Senior Director, Operations and Strategic Initiatives

New York University • New York, NY

1d • $110,000 - $150,000

About The Position

The NYU School of Professional Studies (SPS) seeks a Senior Director, Operations and Strategic Initiatives, to provide administrative leadership across a broad portfolio of credit- and non-credit business and media academic programs. Reporting to the Senior Associate Dean of the Division of Programs in Business (DPB), the Senior Director manages budgets, supervises staff, and coordinates non-curricular operations across academic units and initiatives.

The role oversees the administrative delivery of conferences and special events, manages custom educational offerings for external clients, and oversees operational aspects of strategic industry partnerships and Industry Impact Initiatives. Working with academic leaders and colleagues across SPS and NYU, the Senior Director turns priorities into plans, resolves issues across units, and uses data to anticipate needs and improve processes across SPS’s largest academic division.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in administrative or business leadership.
• Experience with direct primary budget oversight, strategic leadership of professional staff, and complex strategic project management.
• Proven experience leading strategic administrative operations across multiple units and managing high-level external corporate or institutional partnerships.
• Strategic financial leadership, primary budget oversight, and executive project governance.
• Ability to translate broad institutional vision into long-range strategic plans, balance competing organizational priorities, and use data analytics for executive decision-making.
• High discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential executive personnel and financial matters.
• Exceptional executive communication and negotiation skills, with a track record of building collaborative partnerships with faculty, university executives, and external corporate leaders.
• High technical proficiency with artificial intelligence tools, advanced financial modeling, executive presentation platforms, and strategic enterprise software.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in business administration, higher education administration, public administration, or a closely related field.
• At least 10 years of experience working within higher education administration, continuing education, large-scale conference management, or strategic industry partnerships.
• Familiarity with NYU administrative structures, financial systems, and policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative leadership across credit- and non-credit business and media academic programs.
• Manage budgets and supervise staff.
• Coordinate non-curricular operations across academic units and initiatives.
• Oversee the administrative delivery of conferences and special events.
• Manage custom educational offerings for external clients.
• Manage the operational aspects of strategic industry partnerships and Industry Impact Initiatives.
• Work with academic leaders and colleagues across SPS and NYU to turn priorities into plans and resolve issues across units.
• Use data to anticipate needs and improve processes across the Division of Programs in Business.

What This Job Offers

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