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Fractional work in Higher Education

Explore fractional hiring demand and professionals with experience at companies classified as Higher Education, with role and company-size comparisons from Go Fractional's observed market.

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32

Jobs published · past year

22

Hiring companies

$174/hr

Average benchmark · 90 days

742

Professionals with industry experience

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Hire fractional leaders in Higher Education

Explore hiring guides for education organizations, the closest industry we cover in depth.

Hire a Fractional CMO in Higher Education

Own positioning, the marketing plan, customer acquisition priorities, and measurement across the buying journey.

  • Enrollment growth strategy
  • Program differentiation messaging
Fractional CMO for Education Organizations

Hire a Fractional CPO in Higher Education

Own product strategy, roadmap development, team leadership, and the decisions needed to deliver products that drive business goals.

  • Outcome-focused curriculum features
  • Education data privacy leadership
Fractional CPO for Education Organizations

Hire a Fractional COO in Higher Education

Own daily operations, process improvement, team performance, and the systems needed to execute the operating plan.

  • Multi-campus operations coordination
  • Enrollment and retention process improvement
Fractional COO for Education Organizations

Hire a Fractional CTO in Higher Education

Own technical strategy, architecture priorities, engineering execution, and the development of the internal technical team.

  • Virtual classroom infrastructure
  • Student data audit readiness
Fractional CTO for Education Organizations

Hire a Fractional CRO in Higher Education

Own revenue strategy, forecasting, pipeline management, and the alignment of sales, marketing, and customer success to drive growth.

  • Department collaboration for enrollment
  • Education revenue forecasting
Fractional CRO for Education Organizations

Meet talent with Higher Education experience

Public profiles with experience at companies in this industry. Experience does not establish current availability.

  • Adam T
    I help empowered product managers build customer centric product strategy in a fast, data informed, and politically safe way through Survival MetricsTeachers College, Columbia University, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Philosophie (now InfoBeans)

    Product leader and coach helping product managers build customer-centric strategy, organization design and customer engagement, based in New York, NY.

    Hire Adam
  • Adanna U
    EdTech GTM & PartnershipsEY, Google, Yale University

    Fractional EdTech GTM & Partnerships leader | Ex-Bain | Expert in B2B, postsecondary, career education, and revenue expansion.

    Hire Adanna
  • Alejandro V
    Fractional professionalDeloitte, Colgate-palmolive, Teachers College, Columbia University

    Experienced Operations and CX Leader skilled in fractional COO roles, team building, go-to-market strategies, and startup operations.

    Hire Alejandro
  • Andrew M
    Product & Technology Officer at Brink Literacy ProjectColorado State University, ThirdHome, Brink Literacy Project

    Fractional product & technology leader driving growth by aligning design, engineering, and business for scalable, high-impact outcomes.

    Hire Andrew
  • Ani A
    CTPO at Cast & Crew | Ex Procore Technologies (IPO) | Ex Salesforce | Board MemberSalesforce, Cornell University, Procore

    Experienced Fractional CTPO, specializes in platform modernization, AI integration and large-scale transformations.

    Hire Ani
  • Ashley J
    Fractional professionalChase, New York University, Prudential Financial

    Fractional Product Leader with expertise in strategy, leadership, and product-market fit. Proven success at Prudential and JP Morgan.

    Hire Ashley
  • Ayodeji C
    Strategic SOC/ GRC leader | implementing SOC Tools, FAIR, NIST Standards to secure businesses in Banking, Finance and Healthcare | Training & Manpower Development Expert | Independent Security Researcher | AuthorWells Fargo, Capella University, American Credit Acceptance

    Top Cybersecurity & AI strategist, specializing in SOC/GRC and Bank/Healthcare security with Python & AWS skills.

    Hire Ayodeji
  • Brayden S
    Deal Desk Leader for PerceptyxSalesforce, Brigham Young University, Qualtrics

    Fractional Deal Desk Leader skilled in strategic sales, team leadership, and process optimization. Bilingual in English & Spanish.

