Director of Strategic Initiatives

Gateway Global American Youth & Business Alliance Academies

Location:

St. Louis, Missouri | Primarily On Site
Position:
Full Time

Reports To:

Senior Vice President of Operations
Salary: $70,000-$80,000 /commensurate with experience
Travel:
Some local and national travel required

About Gateway Global

Gateway Global is a technology based education and workforce development organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. We develop education, workforce, credentialing, and talent development pathways designed to prepare young people and adults for industries shaping the future of the American economy.

Our work spans geospatial intelligence and GIS, data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, emerging technologies, higher education partnerships, industry recognized credentials, and innovative workforce development models.

We are a growing organization with an entrepreneurial culture. Our team members are expected to be self directed, solutions oriented, highly accountable, and comfortable turning ideas into execution. The original leadership model established these expectations around self motivation, innovation, high performance, and independent work, and they remain central to this position.

Gateway Global is seeking a Director of Strategic Initiatives to lead the planning, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of key education and workforce initiatives.

This is not a role for someone who requires extensive day-to-day direction. The Director must be able to take an organizational priority, understand the desired outcome, develop the plan, identify what is needed, coordinate the appropriate people and resources, anticipate challenges, and move the work forward.

The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking with strong execution and will be expected to represent Gateway Global professionally with universities, employers, government agencies, schools, funders, instructors, and other institutional partners.

• Lead assigned strategic education, workforce, and academic initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Translate organizational priorities into clear work plans, timelines, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, improvement, expansion, and replication.
• Anticipate problems and recommend solutions rather than waiting for direction.

• Provide leadership and oversight for assigned workforce education and academic programming.
• Support development, implementation, and continuous improvement of curriculum, credentials, instructional models, and student experiences.
• Ensure programming remains aligned with relevant industry standards and workforce needs.
• Monitor program quality, student outcomes, instructor performance, and implementation effectiveness.

• Coordinate initiatives involving schools, colleges and universities, employers, government agencies, instructors, and community partners.
• Support the development and expansion of technology focused workforce programs and career pathways.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with institutional partners.
• Represent Gateway Global in external meetings, presentations, planning sessions, and partner engagements.

• Lead and coordinate staff, instructors, consultants, and project teams assigned to strategic initiatives.
• Establish expectations, monitor progress, address performance or execution gaps, and maintain accountability for results.
• Work collaboratively across departments while taking clear ownership of assigned initiatives.
• Prepare leadership, partners, and stakeholders for important meetings, launches,…