Associate Director – HE & University Partnerships (UK)
📍 United Kingdom (remote) | 🏢 Amber | 🌍 Partnerships Team
Amber is a global student housing platform operating across 250+ cities
with 2M+ beds. We partner with universities and education organisations to enhance the student living experience through technology and meaningful, long-term relationships.
About the Role
We’re hiring an experienced HE partnerships professional to expand and strengthen our university and higher education relationships across the UK/Ireland and work together with the Director of HE partnerships to implement strategy. This role is hands-on: you will be out meeting institutions, opening new conversations, progressing partnership discussions, and ensuring existing partners receive value.
The focus is implementation, delivery, and relationship development. You’ll work directly with institutional teams, understand their needs, coordinate internally, and make sure partnerships move forward smoothly.
This is a high-impact, visible role shaping Amber’s presence across the UK/IE higher education ecosystem.
What You’ll Do
* Implement UK/IE partnerships strategy & expansion
* Grow our network of HE partners through active engagement and consistent outreach
* Build and nurture working relationships across admissions, accommodation, global engagement, and student services
* Manage partnership conversations from first contact through agreement and activation
* Ensure smooth onboarding and steady adoption by coordinating with internal teams
* Maintain ongoing touchpoints with partner institutions, solving issues and identifying opportunities
* Represent Amber at senior HE events, forums & conferences
* Provide insights to influence strategic planning & product priorities
What You’ll Bring
Essential:
* 4–7 years experience in the HE/University sector, either working at a management level directly inside universities/institutions (ideally accommodation/student services), or overseeing university relationships from an external organisation.
* An active working network across UK/IE higher education and the ability to build new relationships quickly
* Proven ability to run partnership workstreams end-to-end: preparation, meetings, follow-ups, coordination
* Strong communicator able to navigate multi-stakeholder university environments
* Comfortable travelling to partners and maintaining a consistent schedule of engagement
Preferred:
* Experience in student housing and student services
* Experience of supporting adoption or implementation of partnership programmes
* Ability to interpret data and use it to guide priorities and partner conversations
* Problem-solving mindset
Why Join Amber?
* Help shape Amber’s position within the UK/IE HE community through practical, relationship-led work
* Work with a fast-moving team focused on delivering real value to institutions and students
* High High visibility and ownership within a key growth market
* Opportunity to help shape HE strategy and sector relationships
* Competitive compensation + performance incentives
Ready to join us? Send your application to: reet.s@amberstudent.com