Director of Admissions
The Headhunters Recruitment View all jobs
- Calgary, AB
- $120,000-140,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
This is a sales focused leadership role centered on conversion performance. The Director of Admissions will be responsible for owning application to enrollment conversion, coaching a high performing admissions team, and bringing discipline, accountability and structure to the enrollment funnel while maintaining ethical, student first practices.Director of Admissions responsibilities:
- Own the application to enrollment conversion rate as the primary KPI
- Lead, coach and develop Admissions Advisors as a player coach
- Diagnose funnel drop off points and implement targeted improvements
- Set clear performance standards and hold the team accountable
- Ensure CRM accuracy, documentation completeness and process discipline
- Monitor pipeline health, application timelines and stalled files
- Report enrollment performance, trends and insights to senior leadership
- Experience leading teams in admissions, enrollment, inside sales or conversion driven environments
- A proven track record of personally improving a conversion metric
- Strong coaching skills rooted in accountability rather than micromanagement
- Comfort operating in evolving environments without perfect systems
- A data literate, outcome focused and ethical approach
- Clear, direct communication and commercial judgment
- The discussed base salary range is $120,000 $140,000 depending on experience
- Candidates with additional experience and higher compensation expectations may also be considered
- Comprehensive benefits package