Associate Vice President, Organizational Strategy

4 days ago

Houston, United States Rice University Full time

**_Special Instructions to Applicants: _**

**Position Summary**:
Reporting to the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, and serving as a vital part of the Development and Alumni Relations Division (DAR), the Associate Vice President, Organizational Strategy and Business Operations serves as a member of the senior leadership team and leads the execution of strategic priorities through smooth and efficient business operations. The Associate Vice President fosters a culture of belonging, inclusion, and engagement at all levels of the organization, maintaining multi-dimensional channels of communication among staff and DAR leadership. The Associate Vice President has responsibility and accountability for strategic, operational, and administrative areas across DAR, specifically human resources, finance, talent development, business intelligence and decision support, systems and IT, stewardship, gift administration, operations, facilities, and events.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree
- 10+ years of related professional experience, including significant leadership and operations experience; a successful track record of people and program management; and proven expertise in the management of finances, operations, systems and facilities, cost efficiencies, and productivity enhancements
- In lieu of the experience requirement, additional related education, above and beyond what is required, on an equivalent year-for-year basis may be substituted

**Skills**:

- Strong leadership and strategic management skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Ability to lead and motivate others
- Ability to manage a large number of fundraising activities simultaneously
- Ability to engage and motivate groups of diverse individuals
- Excellent ability to understand constituent needs and show good judgment and diplomacy
- Demonstrated fundraising and/or project experience
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Immediately recognizable as a leader and decision maker who is self-directed, thorough, and committed to a team approach
- Ability to achieve effective collaboration across organizational lines and foster a culture of inclusion and engagement at all levels of the organization
- Exceptional ability to organize, establish objectives and priorities, and achieve goals
- Ability to serve as an effective spokesperson for all areas in business operations
- Ability to be patient and comfortable in a highly complex, matrixed work environment; not easily frustrated by ambiguity and the time it takes to accomplish goals; and able to work with diverse groups of university constituents to achieve goals
- Action-oriented approach that makes clear assessments, develops plans, and follows through on them
- Management, motivational, and pragmatic consensus-building skills
- Ability to coordinate varied programs and projects simultaneously

**Preferences**:

- Advanced degree
- Experience in higher education and/or an academic medical center
- Experience with one or more institutions as comprehensive and complex as Rice

**Essential Functions**:

- **Serve as a member of the Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) Division senior leadership team**:

- Set the strategic direction of the organization and share responsibilities for goals and outcomes. Develop and implement operating model in sync with mission, vision, and strategic plan.
- Work collaboratively with the other team members regarding strategic and operational issues.
- Support, enable, and demonstrate diversity and inclusion; seek diversity among leadership and staff across all identities, affinities, and perspectives.
- Gain and maintain credibility and trust across DAR constituencies and central university functional areas.
- Address barriers that impede success and progress.
- Utilize data to make informed, strategic decisions and investments.
- Advocate for and decide on resources that support the organization’s strategic direction.
- Engage the staff to lead and achieve the goals in each area of responsibility.
- Communicate with integrity, transparency, and authenticity to engage, inform, and connect DAR and the university-wide alumni and development community. Undertake special projects as directed by the vice president. Organize and manage groups to achieve project objectives.
- Bring issues to the surface and ensure that they are considered, appropriate action is taken, and the results communicated throughout the organization as appropriate and in a timely manner.
- As a senior leader, work with and represent the priorities and needs of the organization to senior university leaders in human resources, finance, and information technology.
- Rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
- **Provide strategic vision and direction for human resources, financ

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