General Manager - Global Sales Service Centre
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About the Role
Navitas seeks a senior leader to head its Global Sales Service Centre (GSSC), a centralized inside sales and student engagement function. The role involves driving conversion performance, modernizing operations, leading a multi-tier team, and managing budgets to support international enrolment growth.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the Global Sales Service Centre (GSSC) to drive enquiry to application conversion and enrolment growth
- Define operating models, set contact strategies, improve speed to contact, and activate long tail agents
- Modernize GSSC processes, tools, and workflows to increase efficiency and advisor productivity
- Lead through Team Leaders, build advisor capability through coaching and structured performance systems
- Define GSSC KPIs, maintain CRM and pipeline hygiene, deliver executive level reporting, and manage budget
- Build productive relationships with Divisions, Admissions, Marketing, Insights, and Sales Enablement
- Ensure student centric approach and compliance with ESOS, CRICOS, and relevant regulatory obligations
Requirements
- Senior leadership experience in a sales centre, contact centre, student recruitment, or comparable service environment
- Proven record of improving operating model performance and conversion outcomes
- Experience leading through Team Leaders and managing performance systems
- Strong command of CRM systems, pipeline reporting, contact centre metrics, and conversion analytics
- Experience in international education, student recruitment, admissions, or contact centre operations
- Budget development experience and ability to translate financial data into actionable business decisions
- Relevant tertiary qualifications preferred; equivalent senior experience considered
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Company Description
- Navitas is a leading global education provider employing 5,000 staff, serving over 60,000 students annually across a global network.
- The Global Sales & Marketing Team supports Navitas' portfolio of colleges, campuses, and offices.
Job Overview
- Seeking an exceptional senior leader to take the helm of the Global Sales Service Centre (GSSC), a high impact centralized inside sales and student engagement function.
- This is a rare opportunity to own a function, define operating models, drive conversion strategy, lead a multi tier team, and represent the inside sales function at the executive level.
What You Will Do
- Drive Conversion Performance: Lead the full enquiry to application funnel, set contact strategies, improve speed to contact, activate long tail agents, and implement practical improvements after every intake cycle.
- Modernize Operations: Lead transformation of GSSC processes, tools, and workflows to increase efficiency, improve advisor productivity, and elevate the student experience.
- Lead People with Purpose: Lead through Team Leaders, build advisor capability through coaching and structured performance systems, manage capacity across intake peaks and time zones.
- Own the Data and Budget: Define GSSC KPIs, maintain CRM and pipeline hygiene, deliver executive level reporting, and manage the GSSC budget.
- Influence at the Seams: Build productive relationships with Divisions, Admissions, Marketing, Insights, and Sales Enablement.
- Ensure Student and Regulatory Compliance: Embed a student centric approach, manage escalations, and ensure compliance with ESOS, CRICOS, and all relevant regulatory obligations.
Qualifications
- Senior leadership experience in a sales centre, contact centre, student recruitment, or comparable service environment.
- People leadership depth experience leading through Team Leaders, managing performance systems, and sustaining high performing, service oriented sales cultures.
- CRM and data proficiency strong command of CRM systems, pipeline reporting, contact centre metrics, agent activation tracking, and conversion analytics.
- Sector fluency experience in international education, student recruitment, admissions, or contact centre operations. Familiarity with ESOS and CRICOS is highly desirable.
- Financial acumen budget development experience and ability to translate financial data into actionable business decisions.
- Stakeholder influence interpersonal credibility to build trusted relationships across divisions, executive stakeholders, and external partners.
- Qualifications relevant tertiary qualifications are preferred; equivalent senior experience will be considered.
Additional Information
- This role sits at the intersection of commercial performance and student impact.
- Navitas promotes and embraces an inclusive and diverse workforce.
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