Associate Athletics Director, Peak Performance

Position Purpose

The Associate Athletics Director for Peak Performance supports the Executive Associate Athletics Director in providing vision, leadership, and management for Dartmouth Peak Performance (DP2)-Dartmouth's integrated support team for the health, wellness, and development of varsity student-athletes and teams. In addition to serving as DP2's deputy leader, this role leads and participates in delivery of services for Leadership and Mental Performance, drawing upon deep expertise in sport and performance psychology to guide a team of practitioners providing individual mental performance coaching, group and team sessions, workshops, and coach consultations. This support fosters the psychological and behavioral foundations to empower student-athletes to thrive academically, athletically, and personally during and beyond their time at Dartmouth.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in sport or counseling psychology, human performance, or related field.
• Six years of progressive experience delivering mental performance services in a high-performance athletic, academic, or tactical environment.
• Previous experience leading mental performance staff and services as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Proven leadership and management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills to motivate and work effectively with diverse groups and individuals internal and external to the College.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion in sensitive situations, and work effectively in a fast-paced and complex work environment.