Director, Financial Aid Strategy
enrollmentFUEL
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $125,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as the primary strategic advisor to client institutions on financial aid policy, strategy, and optimization
- Lead Financial Aid Optimization engagements and ensure strong outcomes for client partners
- Analyze historical financial aid, enrollment, and yield data to develop strategies that optimize net tuition revenue and enrollment outcomes
- Build trusted relationships with senior institutional leaders including Vice Presidents for Enrollment and Financial Aid Directors
- Support retention and growth within client partnerships by identifying opportunities to expand financial aid and related enrollment services
- Serve as enrollmentFUEL’s internal subject matter expert on financial aid optimization and data-informed strategy
- Contribute to the continued development of enrollmentFUEL’s Financial Aid Optimization methodologies, tools, and solutions
- Partner with the Client Development team to support discovery conversations, solution design, and proposals where financial aid expertise is required
- Represent enrollmentFUEL through conference presentations, professional engagement, and thought leadership within the financial aid community
- Accurately reflect and portray the mission and core values of enrollmentFUEL
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years of leadership experience in higher education financial aid administration
- Experience at the Director or Vice President level within a college or university financial aid office preferred
- Deep knowledge of federal and institutional financial aid policy and strategy
- Familiarity with enrollment analytics, financial aid modeling, and net tuition revenue analysis required
- Demonstrated experience using institutional enrollment and financial aid data to develop evidence-based financial aid strategies
- Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage multiple client engagements while collaborating effectively with remote and cross-functional teams
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial aid optimizationenrollment analyticsfinancial aid modelingnet tuition revenue analysisevidence-based financial aid strategies
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationpresentationrelationship-buildingcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeadvanced degree