Founded in 1990, QS Quacquarelli Symonds is now the leading global provider of specialist higher education and careers information and solutions.
We ensure student candidates have access to helpful tools and the latest independent data and insights so they can make informed decisions about their education.
We work with more than 2,000 of the world's leading higher education institutions and more than 12,000 employers, spanning across 50 countries.
We provide higher ed services to the students and clients we serve at each academic stage; first degree, master’s, MBA – including Executive-level – and early career.
Our Mission:  
To enable motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfil their potential through educational achievement, international mobility and career development.
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Our Values: 
We’re helpful and collaborative, providing universities and students with the insights and technology they need to reach their full potential.​ 
We’re authentic and approachable, conducting and sharing our own research and listening to what our audience needs.
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We’re independent and professional, facilitating partnerships and developments across the globe while staying impartial.
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We’re ambitious and innovative, dedicated to developing the best solutions for our clients and partners.​

QS Quacquarelli Symonds

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QS Quacquarelli Symonds is a global leader in higher education performance and insights, offering solutions in student recruitment, reputation management, and employability. The company partners with universities, business schools, and governments worldwide to enhance institutional goals and performance. With a significant focus on digital innovation and sustainability, QS provides data-driven tools and advisory services to help institutions understand and amplify their reach and impact. QS is renowned for its world university rankings and extensive expertise in the higher education sector.

Founded in 1990, QS Quacquarelli Symonds is now the leading global provider of specialist higher education and careers information and solutions.  
 
We ensure student candidates have access to helpful tools and the latest independent data and insights so they can make informed decisions about their education. We work with more than 2,000 of the world's leading higher education institutions and more than 12,000 employers, spanning across 50 countries. We provide higher ed services to the students and clients we serve at each academic stage; first degree, master’s, MBA – including Executive-level – and early career. 


Our Mission:  

To enable motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfil their potential through educational achievement, international mobility and career development. ​ 


Our Values: 

We’re helpful and collaborative, providing universities and students with the insights and technology they need to reach their full potential.​ 

We’re authentic and approachable, conducting and sharing our own research and listening to what our audience needs. ​ 

We’re independent and professional, facilitating partnerships and developments across the globe while staying impartial. ​ 

We’re ambitious and innovative, dedicated to developing the best solutions for our clients and partners.​ 

• Define and deliver the regional commercial strategy aligned to QS’s global 5-year growth plan.
• Lead go-to-market planning across all QS product lines, integrating acquisition, retention, and expansion strategies.
• Deliver accurate forecasting, pipeline management, and performance tracking through HubSpot and Sales Operations.
• Identify market opportunities, sector trends, and client needs to inform product development and regional focus.
• Own the Account Management organisation across Europe, ensuring strong renewal performance, retention, and multi-product expansion.
• Develop strategic account plans for key institutions and government partners, focusing on long-term value creation.
• Oversee client engagement strategies to strengthen satisfaction, advocacy, and measurable impact.
• Collaborate with global Delivery and Marketing teams to ensure seamless service and results-driven outcomes.
• Lead new business acquisition across all segments, from flagship universities to private and government stakeholders.
• Drive regional pipeline generation and coverage, ensuring consistency with QS’s growth ratios and forecasting standards.
• Foster a high-performance sales culture grounded in professionalism, transparency, and integrity.
• Inspire and lead a diverse, high-performing team across multiple European markets.
• Embed the QS Sales Charter principles across the team — accurate forecasting, pipeline hygiene, single-quote discipline, and client-first behaviours.
• Partner closely with Sales Operations, Inside Sales, and Marketing to enhance commercial effectiveness.
• Mentor future commercial leaders, ensuring succession readiness and professional development.
• Oversee regional commercial governance — pricing, contracting, and margin management.
• Align with Product, Marketing, and Data & Insights teams to develop propositions that meet evolving market demand.
• Represent QS at major regional summits, conferences, and client engagements as a senior brand ambassador.
• Provide market intelligence and competitor insight to inform strategic decision-making.

Executive Director – Commercial

Executive Director leading QS’s commercial growth strategy in Europe. Drive regional revenue growth and deepen client relationships for a leading higher education services company.

data-engineer

• Design and maintain data pipelines, including integrating real-time and streaming data to support dynamic business needs.
• Build and optimize data transformations, ensuring that data quality and lineage are consistently embedded throughout all processes.
• Contribute to the design and development of core data models and structures for our data lakehouses and marts, implementing and adhering to architectural best practices.
• Develop and maintain APIs and delivery mechanisms to serve both internal and external consumers, ensuring reliable and scalable data access.
• Support knowledge graph enrichment by modeling relationships, performing entity resolution, and integrating vector search to enhance data connectivity and insights.
• Apply business acumen to effectively interpret data requirements, ensuring that technical solutions align with the underlying business purpose and add measurable value.
• Implement data quality tests, data contracts, and schema management to maintain high standards of data integrity and consistency.
• Document pipelines and workflows, contributing to comprehensive metadata and lineage documentation for transparency and ongoing improvement.
• Any other duties that fall within the purpose and scope of the role, including tasks that may arise outside of standard business hours.

