About Accelerate
Founded on the vision that the greatest opportunity for improving lives is education, Accelerate aspires to reinvent tech education and hiring to address the colossal talent challenges in Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Blockchain and Design. We achieve outcomes for individuals and enterprises by leveraging our expert instructors, proprietary curriculum, corporate training programs and deployable learning platform.
Our campuses pioneer teaching innovation with deferred tuition options to democratise tech education. Accelerate graduates form a unique talent pipeline for leading start-ups and MNCs to solve hiring challenges. Our learning and training platforms empower other organisations to keep ahead with technology Acceleration.
Till date, Accelerate has trained 700+ professionals and boasts a 91% hiring success rate in our immersive programs. We have powered enterprise training and graduate placements to various industry leaders including IBM, Johnson Electric, AXA, Veolia, Zeroth.ai, Standard Chartered, and ANX.
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for a HK Operations Manager. The candidate will be responsible for the quality delivery of all Accelerate courses in Hong Kong. You will be part of an exciting entrepreneurial opportunity that expands educational outcomes.
As the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for all aspects of the Accelerate experience and business execution in Hong Kong. This includes:
Job Description
• Create, experiment with and manage sales and marketing strategies by targeting select demographics, industries and companies that will benefit from Accelerate
• Ensure quality deployment of all educational programs that are consistent with international curriculum standards, instructional qualifications etc.
• Collaborate with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team in expanding the company’s scope and areas of service in Hong Kong to drive student success stories and P&L
- Recruiting, hiring and managing a team of instructional and non-instructional members
- Inspiring the team to achieve extra-ordinary success.
• Proactively engage with the business community to determine new trends and incubate new profitable services and products
Job Requirements
• 3+ years of experience in operations, management, consulting, investment banking or similar demanding role with a results-orientated mindset
• Data-driven decision making is your default for making judgements
• A passion for innovative education and technology. You must be eager to shape the skills, minds, and trajectories of Accelerate students.
• A high standard for excellence and constantly pushing the boundary to change more and more lives
• Highly ambitious, fearless and driven to tackle the multitude of obstacles of day-to-day operations
• Entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to figure challenges out
• Eager to under-promise and over-deliver in customer adoption etc
Success will be measured on key metrics including: graduation rates, time to employment, success on the job (hiring partner assessments), cP&L and student’s rating of the quality of the education they receive from Accelerate.
Benefits
• Highly competitive salary with potential for major bonuses for excellent outcomes
• Surrounded by high-caliber professionals immensely passionate about our mission
• Open, friendly, and vibrant culture
• Immense pride and satisfaction every 16 weeks, when students successfully transform from untapped technologists into employable tech leaders
Start-up Culture
Accelerate is a startup and all staff, including the country lead, are expected to jump in and help when needed in different roles. This may include participating in events, writing blogs or other content to promote the business, ideation, coaching/mentoring students, and participating in meetings and discussion that extend beyond the realm of a traditional Country Manager role. We expect team members to work hard and contribute to the best of their ability.