Vice President for Global Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid

New York University•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a senior leader within the Global Enrollment Management and Student Success (GEMSS) Division, the Vice President for Global Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid reports to the Senior Vice President for Global Enrollment, Student Success, and Strategic Positioning. The Vice President is responsible for translating the Division's goals into coordinated, high-performing undergraduate recruitment, admissions, financial aid, and precollege operations across NYU’s global campuses, including New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai. In close partnership with campus leadership, academic schools, and GEMSS colleagues, the role ensures alignment of recruitment, admissions, and affordability strategies with University-wide goals, governance, and long-term sustainability. Guided by a human-centered, data-informed approach, the Vice President provides strategic and operational leadership that strengthens enrollment outcomes, advances access and affordability, supports student success, and reinforces NYU’s global reputation. This senior leader operates in close partnership with Student Success, Alumni Relations, and Enrollment Marketing and Strategic Communications, leading a team of roughly 120 FTEs and having 6 direct reports across the global campuses. This is a critical leadership role within Global Enrollment Management and Student Success (GEMSS) at a time when NYU is focused on strengthening undergraduate enrollment outcomes, sharpening its global recruitment strategy, and aligning financial aid more deliberately with institutional priorities. In partnership with GEMSS leadership, the Vice President will play a central role in executing NYU’s undergraduate new student enrollment strategies—driving recruitment, admissions, and financial aid efforts that support class composition, academic quality, and net revenue performance across a complex, global institution. The Vice President will bring clarity, consistency, and coordination to undergraduate recruitment, admissions, and financial aid strategy for 12 schools from New York, Abu Dhabi and Shanghai—ensuring alignment across schools, campuses, and programs while respecting local context and academic priorities. This role is well-suited for a leader who can translate institutional direction into actionable strategy, operational excellence, and measurable results. New York University seeks an accomplished and forward-looking leader to serve as its Vice President for Global Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid, bringing strategic vision, analytical rigor, and a deeply collaborative approach to leading a complex, global admissions and financial aid enterprise that sits at the heart of the University’s mission and financial sustainability. The Vice President will understand the scale, ambition, and nuance of NYU’s multi-campus ecosystem and possess the judgment, agility, and global perspective required to guide high-impact decisions in a dynamic, highly visible environment.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Higher Education, Business, Law, Communication, K-12 Education or another related field
15+ years professional experience developing successful recruitment initiatives, mentoring and/or community stakeholders, and supervising staff
Significant related experience developing organizational strategy for undergraduate recruitment, admissions, and financial aid units that directly impacts decision-making at the senior executive level
Energetic leader with outstanding written, oral, and interpersonal skills
Broad knowledge of higher education leadership, access, recruitment and yield outcomes, budgeting, operational planning, program planning and development, and human resource management
Demonstrated ability to build relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, including deans, faculty, external organizations and high school and college counselors as well as other key administrators to inspire people to action
Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, data-gathering, analytical, and reporting skills
Familiarity of undergraduate and pre-college education pipelines that enhance the development of a strategic plan, report to state agencies and new enrollment and net revenue goals

Nice To Haves

Doctoral Degree in Higher Education, Business, Law, Communication, K-12 Education or another related field
Well versed in Financial Aid and Title IV policies and compliance
Understand recruitment strategies
Experience with global recruitment
A track record of data and analytic approach to recruitment strategies and outcomes

Responsibilities

Translate the Division's goals into coordinated, high-performing undergraduate recruitment, admissions, financial aid, and precollege operations across NYU’s global campuses (New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai)
Ensure alignment of recruitment, admissions, and affordability strategies with University-wide goals, governance, and long-term sustainability in close partnership with campus leadership, academic schools, and GEMSS colleagues
Provide strategic and operational leadership that strengthens enrollment outcomes, advances access and affordability, supports student success, and reinforces NYU’s global reputation
Lead a team of roughly 120 FTEs and manage 6 direct reports across the global campuses
Execute NYU’s undergraduate new student enrollment strategies, driving recruitment, admissions, and financial aid efforts that support class composition, academic quality, and net revenue performance across a complex, global institution
Bring clarity, consistency, and coordination to undergraduate recruitment, admissions, and financial aid strategy for 12 schools from New York, Abu Dhabi and Shanghai
Drive a Coordinated Global Recruitment and Admissions Strategy
Strengthen Financial Aid as a Strategic Lever
Lead Operational Excellence in Admissions
Operate Effectively in a Complex Environment
Lead and Develop a Distributed Organization