Strategic Licensing Specialist

Our Mission

We're building a category-defining company to increase the speed of innovation in higher education. Woolf's mission is to increase access to world-class higher education and ensure that it is globally recognized and transferable. We help qualified education organizations launch world-class higher education programs that issue academic credits and globally recognized accredited degrees.

Woolf University is a collegiate higher education institution modeled on the University of Oxford and Delhi University. We are the first global collegiate university to allow other education organizations to join as member colleges and issue degrees. Our colleges include some of the fastest growing EdTech companies in the world: UpGrad, Scaler, GoIT, EduBridge, AlmaBetter, and others.

Our Team

We are a globally distributed, fully remote team with a bias for action. Our team is mission-aligned, high EQ/low ego, and committed to excellence. Our investor group includes First Round Capital (who also led the investment for Notion, Roblox, Uber, and Square), Connect Ventures, IOVC, All Access Fund, and Tribe Capital.

The Role

We are looking for a proactive colleague with a strong sense of initiative and a forward-thinking, strategic mindset to strengthen the Strategic Licensing team (SL), part of Woolf’s Academic Team (AT). You will work directly with senior members of AT to unlock new academic and business opportunities by applying for new licenses and maintaining existing ones. We will prioritize candidates with a proven attention to detail and experience in policy, higher education, and/or law.

Key Responsibilities

1) Researching regulatory requirements

As part of the team that submits new licensing applications to government agencies and accrediting bodies around the world, you will be responsible for researching complex regulatory requirements to a very high standard. You will engage closely with written accreditation guidance, legal documentation, and representatives of accrediting bodies, and distil diverse sources of information into concise reports for Woolf’s executive leadership.

2) Maintaining Woolf’s accreditation

You will support work on maintaining Woolf’s accreditation license, contributing to external quality assurance audit reports and producing documents that demonstrate the organization’s compliance with relevant regulations.

3) Project Management

You must be able to manage large and complex projects with multiple workstreams and ensure that they are completed with minimal support. You will need to be self-activating: rather than waiting for an email reply, you will proactively reach out to the relevant person. You will work in a globally distributed team across timezones and will need to work on projects effectively without losing momentum.

4) Stakeholder management

You are ready to interact across cultural barriers with academic leaders, government officials, and others - all while remaining polite, patient, and cheerful despite challenges. You will persist and remain goal-focused, even when others might be exasperated.

5) Operational support

You will take an active role in supporting new business ventures, such as liaising with external stakeholders, authoritatively advising prospects on regulatory requirements and possibilities, and producing comprehensive documentation.

Requirements

• Graduate-level education
• Either a PhD or experience in law, regulatory compliance, policy-making, large grant applications, or a similar role
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• You’re meticulous, systematic, goal focused, and able to work with complex regulatory frameworks
• You're patient but persistent in the face of bureaucratic inertia
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to distill complex information and communicate it effectively
• Strong, solution-oriented problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to new circumstances
• Readiness to work in a start-up environment - you'll be a self-starter, able to take initiative in breaking ambiguous projects into concrete, time-bound steps.
• Passion for Woolf’s mission, vision, and embodiment of our values
• Desirable: Experience working remotely
• Desirable: Experience in the higher education sector, particularly in policy or compliance roles

Benefits

• Contract Structure & Compensation
• Contract Type: Independent Contractor (Global)
• Please note: contractors are responsible for their own taxes and benefits in compliance with their local regulations.
• Why Woolf?
• Global Impact: Work with education leaders worldwide to shape the future of learning.
• Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere with a schedule that fits your lifestyle.
• Growth Potential: Join a fast-growing company with opportunities to expand your role.
• Innovative Culture: Be part of a mission-driven team backed by top investors.