Minru Z.

Head of China & Global Program Incubation and Growth, Founding Team @ Lumiere Education

About

Hi, I’m Minru! I'm excited about bringing value and growth to my clients and teams. Trust is built on credibility, reliability, and intimacy— while minimizing self-orientation. And it's the most valuable currency I trade in. I build and scale online education programs through business development and data-informed strategy, partnering with co-founders to own P&L (~60% YoY growth). I’m proud of building a Greater China team with a rigorous 4-round hiring process (2% selection rate). After finding the right people, I trust them as superstars and enable them with OKRs, learnign goals , and monthly mutual feedback. 🙏 Highlights: • Initiated 70+ key accounts across B2B and B2B2C partnerships, engaging partners with ever-evolving service and value. • Scaled a new market from 0 → ~15% of company EBITDA, owning P&L and cross-functional delivery. • Launched two global online programs, each profitable and generating 100+ applications in its first quarter. 🫶 Would love connect to see how I can support your growth— personal and business! 🫶 Reach me at: arializedminru@gmail | WeChat: MinruZhao

Country

United States

City

New York

Industry

Education Management

Skill

Strategic Partnerships, P&L Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Budgeting, Product Launch, Team Management, Leadership, Cost Control, Hiring, Employee Training, Negotiation, Account Management, Competitive Analysis, Business Strategy, Market Entry, Business Development, Customer Acquisition, Human Resources (HR), Teamwork

Experience

Head of China & Global Program Incubation and Growth, Founding Team

Lumiere Education

2023-7 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

New York, United States & Shanghai, China

Head of China, Founding Team

Lumiere Education

2022-7 - 2023-7 · 1 yr 1 mo

China Strategy Analyst, Founding Team

Lumiere Education

2021-6 - 2022-7 · 1 yr 2 mos

New York, United States

China Strategy Intern (Business Development and Marketing)

Lumiere Education

2021-4 - 2021-6 · 3 mos

Personal Development Coach

The Coaching Club: Columbia University Teachers College

2022-2 - 2022-8 · 7 mos

Intern

Bain & Company

2020-9 - 2020-12 · 4 mos

Shanghai, China

Investment Analyst Intern

SOSV

2020-7 - 2020-10 · 4 mos

Shanghai, China

SOSV is a leading early stage venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Kuala Lumpur, Xi'an, Taipei, Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, and Cork, Ireland. Founded in 1994 by Sean O’Sullivan, SOSV currently manages a fund of US$990 million in assets under management with a focus on seed and early stage investments through our 6 accelerators including Cross Border Internet with MOX - Mobile Accelerator in Taipei (mobileonlyx.com) and Chinaccelerator in Shanghai (www.chinacclerator.com), hardware focused HAX in Shenzhen and San Francisco (www.hax.co), and biotech focused programs IndieBio in San Francisco and New York (http://indiebio.co). SOSV invests from $100,000 to $2 million in over 150 companies per year and is the #3 most active venture capital investor in the world 2020, #5 in Asia (Pitchbook), #7 in South East Asia and #4 in India.

Data Analyst Intern, SaaS startup

ESEN Technology

2019-9 - 2019-12 · 4 mos

Shanghai, China

ESEN Technology is a B2B SaaS company that powers digital transformation for traditional enterprises, combining work management and CRM with analytics that surface employee engagement and enterprise relationship graphs to improve growth and customer experience.