Associate Director, Postgraduate Recruitment

Location: Auckland City Campus, Auckland, New Zealand; hybrid working with a mix of on-site and work-from-home

Salary: $134,900–$202,500 per annum, Band J, based on experience

Company

Aotearoa New Zealand's hirify.global is a large and diverse higher-education institution serving professional, postgraduate, and doctoral learners.

What you will do

• Define and lead the domestic postgraduate recruitment strategy and operating framework across key market segments.
• Drive measurable growth across the recruitment funnel, from awareness and lead generation through conversion and enrolment.
• Build strategic partnerships with employers, industry bodies, and government organisations across B2C and B2B channels.
• Establish forecasting, reporting, lead scoring, pipeline management, and performance frameworks.
• Lead service improvement, conversion optimisation, recruitment innovation, and the development of AI-enabled tools.
• Build a high-performing team, manage budgets and investment decisions, and provide strategic growth advice to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading acquisition, sales, partnership, commercial growth, or related management functions.
• Demonstrated success delivering year-over-year business growth and managing performance targets.
• Experience leading high-performing teams and developing organisational capability.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience managing pipelines and growth initiatives.
• Experience using CRM, automation, analytics, and reporting to improve outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing, negotiation, judgement, and results orientation.

Nice to have

• Experience in SaaS, telecommunications, subscription organisations, financial services, marketplaces, or education.
• Experience operating within complex organisations with multiple stakeholder groups.

Culture & Benefits

• 37.5-hour working week with flexible hours and hybrid or remote working patterns.
• Remuneration package including up to 6.75% superannuation and an annual salary increase with a performance-based multiplier.
• Five weeks' annual leave plus an additional leave buy/sell scheme.
• Parental and carer support, including subsidised on-site childcare and gender-neutral parental leave of up to nine weeks at full pay.
• Wellbeing support including EAP services, discounted health insurance, fitness facilities, and supervised training clinics.
• Professional, leadership, cultural, digital capability, and Te Ao and Te Reo Māori development programmes.

Hiring process

• Submit an application online by Sunday 27th September 2026.
• Include a cover letter and CV outlining interest, capabilities, and relevant experience.
• Reasonable accommodations and support people may be arranged during the interview process.