annual salary of $110,000 to $150,000. Salary is determined based on your relevant experience and skills as evaluated through our interview process.

 

Full-Time Employee Benefits:

This is a 100% remote position—work from anywhere in the U.S.! CodePath prioritizes employee well-being with a competitive benefits package to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance.

  • Health & Wellness: Medical, dental, and vision insurance (90% employer-covered for employees and dependents), employer-funded healthcare reimbursement, FSAs, and Employee Assistance Program

  • Financial Security: 401(k), employer-paid life & disability insurance, and identity theft protection

  • Work-Life Balance: Generous PTO, paid holidays, 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave, and an annual year-end company closure (Dec 24 – Jan 2)

  • Professional Growth: $1,000 annual professional development stipend and home office setup support

  • ​​Student Loan Forgiveness: CodePath is a qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), helping employees manage student loan debt

  • Additional Perks: Pet wellness plans, legal services, home/auto insurance discounts, and exclusive marketplace savings

Pay range

$110,000 - $150,000 USD

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

U.S. Standard Demographic Questions

We invite applicants to share their demographic background. If you choose to complete this survey, your responses may be used to identify areas of improvement in our hiring process.
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in CodePath’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...
Select...
Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305
Page 1 of 1
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 04/30/2026

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Select...

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.