Head Admissions & Outreach, TDV Europe

Role

The Head Admissions & Outreach, TDV Europe owns end-to-end growth for TDV's European footprint, from an enrolment and revenue point of view, spanning the TDV/EDNA Nantes joint pathway program and the TDV Italy (Castello di Torrazzetta) campus. The role combines strategic demand generation with revenue, unit economics and channel management across two full-time program lines: Nantes (undergraduate and postgraduate) and Italy (postgraduate now, with undergraduate to be activated for full-time degree programs). This is a leadership and relationship role as much as a growth one and is responsible for turning TDV's European partnerships into a predictable, well-run, profitable admissions engine, while keeping all sides aligned and informed.

Key Responsibilities

Growth & funnel ownership

• Own the full admissions funnel across Nantes and Italy - lead generation, conversion and yield across channels, with a focus on schools.

• Carry revenue and unit-economics accountability for both program lines.

• Bring a qualitative read on funnel health- where prospective students are hesitating, what counselling narratives are landing, where the team needs support, to complement the numbers tracked internally.

Partnership stewardship

• Own the day-to-day relationship with EDNA Nantes acting as TDV's primary point of contact on enrollments.

• Maintain a consistent counselling narrative and resolve fee, process or expectation gaps between the Indian and French sides before they become friction.

• Eventually build out the equivalent partnership footing in Italy as that campus activates, applying the same operating discipline established in Nantes.

• Represent TDV credibly in academic and institutional settings, protecting the reputation and long-term health of both partnerships.

Team & operational leadership

• Lead, coach and grow the Nantes (and, as it scales, Italy) admissions & outreach teams, building a strong local bench over time rather than relying on any single individual.

• Set the operating cadence for both offices how the teams plan, review and adjust their work , so execution stays consistent even as targets and priorities shift.

• Own hiring, onboarding and capability-building decisions across both program lines, in consultation with the Director.

Cross-functional coordination

• Hold a regular cadence with Management team on funnel, P&L and channel performance, surfacing issues early rather than after they compound.

• Coordinate with TDV India functions (marketing, communications, online marketing) to keep the Nantes and Italy offices resourced and unblocked.

Profile

• Proven experience running admissions or growth for a European or transnational higher-education institution, ideally design, architecture or creative-industry-adjacent.

• Fluent in managing channel-partner (schools, online) economics, including deferred-payment and cash-flow-sensitive structures.

• A people leader first: someone who can build, coach and retain high-performing teams.

• Strong relationship and negotiation instincts, able to hold a consistent line with academic partners while remaining collaborative.

• English remains the working language. French and/or Italian language capability is a plus. Traits

• Entrepreneurial, thinker's instincts and a bias for action.

• Strong people skills and a natural team-builder.

• Great negotiation skills, both internal and external.

• Culturally fluent and globally oriented, with a genuine ecosystem network to draw on.

• High integrity and a trustworthy custodian of partner-facing relationships across two campuses.