"Vice President for Enrollment Management (VPEM)"

Vice President for Enrollment Management (VPEM)

Posting Date: February 13, 2026

Compensation: salary commensurate with experience.

Benefit Information: The State University of New York provides an excellent benefits package. This is a Management/Confidential unclassified professional position. Click here for more information on benefits for full-time Management/ Confidential unclassified professional staff.

About The Division of Enrollment Management at SUNY Oswego

The Division of Enrollment Management leads SUNY Oswego's integrated approach to attracting, enrolling, and supporting students, from initial inquiry through successful progression and timely completion. The division is central to advancing Vision 4040's growth agenda, which calls for sustainable enrollment growth across residential, commuter, and online populations, and explicitly includes students studying at both the main campus and the Syracuse Campus.

Rooted in this direction, the university's 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, Transforming Lives, Igniting Possibilities, positions enrollment work as a core driver of institutional success through the GROW driver commitments: developing a five-year strategic enrollment management plan, setting recruitment and retention targets, advancing equity-informed retention strategies, and building a multi-year scholarship model and associated financial plan to increase access and support enrollment and retention goals.

The Vice President for Enrollment Management serves as the university's chief enrollment officer and provides leadership for SUNY Oswego's comprehensive enrollment efforts, including the Office of Admissions, the Office of Financial Aid, and the Advancing Completion through Engagement (ACE) at SUNY Oswego, a comprehensive program designed to help students complete their academic journey to a bachelor's degree.

VPEM's Role and Responsibilities

The Vice President for Enrollment Management is SUNY Oswego's chief enrollment officer, providing strategic leadership for enrollment growth, retention, and institutional sustainability. Reporting directly to the President and serving on the President's Cabinet, the VPEM leads a comprehensive enrollment strategy that integrates recruitment, admissions, financial aid, and enrollment analytics across undergraduate, graduate, online, and international populations.

Working in close partnership with the Provost, Vice President for Student Affairs, Vice President for Administration and Finance, Vice President for Marketing and Communications, Institutional Research, the Registrar, and other campus leaders, the VPEM aligns enrollment goals with academic strategy, the student experience, and resource stewardship, advancing both access and student success.

The ideal candidate will be a visionary and forward-thinking leader with a distinguished record in enrollment management. This individual will be adept at leading complex organizational change and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration. The ability to lead with integrity, make decisions in the university's best interest, and cultivate a collegial, transparent work environment across campus will be essential.

Key responsibilities include:

• Strategic enrollment leadership and planning: Lead and execute an institution-wide enrollment and retention strategy aligned with Vision 4040 and the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan
• Recruitment and admissions operations: Provide leadership across undergraduate, graduate, online, and international admissions; strengthen funnel strategy, yield, and conversion across markets
• Financial aid strategy and affordability: Advance innovative, data-informed financial aid strategies that support recruitment, retention, and equitable outcomes.
• Data, analytics, and forecasting: Strengthen the use of enrollment systems, dashboards, and advanced analytics to support planning, scenario modeling, and continuous improvement.
• CRM and technology enablement: Optimize CRM capabilities across the enrollment funnel (including Slate) and ensure effective adoption across teams and partners.
• Cross-divisional retention partnerships: Collaborate with campus leaders to coordinate student success and retention efforts, connecting enrollment strategies to retention, student support, and academic momentum work.
• Marketing alignment: Partner with Marketing and Communications to integrate brand, communications, and advertising with recruitment and retention strategy.
• Operational effectiveness and team leadership: Build a high-performing, service-oriented enrollment organization grounded in integrity, transparency, and inclusive excellence.
• SUNY Oswego at Syracuse and regional reach: Support strategies that strengthen recruitment and enrollment programming for SUNY Oswego at Syracuse as a distinct, self-supporting professional and continuing education enterprise, expanding access through flexible, blended programs (including undergraduate completion, graduate offerings, and microcredentials) and strengthening regional partnerships that advance workforce development.
• Workforce-aligned enrollment strategy and pipeline development: Lead recruitment, outreach, and pathway partnerships that support enrollment growth in high-demand and emerging fields aligned with the region's high-tech expansion, including strengthened pipelines with high school districts, community colleges, and employer partners to meet evolving workforce needs.

Opportunities for Strategic Growth

SUNY Oswego works continuously to create an inclusive environment... Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in enrollment management.
• Bachelor's degree required; master's degree strongly preferred; doctorate or terminal degree valued.

Preferred Qualifications:

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