Assistant Vice President Services

Assistant Vice President for Advancement Services

The Development and Alumni Relations organization at Johns Hopkins University has a development team of approximately 550 individuals and an overall budget of $70 million. The division enjoys tremendous support from the academic leadership of Johns Hopkins University and Medicine. More than 190 front-line fundraisers help to generate an average of $800 million in total commitments annually, with the last three fiscal years averaging over one billion dollars per fiscal year.

The division has embraced a set of core operating values that have helped the organization and the behavior of the entire team. These values are:

• A deep commitment to collaboration and working across boundaries.
• A focus on people through the professional development and growth of the staff.
• A driving awareness of the responsibility to build internal and external relationships for the University.
• A fundamental commitment to integrity.
• An embrace of creativity and innovation.
• A trust in and respect for colleagues and the spirit of transparency.

Assistant Vice President, Advancement

The Assistant Vice President (AVP) will bring their senior advancement services and operations experience to an executive leadership position within the Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) organization, providing central services to all 550+ staff. The AVP is responsible for developing and implementing a long-term vision and strategy for technology, data governance, data utilization, and pipeline development for the Johns Hopkins development and alumni relations organization.

The Assistant Vice President provides strategic leadership and direct management of teams that analyze, develop, and deliver the data and technology required to fuel a successful advancement operation. Teams include Data Administration, Customer Success & IT Services, Relationship Management & Prospect Analytics, and Development Research.

The AVP will lead through intentional, strategic partnerships with other members of DAR leadership, and with teams and programs across the University and Medicine. This role manages a team of senior leaders, setting directives for overall priorities and overseeing response and prevention to data security concerns. They will oversee critical projects impacting all of DAR and Johns Hopkins University. The AVP will function as the senior-most leader on all DAR initiatives related to data, infrastructure, technologies, and reporting, often acting as a direct liaison to JHU stakeholders in risk management, data governance, and account management.

Duties and Responsibilities

OSA Leadership and Management

• Manage staff located across the organization with the use of clearly defined and measurable goals and metrics to assess individual and team performance; such systems should inspire all staff and engender a commitment to reaching all professional goals.
• Establish annual goals, plans, and operations. Measure progress toward goals and make decisions related to organizational strategic planning and vision.
• Work closely with DAR leadership to help facilitate organizational goals, increase organizational capacity, shorten time to decisions, and strengthen the organization's overall performance.
• Conduct process mapping across DAR to better align technology, decision-making, and workflows.

Foster a positive working environment

• Lead and inspire the team by fostering a culture where effective teamwork, collaboration, innovation, excellence, and inclusion are recognized and rewarded; lead by example regarding professionalism, creativity, entrepreneurship, appropriate risk-taking, and cross-organizational cooperation.
• Cultivate a culture that embraces DAR and JHU values and engages and grows staff throughout their tenure at Hopkins.

DAR Leadership and Management

• Provide strategic leadership to DAR as a member of the DAR Executive Team.
• Collaborate with the staff throughout the entire organization as a leader, advocate, mentor, catalyst, and expert.
• Work closely with DAR leadership to help facilitate organizational goals, increase organizational capacity, shorten time to decisions, and strengthen the organization's overall…