Chief Executive Officer, Teen Voice

THE ROLE: Chief Executive Officer, Teen Voice

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TeenVoice will serve as the organization’s visionary and strategic leader—responsible for shaping the company’s future, driving growth, and fostering a culture of innovation and agility. This role demands a scrappy, resourceful, and entrepreneurial executive who can turn ideas into impactful outcomes and scale them successfully—within budget, timelines, and a fast-paced, evolving environment.

The CEO will set the tone for how the TeenVoice team operates—establishing a bold, high-performance culture that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and accountability. This leader must have a startup mindset, capable of navigating ambiguity, pivoting quickly, and identifying opportunities in uncharted spaces.

About TeenVoice, Inc.

TeenVoice, Inc. is wholly owned by American Student Assistance (ASA) and operates as an independent for-profit company with its own leadership, strategy, and brand. TeenVoice is the nation’s premier youth insights platform, designed to capture and amplify the authentic voices of teenagers. Through rapid-turn surveys, digital engagement, and actionable insights, TeenVoice empowers organizations to better understand and respond to the needs of Generation Z.

Principal Responsibilities:

The CEO will:

• Build and execute a scalable business model, transforming innovative ideas into tangible products and growth opportunities.
• Set the tone for how the organization works—cultivating a culture that values innovation, accountability, speed, and excellence.
• Lead TeenVoice with a founder’s mindset—demonstrating resilience, adaptability, and the ability to build something extraordinary from the ground up.
• Serve as the public face of TeenVoice, advancing its national reputation as the premier platform for authentic teen insights.
• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction to ensure TeenVoice’s success as an independent, market-leading, and financially sustainable enterprise.

Essential Functions & Specific Duties:

• Strategic Leadership
  • Define TeenVoice’s vision, mission, and long-term growth strategy, positioning it as the go-to youth insights company across corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors.
  • Demonstrate strategic agility, anticipating future trends, adapting to market shifts, and pivoting quickly when needed.
  • Foster innovation that delivers high-value insights and data-driven impact to clients.
  • Collaborate closely with ASA’s CEO and senior leadership to ensure alignment with ASA’s mission and values while driving TeenVoice’s independence and growth trajectory.
• Business Development & Revenue Growth
  • Oversee all aspects of P&L, ensuring sustainable and scalable financial performance.
  • Drive sales and partnership growth, cultivating large enterprise accounts across corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors.
  • Develop revenue models, pricing strategies, and partnerships that unlock growth and diversify income streams.
• Operational Leadership
  • Recruit, inspire, and lead a high-performing early-stage team, creating a culture that blends innovation, collaboration, and disciplined execution.
  • Implement efficient systems and processes to balance creativity with operational excellence.
  • Lead with hands-on entrepreneurial energy, ensuring goals are achieved within constraints of time, budget, and resources.
  • Continuously assess and realign strategies to achieve optimal results in a dynamic market environment.
• Brand, Marketing & Digital Strategy
  • Develop and execute an integrated brand and marketing strategy that elevates TeenVoice’s visibility and reputation.
  • Champion TeenVoice’s brand as both a mission-driven and data-driven company.
  • Build TeenVoice’s presence across digital, web, and social media platforms to expand client reach and deepen youth engagement.
  • Leverage storytelling and content strategy to elevate TeenVoice’s role in shaping the national youth engagement conversation.
  • Position TeenVoice as a national thought leader, ensuring its insights are recognized as authentic, data-driven, and actionable.

Professional & Personal Profile:

The ideal candidate is a visionary builder who thrives in startup conditions—scrappy yet strategic, data-driven yet deeply human. You’ve led small teams through big growth, built partnerships that scale impact, and can turn ideas into sustainable business models. You’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves to make things happen.

The ideal candidate will be:

• A natural leader with a demonstrated ability to inspire, build, and scale teams in startup or high-growth environments.
• Experienced as a CEO or senior executive in an early-stage organization, preferably with exposure to the education, insights, or digital engagement sectors.
• Proven in driving enterprise-level sales and partnerships across corporate, nonprofit, and government clients.
• A strategic, scrappy, and innovative thinker—able to turn nothing into something and then into something big.
• Highly adaptable and comfortable with rapid change and ambiguity, with a strong ability to pivot quickly when market conditions shift.
• A disciplined operator with strong financial acumen and a track record of managing revenues of $10–50 million.
• A strong communicator and relationship-builder, with integrity, humility, and passion for amplifying youth voices.

Organizational Relationships

Reports to: CEO, American Student Assistance (ASA)

Salary Range: $280,000 - $330,000

TeenVoice is committed to fair and transparent pay. In determining compensation, we consider a variety of job-related factors, including prior experience, certifications and licenses, skills and expertise, geographic location, and internal equity.

We take a total compensation approach, meaning we look beyond salary alone to support, reward, and recognize the whole individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may also include a bonus, retirement plan participation, generous paid time off, and comprehensive health and life insurance benefits. As a result, final offer amounts may vary from the salary range listed in the job posting. Join our mission-driven organization to enjoy these perks and benefits as well as investment in your growth, contributions, and future.

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