• Set the national vision for how KIPP leverages institutional partnerships to drive affordability, persistence, and degree completion at scale. • Design a long-term roadmap to secure partnerships with the nation’s top 250 colleges by 2030, prioritizing institutions committed to equity, student success, and measurable investment in KIPP students. • Consistently realize partnership excellence, establishing clear performance standards, accountability structures, and required commitments across all partners. • Develop systems, data insights, and cross-functional processes that integrate college partnerships into national advising, match, financial aid, and persistence strategies. • Lead and refine the ongoing strategy grounded in data, institutional performance, and student experience to ensure partners consistently achieve results. • Position KIPP as a national thought leader and trusted collaborator in improving postsecondary outcomes for first-generation and low-income students. • Cultivate, negotiate, and formalize strategic partnerships with colleges and universities that advance access, affordability, persistence, and completion for KIPP students. • Develop and negotiate Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), securing 50 new MOUs annually with clear commitments and measurable goals. • Identify, vet, and prioritize new partnership opportunities aligned with KIPP’s goals, including engaging with the nation’s top 250 colleges by 2030. • Manage a national portfolio of college partners, maintaining strong, trust-based relationships with senior institutional leaders. • Conduct regular performance reviews and data-driven discussions to strengthen collaboration and outcomes. • Support partner institutions in implementing practices that improve student success and equity. • Analyze persistence, enrollment, and graduation data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement. • Collaborate with partner institutions to enhance advising structures, financial pathways, and campus-based supports. • Ensure partnership commitments contribute meaningfully to KIPP’s long-term milestones.