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General Manager - New Business Unit (College Admissions)

San Francisco Bay Area, Remote

Arista Deeplearning.ai / Full time / Remote

AI is the new electricity. Millions of AI engineers are needed to transform industries with AI, particularly in the realm of GenAI, and we're building an education platform to train them. With a mission to grow and connect the global AI community, DeepLearning.AI is an education technology company that is empowering the global workforce to build an AI-powered future through world-class education, hands-on training, and a collaborative community. We're a small tech company with serious credentials, exciting marketing challenges, and wonderful teammates.

Applying from overseas to study in the U.S. is a complex and confusing process. Simultaneously, decreased enrollment by domestic and international students presents a major problem for US universities. DeepLearning.AI is exploring a solution to help students make the right choices for their future career while supporting universities to find great students.

We are looking for a passionate entrepreneurial leader with experience solving business problems and a keen eye for anticipating business risks.

What You Will Do:

• Develop a proof of concept of the admissions matching tool
• Explore customer journey and customer segments in target markets
• Conduct customer research for both students and US Universities
• Establish and leading early partnerships with US universities
• Develop an execute GTM strategy

The Skills and Experience You Should Have:

• Previous management experience
• Strategic thinking
• Integral part of building a company from 0 to 1, in a quickly profitable or high free cash flow (FCF) business
• Experience or understanding of Indian markets

Bonus If You Have:

• Experience in or working with the administration of higher education institutions

At DeepLearning.AI, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. DeepLearning.AI believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success as a company. We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

You must already have, or be able to obtain, authorization to work in the United States.

What you get working with us:

• Being part of a world-class team of subject matter experts from various fields (marketing, operations, product, etc.) trying to change the world
• Work across cultural and geographical lines alongside our offices in different parts of the world.
• A culture of lifelong learning supported with a monthly stipend for professional development
• The opportunity to be exceptionally creative with your high-impact ideas

Our defining values:

• We care deeply about our learners: We let our learner's needs guide our actions and decisions and put our mission ahead of ourselves.
• We are great at what we do: We strive for excellence in all dimensions, especially in the quality of the content we create and people we hire.
• We default to action: We are comfortable acting with limited information and taking ownership of our decisions.
• We ask why: We ask the hard questions, and are open to being in the wrong. We advocate for the best ideas, not our ideas.
• We are honest and authentic: We are transparent as an organization, over-communicate to build trust and share our failures just as we do our successes.
• We do this together: We help each other grow and succeed and have fun at work, even in a remote environment.