Senior Associate Vice President for Strategy, Planning, and Decision Support

About the role

The Senior Associate Vice President for Strategy, Planning, and Decision Support (Senior AVP) serves as the principal deputy and second-ranking executive officer of the Division of Administration and Finance. Reporting to the Vice President for Administration and Finance (VPAF), the Senior AVP leads campus-wide strategic planning, institutional effectiveness, and decision support in partnership with the Office of the Provost and academic leadership.

Responsibilities

• Leads campus-wide strategic planning, institutional effectiveness, and decision support in partnership with the Office of the Provost and academic leadership.
• Advances the University’s mission as a Carnegie R1 land-grant institution.
• Directly supervises the Office of Planning, Budget and Analysis and the Office of Decision Support, providing executive leadership over the University’s $869 million annual operating budget development process and integrating budget, institutional research, business intelligence, and analytics functions into a unified planning and decision support capability.
• Ensures alignment of University planning and resource allocation with the strategic plan, the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) requirements, and Board of Regents priorities.
• Translating institutional priorities and external requirements into actionable plans, weighing competing demands across academic and administrative units, and exercising sound judgment on politically and financially significant matters.
• Reading, interpreting, and acting on complex budget, financial, and operational data; translating analytics into clear executive recommendations; integrating planning, budget, and institutional research into unified decision support.
• Representing the VPAF and the University with credibility before NSHE, the Board of Regents, the Legislature, donors, and community partners; reading political and institutional dynamics accurately; maintaining confidentiality and discretion in sensitive matters.
• Building productive working relationships across the Division of Administration and Finance, the Office of the Provost, academic leadership, and external stakeholders; leading through influence as well as line authority.
• Leading cross-functional initiatives through completion; designing and implementing process improvements; bringing discipline to the planning, decision, and follow-through cycle in a complex public-sector environment.
• Leading professional staff at the AVP, Director, or comparable level.
• Overseeing or partnering with business intelligence, institutional research, or analytics functions.
• Leading change management and operational execution in a complex public-sector environment.
• Recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing professional staff; setting clear expectations and accountability; fostering an inclusive, service-oriented culture across reporting units.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and seven (7) years OR Master’s Degree and five (5) years of progressively responsible managerial and/or related professional work experience.
• Leading strategic planning or institutional effectiveness; or developing, implementing, and managing budgets for complex organizations, including supervisory oversight of a budget office; or business intelligence, institutional research, or data-informed decision-making, including supervisory oversight of an analytics or institutional research function; or combination of the above.
• Leading professional staff at the AVP, Director, or comparable level.
• Higher-education experience or equivalent public-sector experience working with a board, system office, or legislative body.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and seven (7) years OR Master’s Degree and five (5) years of progressively responsible managerial and/or related professional work experience.
• Leading strategic planning or institutional effectiveness; or developing, implementing, and managing budgets for complex organizations, including supervisory oversight of a budget office; or business intelligence, institutional research, or data-informed decision-making, including supervisory oversight of an analytics or institutional research function; or combination of the above.
• Leading professional staff at the AVP, Director, or comparable level.
• Higher-education experience or equivalent public-sector experience working with a board, system office, or legislative body.
• Master’s degree in public administration, business administration, public policy, higher-education administration, finance, or a related field.

Skills

• Strategic Judgment
• Financial and Analytical Fluency
• Executive Presence and Political Acumen
• Collaborative Leadership
• Change Management and Operational Execution
• Team Development

Benefits

Remarkable Retirement
Health insurance options including dental and vision
Generous annual, sick leave, long-term disability and life insurance
E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center offers annual or semester memberships and spouse/domestic partner membership options.
Mountain EAP supports employees (and eligible dependents) through life's difficult moments.
Faculty Senate is the principal representing body for faculty.

Pay

$194,200 - $291,300
Salary is competitive and commensurate with related education and experience.

Schedule or Travel Requirements

Within state, regionally, or nationally as needed