Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Implementation

About Fordham:

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off.

Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Department:

Office of the President

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Vice President and Chief of Staff, the Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Implementation serves as the University's enterprise lead for execution of the strategic plan and other major cross-institutional initiatives.

The AVP ensures that strategic priorities are translated into coordinated implementation across academic and administrative units. This role manages the institutional portfolio of strategic initiatives, establishes clear implementation structures and performance tracking, and works with senior leaders to maintain momentum, resolve barriers, and ensure initiatives deliver intended outcomes.

Rather than serving as a policy or planning function, the AVP provides hands-on program leadership, strengthening the University's capacity to execute complex initiatives spanning multiple divisions.

The AVP also leads the development of enterprise tools and processes used to track institutional initiatives and supports alignment across strategy leads embedded in major administrative units, including the Provost's Office and the Finance division.

Essential Functions:

• Leads coordination and execution of the University's strategic plan and major institutional initiatives.
• Advises leadership teams on implementation planning, governance structures, and initiative design.
• Develops and maintains institutional key performance indicators and strategic dashboards.
• Implements and manages enterprise project management infrastructure, including Monday.com.
• Advises units on project governance frameworks such as RACI models.
• Facilitates coordination across units involved in major initiatives to ensure alignment and resolve cross-functional dependencies.
• Prepares reports and analyses for the President, Cabinet, Board of Trustees, and other constituencies.
• Identifies barriers to execution and supports units in resolving challenges to maintain initiative momentum.
• Coordinates implementation efforts with strategy leads in key administrative units.
• Leverages data analytics and generative AI to forecast implementation risks, model strategic outcomes, and enhance the efficiency of performance tracking and reporting for institutional initiatives.
• Ensures enterprise visibility into initiative progress while supporting distributed execution across units.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in strategy, consulting, program management, or higher education administration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree.
• Consulting or strategy experience.
• Higher education administration experience.
• Project management or change management certification.

Salary:

Minimum Salary: $150,000
Maximum Salary: $170,000