Vice Chancellor, Global Network Operations

Vice Chancellor, Global Network Operations

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:
The Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor- Global Network is seeking a motivated and adaptable individual to serve as the Vice Chancellor for Global Network Operations. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice Chancellor they will play a hands-on, executive-level role, serving as a strategist, advisor and executor to ensure that global network growth initiatives are aligned with the priorities of the Chancellor and the colleges. The Vice Chancellor will have executive-level management skills along with top-level strategic and operational insight and the ability to assist and lead in the implementation of initiatives throughout the global network of campuses.

Responsibilities:
Objectives of this Role include:

• In collaboration with leadership develop comprehensive innovative strategies to sustain the growth of the network and campuses.
• In conjunction with Regional Deans, lead strategic planning and goal setting efforts across the network including tracking goals to ensure annual and long terms goals are successfully met.
• Identify opportunities and products to grow enrollment. Manage strategic investments & ROI in innovative projects and products to support new growth opportunities for the university.
• Serve as point of contact between global campus system, academic colleges, and internal stakeholders.
• Leverage the university's expertise to serve the educational and economic development needs of the regions served by the campuses; encourage development and collaboration of entrepreneurial academic offerings.
• Provide strong management, financial and operations oversight.
• Manages the operating, facilities, capital, and construction budgets for the network. Determines the operating and capital requirements and allocations to service the needs of all campuses. Leads the budget planning process. Develops strategies and funding proposals.
• Oversee the quality of the learner experience, working with the College deans and university partners to monitor the academic and learner experience; communicate areas of concern; and maintain the consistent level of quality expected throughout the University.

Qualifications

• BA required, MBA preferred
  
• Ideal candidate is a self-reflective, self-starter who likes to work within a varied and dynamic network of stakeholders
  
• Progressively responsible leadership in a high energy environment working with an innovation leadership agenda; including 5-10 years of experience working with executive-level leaders
  
• Highly-developed communications skills (written/verbal) and interpersonal savvy
  
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with demonstrated ability to work independently and make decisions in a timely manner based on thoughtful analysis and critical judgment.
  
• Results/action-orientation
  
• Organizational and political agility; developed negotiation skills
  
• Tact, diplomacy and superb interpersonal skills required to establish close relationships with key influencers around campus
  
• Able to successfully navigate within varying degrees of ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
  
• Managerial strengths in achieving goals through empowering others
  
• Inspirational leadership traits and dynamic motivational ability
  
• Flexibility and agility are keys to success.
  
  
• Travel to Regional Campuses is required.
  
  Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.
  
  All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
  
  To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.
  
  
  
  To apply, visit https://careers.pageuppeople.com/879/cw/en-us/job/507626
  
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