About Company:
About Tripoint Solutions
We are technology innovators, partnered with state-of-the-art providers, such as AWS, ServiceNow, and UiPath, to drive digital transformation in the federal space. TPS teams are bringing automation and data science into areas of the government that are crying out for fresh tech—making positive impacts felt by tens of thousands of users, countless citizens, and all six branches of the military each day. Our Agile teams are responsible for envisioning, launching, and operating the massive data systems and analytics platforms used to manage $14.5B in government procurements and $200B in military real estate assets globally. At TPS, we apply the power of cloud technologies to help the government think smarter and function better—for everyone.
TPS Company Values
- We value and respect each employee's dedicated work and unique contributions as they directly impact who we are and what we do.
- Your talent and innovative thinking bring leading-edge solutions to our customers.
- Our success is driven by the dedication of our employees.
- Employee-generated solutions have sustained our continued success and customer satisfaction
Benefit Offerings
Tripoint Solutions builds flexibility into health benefit plan choices, covers most of the monthly premiums, and helps employees build a career with impact through our generous professional development program.
We offer all full-time employees:
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits with a national provider network
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts (FSA & HSA)
- Company-paid Life and Disability insurance including Short-Term, Long-Term, and Accidental
- Supplemental Insurance
- Paid time off (PTO)
- 11 paid holidays
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Professional Development Reimbursement Program to pursue undergraduate, graduate, training, and certifications
- Monthly transportation, parking, and cell phone service reimbursement
Tripoint Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
About the Role:
The Higher Education Consultant supports higher education institutions with process improvement, Salesforce-related initiatives, accreditation readiness, compliance alignment, data quality, and student lifecycle modernization. This role works closely with institutional leadership, academic operations, admissions, registrar, student services, data teams, Salesforce administrators, developers, and project managers to gather requirements, document business processes, identify workflow gaps, and translate institutional needs into actionable system enhancements.
The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience in higher education administration, consulting, business analysis, student services, compliance, or enterprise system support. This role requires strong knowledge of higher education operations, Salesforce or CRM systems, business requirements documentation, process mapping, stakeholder engagement, reporting needs, and accreditation/compliance documentation.
The consultant serves as a liaison between business users and technical teams to ensure Salesforce solutions and operational improvements support student success, institutional effectiveness, regulatory compliance, accreditation expectations, and scalable business processes.
Location: Remote. The selected candidate must be currently located in, or willing to relocate to, a state supported by Tripoint Solutions corporate offices: AL, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MN, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, or VA. (No relocation assistance provided)
Clearance Requirements:
- Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation.
- USA Citizenship (required)
Responsibilities:
- Lead business analysis activities for higher education technology, Salesforce, compliance, accreditation, and process improvement initiatives.
- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders across admissions, registrar, academic operations, student services, institutional reporting, and leadership.
- Develop business requirements documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, decision logs, meeting notes, and functional documentation.
- Support Salesforce and Education Cloud-related initiatives, including student intake, applicant tracking, case management, student lifecycle tracking, reporting, and data visibility.
- Analyze current-state workflows and identify process gaps, redundancies, compliance risks, policy misalignment, and opportunities for improvement.
- Partner with Salesforce administrators, developers, data teams, and project managers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Support user acceptance testing, release readiness, demo preparation, stakeholder feedback sessions, and post-implementation validation.
- Maintain Jira and Confluence documentation, including backlog items, sprint notes, requirements traceability, process documentation, and issue tracking.
- Support accreditation readiness through evidence-based documentation, process standardization, policy alignment, and continuous improvement tracking.
- Ensure processes and system recommendations align with FERPA, institutional policies, accreditation standards, reporting requirements, and student record integrity.
- Facilitate meetings and working sessions with business users, technical teams, data teams, compliance stakeholders, and institutional leadership.
- Provide recommendations that improve operational efficiency, user experience, student support, reporting accuracy, and institutional effectiveness.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in higher education administration, consulting, business analysis, program management, student services, compliance, or related operational support.
- Experience supporting Salesforce, Salesforce Education Cloud, CRM systems, SIS platforms, or other student lifecycle technology.
- Strong understanding of higher education operations, including admissions, enrollment management, registrar functions, academic records, student services, transfer credit, and institutional reporting.
- Experience gathering requirements and creating BRDs, user stories, process flows, workflow documentation, meeting notes, decision logs, and acceptance criteria.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, technical teams, data teams, leadership, and project managers.
- Familiarity with Agile project environments, Jira, Confluence, backlog management, sprint planning, demos, and testing support.
- Knowledge of accreditation readiness, compliance documentation, institutional effectiveness, continuous improvement, and evidence collection.
- Understanding of FERPA, student record confidentiality, policy governance, and higher education compliance requirements.
- Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable requirements for technical and non-technical audiences.