Director, Ecosystem & Growth

United States based with global remit (remote, with regular travel). Reporting directly to the CEO and President, based in Singapore. Unique opportunity to lead DEC's global growth function — memberships, education and advisory, across markets.

About the Digital Education Council

The Digital Education Council (DEC) is a global membership organisation for universities, colleges, corporates and governments focused on AI and digital education. DEC works with member institutions across the world, and has been established to help the sector navigate the impact of AI and other pressing shifts in education and work.

The Role

Strategic. Relationship-led. Commercially astute.

As Director, Ecosystem and Growth, you will lead DEC's global growth strategy — spanning memberships, education, and advisory — and build and lead a team of partnership professionals operating across different services and markets.

You will personally lead engagements with major institutions and corporates through to signed partnership, while also setting targets, coaching performance, and building the operating rhythm (regular reviews, forecasting, and market allocation) for the wider team.

This is a builder's role. DEC's growth function is still young, and you will have real latitude to design how it works — from how markets and services are divided among the team, to how membership and advisory opportunities are identified and developed together. You will work in close partnership with the President and the CEO to translate DEC's strategy into a repeatable, scalable growth model.

Core Responsibilities

• Team leadership: hire, manage, and coach a team of growth professionals across different services and geographic markets
• Personal portfolio: personally lead and secure a portfolio of high-value membership and advisory partnerships, particularly with strategic institutions and corporates
• Growth operating rhythm: build and run forecasting, regular progress reviews, and market/service allocation across the team
• Advisory scoping: work with institutional leaders to diagnose their needs and shape bespoke advisory engagements alongside DEC's research and advisory teams
• Commercial strategy: set go-to-market approach for memberships and advisory in partnership with the President and CEO
• Engagement discipline: establish CRM standards and reporting across the team, and use data to sharpen focus and forecasting accuracy
• Market feedback: synthesise signals from across the team's conversations to inform DEC's product, pricing, and positioning
• Executive partnership: report directly to, and work in lockstep with, the CEO and President on global growth strategy and team structure

About You

• You have led a partnerships or growth team accountable for clear revenue targets, ideally across more than one service line or market, and have personally been accountable for and delivered against targets yourself
• You have a strong track record in higher education or a related B2B/B2I environment
• You are comfortable and credible with senior academic and corporate leaders, and know how to earn trust quickly without over-promising
• You can scope and develop a consultative advisory engagement
• You know how to design and build a growth and partnerships function from a relatively early stage
• You are highly organised, CRM-disciplined, and comfortable using AI tools to work efficiently
• You believe education has a real role to play in how society adapts to AI, and want your work to matter
• Based in the United States, with the flexibility to travel regularly for meetings, conferences, and institution visits

Why Apply for This Role

DEC represents a genuinely different platform for higher education, corporates and governments globally — a global movement for positive innovation. This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a growth function from the ground up, with direct access to the President and CEO and real influence over how DEC's commercial strategy takes shape globally. You will be joining a fast-growing organisation with real international reach, and shaping how AI capability is understood, built, and taught across the sector.