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The Release Manager owns cross-functional software release planning, readiness, governance, deployment coordination, risk mitigation, communications, and post-release improvement. The role partners with Product, Engineering, Quality, Delivery, Marketing, Client Success, and Support to ensure reliable launches, client readiness, migrations, documentation, and measurable outcomes. Responsibilities include go/no-go reviews, feature rollout strategies, incident and rollback coordination, release metrics, and continuous process improvement.

This is a general application for candidates interested in joining Ad Astra when no specific role is posted. The company emphasizes learning, teamwork, innovation, client success, higher education, efficiency, and alignment with its core values. No specific job responsibilities, technical qualifications, experience requirements, travel expectations, or security clearance requirements are provided. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; Ad Astra does not provide work visa sponsorship.

Leads the Client Success organization, ensuring clients achieve measurable outcomes, adopt products, and realize sustained value. Owns retention, expansion revenue, migrations, executive relationships, success metrics, and client engagement frameworks. Builds and coaches a high-performing team, establishes repeatable processes and reporting, partners cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Services, and drives strategic account growth through value-based engagement.

Manages complex, multi-product enterprise software implementations and service projects from planning through delivery. Responsibilities include coordinating technical and executive stakeholders, maintaining schedules, managing risks, utilization, margins, and project variance, resolving roadblocks, facilitating cross-functional handoffs, and ensuring client satisfaction and successful adoption. The role requires strong communication, consultative relationship management, stakeholder influence, and approximately 25% travel.

Drive new customer acquisition and revenue growth across an assigned territory. Responsibilities include prospecting, qualifying leads, conducting SaaS demonstrations, managing pipelines and forecasts, negotiating contracts, closing deals, responding to RFPs, and maintaining relationships with higher education decision-makers. The role requires consultative selling, regular travel, industry event participation, and collaboration with internal teams to align solutions with client needs.

The Chief Technology Officer will define and execute the technology strategy, lead a 50+ person engineering organization, and oversee SaaS platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, security, data engineering, AI, software delivery, and compliance. The role partners with the CEO, board, product, customers, and strategic partners while managing technology budgets, acquisitions, organizational growth, platform modernization, and responsible AI transformation. This is an in-office executive position in Overland Park, Kansas.

Supports client analytics for higher education scheduling, enrollment, and student success data. Responsibilities include SQL querying, data cleaning, quality validation, analysis, reporting, dashboard and visualization development, and translating findings for nontechnical audiences. The role contributes to consulting engagements, benchmarking, documentation, reproducibility, client data imports, and advisory work while developing technical and domain expertise under mentorship.

Develops and executes marketing communications for a B2B higher-education software company. Responsibilities include writing advertising and email copy, managing social media calendars and analytics, creating basic graphics and video, coordinating conferences and client events, managing vendors and budgets, maintaining brand assets, and measuring campaign and event performance.