Data Engineer

Data Engineer designing and maintaining data pipelines and APIs for QS's analytics platforms. Collaborating closely with data science teams to enable data-driven decision-making.

• Lead the design and creation of robust data models and structures that lay the foundation for reliable analytics and insights, enabling teams to make informed decisions and drive progress.
• Develop and maintain efficient data pipelines that integrate both real-time and streaming data, ensuring the business can respond quickly to evolving needs and opportunities.
• Launch and optimize data delivery solutions, providing secure, scalable access to information for colleagues and partners, and supporting innovation across the organization.
• Improve data quality and transparency by embedding rigorous validation and documentation throughout all workflows, building trust and clarity for every stakeholder.
• Support the enrichment of knowledge graphs by modeling relationships and resolving entities, enhancing data connectivity and unlocking deeper insights for teams and the wider mission.
• Apply business acumen to interpret complex data needs, ensuring every technical solution directly contributes measurable value to both the team and the organization’s goals.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to uphold data integrity, manage schemas, and ensure compliance with best practices, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Mentor and guide team members, sharing expertise and encouraging skill development to support individual growth and collective achievement.
• Document processes and workflows thoroughly to promote transparency, consistency, and ongoing improvement, empowering others to build on your work.
• Take ownership of any additional responsibilities within the role’s purpose and scope, including tasks that may arise outside standard business hours, contributing to the team’s adaptability and success.

Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer at QS leading design and implementation of scalable data pipelines and services for global education insights. Collaborating with teams to drive meaningful impact in data engineering.

business-intelligence-developer

• Supporting operational teams with the development of ad-hoc reports, extracts and analyses, the BI Analyst will be responsible for processing and prioritising business as usual activity including but not limited to updates to existing reports and bug investigation, resolution, or escalation.
• This role will be required to collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their data requirements and analyse outcome, as necessary.
• The BI Analyst will support reporting and BI development activities such as matching, formatting, mapping, and testing data.
• Identify, analyse, interpret trends, patterns in new and existing datasets to present insights.
• Compile reports and provide insights to internal stakeholders to measure and improve business performance.
• Develop ad-hoc reports, extracts, and analysis in a timely manner as part of the BI & Reporting BAU process.
• Check and verify data and analyses to ensure accurate reporting.
• Investigate, Identify, resolve data or reporting issues or where necessary escalate to data owners or report developers to ensure data integrity protocols are met and accurate reports are generated.
• With other members of the BI Team, perform maintenance tasks as required to sustain the BI Report Suite using Tableau, Excel, PowerBI and other tool sets which are applicable.
• Perform data operations activities such as matching, formatting and mapping data to ensure a global common data set.
• Perform BI development activities by testing outcomes to ensure new BI features are quality checked and released without issue.
• Make recommendations about the methods and processes in which QS obtains and analyses data to improve quality and the efficiency of data systems.
• Promote 'Self-serve' analytics by mentoring internal stakeholders in the interpretation and use of analytical reports and models.
• Any other additional duties as required.

BI Analyst

BI Analyst supporting operational teams with data reports and analytics for QS. Collaborating with stakeholders to analyze and develop insights from business data in a hybrid work environment.

Founded in 1990, QS Quacquarelli Symonds is now the leading global provider of specialist higher education and careers information and solutions. We ensure student candidates have access to helpful tools and the latest independent data and insights so they can make informed decisions about their education. We work with more than 2,000 of the world's leading higher education institutions and more than 12,000 employers, spanning across 50 countries. We provide higher ed services to the students and clients we serve at each academic stage; first degree, master’s, MBA – including Executive-level – and early career. Our Mission:   To enable motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfil their potential through educational achievement, international mobility and career development. ​  Our Values:  We’re helpful and collaborative, providing universities and students with the insights and technology they need to reach their full potential.​  We’re authentic and approachable, conducting and sharing our own research and listening to what our audience needs. ​  We’re independent and professional, facilitating partnerships and developments across the globe while staying impartial. ​  We’re ambitious and innovative, dedicated to developing the best solutions for our clients and partners.​

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