CIMBA Italy, Outreach & Partnership Manager

CIMBA Italy transforms students’ lives through immersive, high-impact international education experiences. For over 20 years, our passionate team has delivered exceptional study abroad programs rooted in academic excellence, leadership development, and personalized support. The CIMBA Italy office at the University of Iowa is a fast-paced, dynamic environment where our team works collaboratively to connect students nationwide with life-changing opportunities abroad.

The Outreach and Partnerships Manager for CIMBA Italy is a senior member of the team. This role leads strategic outreach and relationship-building with students, alumni, partner institutions, faculty, and donors to enhance CIMBA’s global reputation and drive enrollment. The role involves significant seasonal domestic travel and occasional work outside the standard 8–5 schedule. Their work ensures that students not only hear about CIMBA but are inspired to take the leap. They also serve as a leader within the CIMBA Iowa office, collaborating closely with other high-level staff to guide strategic direction.

While the manager takes ownership of outreach strategy and stakeholder engagement, they do so in active coordination with CIMBA’s senior leadership in Italy, who hold ultimate decision-making authority over program direction. This collaboration ensures that all strategies align with CIMBA’s overarching vision and long-term goals. Senior leadership, currently based in Italy, serves as a guiding partner—working with the manager to shape and implement impactful initiatives.

Working in alignment with college-wide messaging, the manager leads and executes communications strategy, engagement programming, and partnership development to support CIMBA’s undergraduate and graduate programs. This is a high-impact role requiring leadership, creativity, and strong relationship-building skills. The successful candidate will be proactive, strategic, and collaborative, with a passion for international education and student success. This position will require approximately 20% travel. When not traveling, this role will require an on campus/in-office presence at the CIMBA office in Iowa City, IA.

Specific Job Duties and Tasks

• Maintain and strengthen relationships with alumni, partner institutions, faculty, and prospective student communities, including identifying and cultivating new strategic relationships across CIMBA’s university consortium and beyond.
• Represent CIMBA at recruitment events, alumni functions, and professional conferences across the U.S.
• Design and refine multi-channel communication strategies that align with CIMBA’s mission and the college’s branding standards.
• Develop clear and consistent outreach messaging for use across print, digital, and in-person platforms.
• Develop and execute outreach and partnership strategies that support CIMBA’s growth and visibility within and beyond the university consortium. This includes managing relationships across CIMBA’s national university consortium, which currently includes more than 30 institutional partners.
• Identify new strategic partnership opportunities, collaborating closely with the CIMBA team and Tippie leadership.
• Evaluate and improve recruitment and communication processes, with a focus on automation and efficiency.
• Track, analyze, and report on outreach, recruitment, and engagement activities.
• Use data to inform strategic decisions and demonstrate impact to leadership.
• Provide direct leadership for CIMBA’s Student Ambassador Program, including recruitment, onboarding, communication guidance, and performance tracking.
• Support the implementation of ambassador-driven campaigns and representation at consortium institutions.

Get to know the Tippie College of Business

Since 1847, the Tippie College of Business has cultivated a legacy of innovation, thought leadership, and excellence in business education. We are over 4,700 students with BBA and graduate programs spanning six academic departments—accounting, business analytics, economics, finance, marketing, and management and entrepreneurship. We are eight centers and institutes, and four student-managed endowment funds. We’re over 56,000 alumni—and growing. Tippie is regularly listed in top business school rankings. We also hold the gold standard of accreditations, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and have maintained the accreditation for over 95 years (since 1923).

Salary: $75,000- Commensurate

To obtain the full job description including key areas of responsibility, technical competencies, and desirable qualifications, please contact joshua-gulick@uiowa.edu