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Unitek Learning

Runs colleges for nursing and healthcare careers

Vice President of Growth Marketing - Workforce Solutions

Full-Time
$180k - $220k/yr
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Tempe, AZ, USA
HybridOn-site Tuesday through Thursday; remote Monday and Friday.
Growth & MarketingMarketing Generalist & Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor's degree is required.
  • Ten or more years of progressive marketing leadership experience, including demonstrated success driving growth through marketing initiatives.
  • Proven ability to build, lead, and scale high-performing teams through periods of growth, change, and complexity.
  • Strong data, marketing operations, analytics, and performance orientation, with experience using insights to guide strategy and investment decisions.
  • Executive presence with the ability to influence senior internal leaders, external partners, and executive-level stakeholders.
  • Ability to operate independently, make sound decisions in ambiguous environments, and lead with accountability.
  • Demonstrated use of customer relationship management, HubSpot, artificial intelligence, automation, and modern marketing technologies to improve efficiency and scale.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and lead the multi-year marketing and growth strategy for the Workforce Solutions division, including go-to-market strategy and positioning.
  • Anticipate and plan for scale across hospital partners, geographies, and workforce programs.
  • Set strategic priorities, make data-informed tradeoffs, and guide the organization through periods of growth and stabilization.
  • Operate as an executive leader with independent decision-making authority, accountability, and ownership of the marketing function.
  • Own and manage the divisional marketing budget, allocating resources across employee demand generation, brand awareness, sales marketing, agencies, and technology.
  • Partner with Finance on planning, forecasting, and growth modeling to ensure marketing investments scale efficiently.
  • Lead the employee-facing marketing strategy that drives enrollment within hospital partner systems, including internal communications, benefits and human resources platforms, leader cascades, on-site engagement, events, and physical and digital collateral.
  • Ensure consistent, repeatable execution of employee demand initiatives while adapting to partner-specific needs and environments.
  • Oversee co-branded marketing strategy and governance with hospital partners to protect and strengthen both brands.
  • Build brand awareness and credibility for Workforce Solutions among hospital executive buyers and decision-makers.
  • Develop pipeline and demand generation using customer relationship management software and HubSpot.
  • Develop executive-level messaging, positioning, and storytelling tailored to key buyer personas.
  • Lead the creation and evolution of thought leadership, case studies, and outcomes-based narratives that support sales and business development.
  • Own sales marketing and enablement assets, including executive presentations, sales partnership, messaging frameworks, and supporting tools.
  • Leverage data, artificial intelligence, and automation to improve marketing effectiveness, personalization, speed, and operational efficiency.
  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing marketing organization with clear ownership, accountability, and career progression.
  • Establish operating rhythms, workflows, standards, and playbooks that reduce ad hoc work and support scale.
  • Lead and manage external agencies and vendors to ensure high-quality, consistent execution.
  • Partner with enterprise marketing teams across Unitek Learning to align where appropriate and eliminate duplication.
  • Set and enforce brand, messaging, and execution standards across all Workforce Solutions marketing activities.
Desired Qualifications
  • A Master's degree is preferred.
  • Experience in healthcare, workforce development, education, or adjacent industries.
  • Experience with co-branded or partner-led marketing models and enterprise business-to-business or field marketing environments.
  • Experience operating within multi-brand or matrixed organizations.

About the company

Unitek Learning operates career-focused colleges for students entering nursing, allied health and emergency medical professions, as well as clinicians continuing their education. Its family of schools includes Unitek College of Nursing, Brookline College, Eagle Gate College and Provo College, with diploma, undergraduate and graduate programs that include accredited bachelor's degrees in nursing. Students combine online or classroom study with practical skills training and clinical experience; the group earns revenue from tuition and workforce education agreements with healthcare employers. Founded in 1992, Unitek Learning is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Newport Beach, CA

Founded

1992

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What believers are saying

  • Faculty study while continuing to teach: Unitek's education pathways combine degree progression with tuition forgiveness.
  • Teaching scope expands into advanced emergency care: Unitek announced its paramedic program in July 2026.
  • Staff development includes practical projects: Unitek's Caritas coaching trains faculty and staff to run workshops and implement workplace projects.

What critics are saying

  • Education benefits require service: Unitek's tuition forgiveness carries postgraduation employment obligations, while employees pay for books.
  • Remote work has schedule constraints: Unitek's October 2026 educational-technologist posting requires evenings and weekends.
  • Employees pay at least half for dependents' health coverage: Unitek caps the company's premium contribution at 50%.

What makes Unitek Learning unique

  • Ownership has private-equity backing: Unitek belongs to Vistria's portfolio of companies.
  • Training comes to the employer: Unitek's School in a Box combines online theory with practical instruction in hospital-supplied space.
  • School operations are regionally concentrated: Unitek advertises 19 schools across six states on its careers board.

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