Senior Program Planner - Strategy & Programs
About the role
Provides senior-level operational, planning, project, program, and performance leadership in direct support of the Vice Chancellor, Enterprise Physical Operations, Infrastructure, Capital Programs, and Real Estate.
Serves as a central integrator across WashU Medicine and the Danforth Campus, working closely with facilities leadership teams, schools, departments, academic chairs, executive administration, and cross-functional partners.
Serves as a primary point of coordination and representation in the Vice Chancellor's absence, as delegated.
Responsibilities
- Direct Support to the Vice Chancellor, Enterprise Physical Operations, Infrastructure, Capital Programs, and Real Estate
- Supports execution, coordination, and follow-through of initiatives, priorities, and responsibilities assigned to the Vice Chancellor, translating direction into organized workplans, schedules, and deliverables.
- Exercises delegated decision-making authority related to sequencing of work, prioritization of deliverables, and day-to-day execution decisions, escalating policy, budget, or high-risk issues as appropriate.
- Prepares leadership briefings, analyses, presentations, and recommendations.
- Tracks priorities, risks, decisions, and follow-up actions across all assigned areas.
Requirements
- Functional Leadership, Supervision & Enterprise Coordination
- Ledgers and supports teams and cross-enterprise initiatives spanning operations, planning, projects, and programs.
- Supervises assigned staff, project teams, consultants, and workgroups, including setting priorities, coordinating workplans, monitoring performance, and supporting professional development.
- Represents the Vice Chancellor’s priorities and direction in meetings, working sessions, and cross-campus forums, as delegated.
Qualifications
- Departmental & Institutional Strategic Planning
- Coordinates development, tracking, and reporting of departmental and service-area strategic plans across operations, planning, and facilities functions.
- Ensures departmental strategies align with institutional goals, capital plans, and program priorities.
- Consolidates, synthesizes, and presents strategic updates and progress reports for leadership review.
Skills
- Not Applicable
Benefits
- Personal Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
- Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
- Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
- WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
- Wellness Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
- Family We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We’ve got you covered.WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.
Pay
$84,200.00 - $148,500.00 / Annually
Schedule
Normal office environment. Physical Effort Ability to travel to various on- and off-campus locations.Alternative work schedule as a regular part of the job (on-call, shifts, evening, weekends).