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About the Role

The Career Connect Growth and Impact Leader will be responsible for building, launching, and scaling Year Up United's Career Connect business. This role will create a sustainable workforce solution to expand Year Up United's impact into new high-growth industries and employment pathways, operating with significant autonomy and accountability.

Responsibilities

Serve as the executive leader of Career Connect with full accountability for strategy, execution, revenue generation, and operational outcomes.
Build and scale Career Connect as a distinct business unit focused on delivering employer-funded workforce solutions.
Develop and execute a multi-year growth strategy that expands Year Up United's reach into healthcare, manufacturing, skilled trades, and other high-demand employment sectors.
Establish and continuously refine the Career Connect operating model, service offerings, pricing strategies, and delivery approach.
Drive achievement of employer partnership, pilot launch, placement, revenue, and learner outcome goals.
Create an agile culture that prioritizes speed, experimentation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Lead all employer growth and revenue generation efforts for Career Connect.
Build and manage a dedicated employer sales organization responsible for identifying, securing, and growing employer partnerships.
Hire, develop, and coach a team of dedicated sales professionals with clear goals tied to employer acquisition, pilot launches, placements, and earned revenue.
Establish sales processes, pipeline management disciplines, forecasting capabilities, and performance management systems.
Identify strategic employer opportunities that can create scalable and repeatable workforce solutions.
Serve as the executive relationship owner for key employer partners and strategic industry stakeholders.
Represent Year Up United externally with employers, workforce organizations, industry associations, conferences, and other stakeholders.
Lead dedicated teams focused on solution design and delivery, translating employer workforce needs into learner experiences and talent pipelines.
Ensure the design and delivery of participant experiences that meet Year Up United's standards for career readiness while aligning to employer expectations.
Oversee the creation, launch, evaluation, and refinement of employer pilots.
Establish repeatable models that connect employer demand, participant recruitment, training, placement, and ongoing support.
Ensure all pilots generate actionable learnings that inform future offerings and growth strategies.
Balance employer requirements, learner success, placement outcomes, and operational sustainability.
Partner closely with Learning Experience (LEX) leaders to design and test student experiences, skill development pathways, assessments, and career readiness models.
Align participant sourcing strategies through community colleges, training providers, and other talent pipelines to meet employer hiring demand.
Partner with Enrollment, Placement Success, Revenue Operations, Central Program Delivery, and other teams to leverage organizational capabilities while maintaining clear accountability for Career Connect outcomes.
Ensure employer onboarding, compliance requirements, coaching support, workforce readiness, and participant success mechanisms are effectively implemented.
Build strong feedback loops that continually improve learner experiences, placement outcomes, and employer satisfaction.
Build, lead, and manage a dedicated Career Connect organization consisting of sales, solutions design, and implementation (delivery) talent.
Directly manage the leaders of the Sales, Solutions Design and Delivery teams within the function.
Develop organizational capabilities needed to successfully scale Career Connect while maintaining a lean and entrepreneurial structure.
Establish clear goals, accountability measures, and performance expectations across all functions.
Create a culture of innovation, customer focus, urgency, collaboration, and measurable impact.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive leadership experience in business development, workforce development, talent solutions, staffing, consulting, operations, or related fields.
Proven success building and scaling new business lines, products, workforce solutions, or venture-stage initiatives.
Demonstrated experience leading teams responsible for revenue generation and customer delivery.
Strong employer partnership development and consultative sales experience.
Experience designing and implementing innovative workforce, talent, education, or employment solutions.
Demonstrated ability to operate successfully in ambiguous, fast-changing environments requiring rapid iteration and learning.
Strong financial and operational management capabilities.
Exceptional strategic thinking coupled with strong execution skills.
Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives through influence and collaboration.
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
A passion for working with young adults and a deep commitment to Year Up United's mission.
Understanding of the Opportunity Divide and its drivers.
Candidates must live and work in a state (or an approved proximate state) where Year Up United operates.

Skills

Business development
Workforce development
Talent solutions
Staffing
Consulting
Operations
Sales
Solution design
Delivery
Strategic thinking
Execution
Communication
Presentation
Stakeholder management
Financial management
Operational management

Location

On-site (at least two days per week)
Eligible locations: Arizona, Austin, Bay Area, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Greater Atlanta, Greater Boston, Greater Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, the National Capital Region, New York City/Jersey City, Pittsburgh, Puget Sound, Rhode Island, South Florida, Tampa Bay, and Wilmington.
Approved proximate states: Connecticut, Indiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, South Carolina and Virginia.

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

15+ years of progressive leadership experience

Salary/Compensations

$270,000 - $300,000

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare options
Dental coverage
401(k) match for eligible participants
Three weeks paid vacation in first year of employment
Four weeks paid vacation after initial year

About the Company

Year Up United is a national 501(c)3 workforce development organization committed to ensuring equitable access to economic opportunity, education, and justice for all young adults.
Employers face a growing need for talent while millions of talented young adults lack access to meaningful careers.
Year Up United works to close the opportunity gap through targeted skills training, connections to livable-wage employment, empowering others to serve young adults, and changing systems that perpetuate the opportunity gap.
Year Up United's intensive training program utilizes a high expectations, high support model where students learn in-demand technical and professional skills and apply them during a corporate internship.
Year Up United has directly served more than 40,000 young adults since its founding in 2000.
Voted one of the Best Nonprofits to Work For in the country by The NonProfit Times, Year Up United is a rewarding and impactful place to work.
Our staff is passionate, supportive, mission-driven, and committed to positive change and continuous learning.
We set high standards for both ourselves and our students and live by a set of core values that reflect an unshakable belief in the talent and potential of our young people.
The work we do is life-changing, and we know that our team is the greatest asset in achieving our mission.

Equal Opportunity

Year Up United embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way.
All aspects of employment, including the decision to hire, promote, discharge, or discipline, are based on meritocracy.
We do not permit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Year Up United is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.