Senior Director, External Relations

New York University • New York, NY

1d • $110,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

NYU’s Stern School of Business has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Director, External Relations, on the Careers team. The selected candidate will set the strategic direction for engaging with employers and the broader market to expand and diversify employment opportunities for MBA students. The Senior Director will lead an integrated External Relations team responsible for executing employer engagement strategies across established and emerging industries, informed by labor-market trends, employer intelligence, student demand, and institutional priorities. They will determine where and how Careers should invest its employer-facing resources to strengthen existing recruiting channels and develop new sources of opportunity. The selected candidate will connect employer and industry engagement with Stern’s broader institutional resources and priorities, identifying opportunities to deepen strategically important relationships and address gaps in priority markets. The Senior Director will mobilize Stern’s alumni, faculty, experiential learning, student engagement, and other assets to develop broader institutional partnerships that create sustained value for students, employers, and the School. They will also connect market insights, relationships, and activities across Stern to identify gaps and opportunities, coordinate institutional responses, and ensure strategically important external relationships extend beyond individual programs or points of contact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least ten years of progressively responsible professional experience in human resources, recruiting, executive search, external relations, or entrepreneurial experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with client/relationship management.
• Experience managing staff.
• Experience administering budgets.
• Proven ability to develop and execute strategy.
• Strong business development instincts.
• Track record of building external partnerships that deliver measurable value.
• Excellent relationship management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Team leadership and staff development expertise.
• Ability to build, develop, and retain high-performing, diverse teams.
• Experience leading through influence across multiple internal stakeholders and functions.
• Experience designing and implementing multi-year strategies with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for engaging with employers and the broader market to expand and diversify employment opportunities for MBA students.
• Lead an integrated External Relations team responsible for executing employer engagement strategies across established and emerging industries.
• Determine where and how Careers should invest its employer-facing resources to strengthen existing recruiting channels and develop new sources of opportunity.
• Connect employer and industry engagement with Stern’s broader institutional resources and priorities.
• Identify opportunities to deepen strategically important relationships and address gaps in priority markets.
• Mobilize Stern’s alumni, faculty, experiential learning, student engagement, and other assets to develop broader institutional partnerships that create sustained value for students, employers, and the School.
• Connect market insights, relationships, and activities across Stern to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Coordinate institutional responses.
• Ensure strategically important external relationships extend beyond individual programs or points of contact.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior