At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 32 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. All salaries ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region.
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At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
- Nurture A Learner’s Mindset - using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
- Build Shared Success - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Be an Owner - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
- Create Belonging - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company
Guild is hiring a Head of Corporate Strategy & Business Development. Guild is a pioneering company transforming education and workforce development by partnering with leading employers to offer education, skills training, and career pathways as a strategic benefit to their employees. Guild has redefined the relationship between work and learning, fostering a future where every employee can access quality education and professional growth as part of our mission to unlock opportunity for America's workforce.
As the Head of Corporate Strategy & Business Development, you will play a crucial role in driving Guild's strategic vision, expanding partnerships, and identifying growth opportunities. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of workforce education and development at a company dedicated to making a meaningful impact.
As Head of Corporate Strategy & Business Development, you will:
- Identify, cultivate, and manage strategic partnerships with key stakeholders to enhance Guild’s value proposition and market presence.
- Oversee business and corporate development initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic investments to drive growth and expand Guild's market reach.
- Lead process and frameworks for updating and executing Guild's corporate strategy, aligning organizational goals with market opportunities and long-term growth objectives.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product, marketing, and operations, to ensure alignment and integration of strategic initiatives across the organization.
- Analyze market trends, competitive landscape, and industry dynamics to provide insights and recommendations that inform Guild's strategic direction and business decisions.
- Represent Guild at industry events, conferences, and in media as a thought leader in the education and workforce development space.
- Be energized by leading a small and scrappy team who take pride in delivering high quality under constraints.
You are a strong fit for this role if you have:
Required Competencies
- Proven experience leading robust and lean corporate strategy, strategic partnerships, and business development roles, ideally within the education, technology, or workforce development sectors.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and develop actionable insights and plans.
- Excellent leadership and people management skills, with a track record of building and leading high-performing teams with diverse and phenomenal talent
- Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, especially C-level executives.
- Demonstrated ability to drive results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, balancing multiple priorities and delivering on strategic goals.
- Experience in mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, deal structuring, and integration.
Preferred Competencies
- Familiarity with the education technology landscape and trends in corporate learning and workforce development.
- Background in strategy consulting, investing, general manager or similar roles, with a skillset focused on strategy and business development.
We feel passionately about equal pay for equal work, and transparency in compensation is one vehicle to achieve that. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a base salary range of $240,000 - $330,000, as well as variable compensation and company stock options.
At Guild, we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within. By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own.
Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others.
Guild is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Open vacation policy for employees to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
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What We Do
Guild’s mission is to unlock opportunity for America’s workforce through education, skilling, and career mobility. Guild’s Career Opportunity Platform™ enables forward-thinking employers to invest in their employees, creating life-changing opportunities for personal and professional growth through education and learning programs, career development, and one-on-one coaching. Guild partners with the nation’s largest employers — including Walmart, Chipotle, Target, Disney, and healthcare systems like UCHealth and Providence Health — to create cultures of opportunity that will help them attract and retain top talent and grow their future workforce from within. Guild offers a marketplace of curated education and learning programs designed for the success of working adults. Layered onto that is support, guidance, and resources at every step to help ensure the new skills employees are building translate into career pathways that are in demand at their companies — all without paying for tuition or career services on their own. Through Guild’s partnerships, more than 5 million employees across America have had access to Guild through their employers over the last 12 months.
Why Work With Us
As a certified B-corp with a double-bottom line business model that does well by doing good, we're looking for people who want to help us expand economic opportunity through education. You’ll join a driven and collaborative team, be challenged every day, and go home knowing you’re helping to make a difference in the lives of working adults.
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