Director: Enrollment Systems & Operations

Location: Elsah

Title:

Director-Enrollment Systems & Operations

Department/

Location:

Admissions and Enrollment/Principia College

Position Type:
Full-time, 12-months

Summary

The Director of Enrollment Systems & Operations is responsible for the technology and operational ecosystem essential to Principia College recruiting, application management, and enrollment. As the primary College Slate Captain and Admissions Data Custodian, the Director provides strategic guidance on use of Slate to drive recruitment, application management, analytics, and decision making while ensuring high quality data and effective, compliant use of Slate.

Reporting to the Dean of Admissions, the Director manages Admissions operations staff, delivers end-user training, architects automation and process improvements, contributes to strategic planning and college-wide initiatives, and partners closely with IT/Business Intelligence (BI) to maintain reliable integrations between Slate and Banner. Success in this dynamic, collaborative environment requires advanced Slate proficiency, operational leadership, disciplined data stewardship, training, and change management, communication skills, and a commitment to fostering innovation in enrollment systems and operations.

The position is full-time, year-round, and, while intended for on-campus work, offers flexible, hybrid remote options within approved states and with travel to campus as needed.

Who We Are

At our award-winning Early Childhood through grade 12 Principia School in St. Louis, Missouri, and top-ranked Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, Principia faculty and staff make up a close-knit community of educators, coaches, and professionals taking a distinct approach to education-blending academic excellence with Christian Science-based character education. Principia's team of over 500 employees supports not only Principia School and Principia College, but also a worldwide network of alumni and friends.

At Principia College, our globally focused curriculum honors diverse perspectives and develops creative changemakers who use their academic skills for good in service to themselves, their communities, and the world. In-depth study meets real-world experience through study abroad programs, internships, capstone projects, and a robust slate of student activities, including a world-renowned mediation team, top-ranked solar car team, national champion rugby club, and the nation's oldest student-run public affairs conference.

Principia employees are part of an engaging academic community preparing students to be tomorrow's leaders, thinkers, and changemakers. We strive to create a collaborative and inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong and are valued.

Primary Responsibilities

Team Leadership

* Leads Admissions Operations staff (work assignment, progress monitoring, performance reviews, coaching for growth); fosters cross-functional collaboration and a continuous improvement culture

* Delivers expert user support and troubleshooting; develops and maintains training and knowledgebase materials; communicates release impacts and best practices; gathers feedback to improve usability and adoption.

* Stays up to date with best practices and emerging trends in admissions, enrollment technology, and data governance; actively engages with professional communities and incorporates relevant innovations to continuously improve team performance and applicant experience

Platform Governance and Configuration

* Serves as primary "Slate Captain" for the College; defines the roles/permissions matrix, functional standards, and documentation for Admissions use

* Coordinates user provisioning and role approvals with IT Security Administrators; enforces least privilege access, impersonation rules, and auditing

* Approves role requests for Admissions in alignment with the roles/permissions matrix; IT provisions accounts and retains Security Administrator authority

* Maintains change control and a release cadence for rules, forms, portals, Reader, Deliver, and other configurations

* Designs and optimizes rules, stages, decision processes, dashboards, forms, and portals to reduce manual work and cycle time

* Implements advanced Slate features (Deliver, Events, Scheduler, Portal, Ping, Slate.org) to improve yield and applicant experience

* Owns functional configuration decisions within Admissions' scope; routes cross departmental or security impacting changes through Data Governance and IT Security

* Integrations, Data, & Compliance

* Ensures reliable, timely bidirectional data exchange between Slate and Banner; monitors queues, imports/exports, and job health

* Partners with IT/BI on ETL/SFTP/API pipelines, error handling, and reconciliation; manages vendor/community tickets and approved enhancements

* Defines data quality checks, audits, and remediation; enforce data standards and naming conventions.

* Ensures FERPA/privacy and institutional data governance compliance; conducts periodic access reviews and coordinate incident readiness

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