    Hire Brayden
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Popular roles in Higher Education

Ranked by professionals with industry experience, not hiring demand. Activity covers the past year.

roles by talent experience in Higher Education
RoleProfessionalsAvg. rate · 90dRate details
Advisor industry rates211$197/hr
CMO industry rates110$160/hr
Consultant industry rates84$154/hr
CTO industry rates76$185/hr
Director of Operations industry rates75$186/hr
CPO industry rates73$224/hr
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Additional roles by talent experience in Higher Education
RoleProfessionalsAvg. rate · 90dRate details
CSO industry rates51$188/hr
Chief Growth Officer industry rates48$177/hr
COO industry rates48$186/hr
CEO industry rates45$224/hr
Board Member industry rates43$218/hr
Chief AI Officer industry rates39$207/hr
Product Manager industry rates39$195/hr
CRO industry rates33$206/hr
Marketing Consultant industry rates33$149/hr
Coach industry rates30$166/hr
Director of People Operations industry rates26$161/hr
CDO industry rates25$199/hr
Chief Brand Officer industry rates24$177/hr
Chief Customer Officer industry rates24$216/hr
Marketing Strategist industry rates24$152/hr
Director of Growth Marketing industry rates23$152/hr
Director of Digital Marketing industry rates22$158/hr
Marketing Manager industry rates22$117/hr
Engineering Manager industry rates21$185/hr
Chief of Staff industry rates20$163/hr
Director of Business Development industry rates20$160/hr
Senior Software Engineer industry rates19$183/hr
Architect industry rates18$182/hr
Director of Business Operations industry rates18$205/hr
Growth Strategist industry rates18$114/hr
Managing Partner industry rates18$178/hr
Project Manager industry rates18$153/hr
CFO industry rates17$171/hr
Lead AI Engineer industry rates17$180/hr
Business Manager industry rates16$142/hr
CHRO industry rates16$192/hr
Head of Talent general rates15—
Professor industry rates15$179/hr
Creative Director general rates13—
Director of Product Management industry rates13$295/hr
Principal Strategy Consultant general rates13—
CIO industry rates12$237/hr
Head of Data Science general rates12—
Software Engineer industry rates12$172/hr
Chief Communications Officer industry rates11$169/hr
Analyst industry rates10$134/hr
CISO general rates10—
Human Resources Business Partner general rates10—
Product Lead general rates10—

A dash means there is not enough observed data to publish a rate. The arrow opens the general benchmark when an industry rate is unavailable.

Companies hiring fractional talent in Higher Education

Companies represented in public job postings over the past year.

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Public posting activity does not imply a customer relationship or endorsement.

How hiring varies by company size

Current headcount classification of companies with activity in the past year; not funding stage or historical headcount.

  • Enterprise

    10 jobs · 8 companies

How we measure this industryResearch combines public job postings and talent profiles. Sources are evaluated independently.

Activity window · 2025-11-11 to 2026-11-11 · refreshed hourly. Public and platform job postings and aggregated talent profiles are evaluated as separate sources. Talent aggregates include public and non-public profiles; individual profile cards only show public profiles. Rate benchmarks always use jobs published and profiles active in the last 90 days.

Industry and company size come from accepted company tags linked to matched Crustdata identities. 1,765 of 2,560 period job records have a qualifying industry classification. Unclassified records remain unknown. Industry and role groups overlap; their totals must not be added together.

Demand counts require at least 10 jobs across 5 companies. Talent counts require 10 distinct professionals active in the selected activity window. Roles are ranked separately by jobs and professionals with industry experience. Hire links can also appear with 3 relevant public profiles and authored hiring guidance. Each rate source requires at least 10 observed samples; employer-side prices also require 5 companies and no employer contributing more than 40% of samples. Percentile ranges require 20 samples. Estimated job prices are excluded. Averages are a weighted blend of our live benchmarks and are only published when an employer offer or talent asking rate independently qualifies.

Company-size comparisons use current tags for activity in the period, not historical size or funding stage. Profile rates describe professionals with industry experience, not rates charged to specific past employers. These platform observations are not a census of the fractional market.

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