Chief Campus Transformation Officer

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The Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI) is a non-partisan non-profit dedicated to equipping the next generation of Americans with the skills to communicate and collaborate across lines of difference. Since 2017, CDI has partnered with more than 150 colleges and universities nationwide, offering an evidence-based suite of programs designed to reach stakeholders at every level of a campus—from presidents to incoming students—to create campus cultures of inquiry and dialogue.

CDI was co-founded by psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the bestselling author of The Righteous Mind and The Anxious Generation.

Over the past three years, since launching its campus-wide strategy, CDI has rapidly grown to partnerships with more than 150 campuses across the country – ranging from Ivy League institutions to community colleges, and everything in between – to deliver programming that supports dialogue across differences. CDI is now embarking on a pivotal phase to deepen its work in supporting campuses in weaving the principles of inquiry and dialogue into their institutional fabric to create lasting cultural change.

The Chief Campus Transformation Officer will found and lead CDI’s new Campus Culture Change department, reporting to the Co-Founder & Executive Director and serving on CDI’s executive leadership team. As the inaugural leader of this function, they will build the strategy, operating model, and core systems from the ground up, design and execute CDI’s approach to large-scale culture-change engagements, oversee delivery across campuses and state systems, and build a high‑performing team to drive this work nationally.

• Define and execute the long‑term vision and strategy for CDI’s Campus Culture Change function, positioning it as a central driver of CDI’s mission and growth.
• Design scalable consulting models, frameworks, and systems from the ground up, to ensure consistent, high‑quality delivery and measurable impact across campus partnerships.
• Build and lead a high-performing team
  , fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.

• Lead high-impact consulting engagements with colleges, universities, and state systems—from initial scoping through execution—to help campuses build self-sustaining cultures of inquiry and dialogue.
• Serve as CDI’s lead consultant and senior advisor for high-profile institutional and higher‑ed system partnerships, engaging directly with senior university leaders on strategy and change management.

• Oversee the execution of CDI’s Leadership Institute
  , an invite-only initiative that brings together teams of presidents and senior leaders from select campuses to develop and implement strategic change efforts.
• Partner with the Chief Impact Officer to identify and develop new offerings to support senior campus leadership.
• Serve as a key member of CDI’s executive team
  , contributing to organization‑wide strategy, planning, and decision-making.
• Represent CDI as a thought leader through speaking engagements, op‑eds, and external partnerships.

• 10+ years leading large-scale culture change initiatives.
• 7+ years of consulting experience, including direct advisory work with senior leaders (presidents, provosts, deans, or equivalent).
• Substantial experience leading full-scale, multi-stakeholder initiatives within higher education institutions or systems, from strategy through implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to build or scale a consulting practice, department, or comparable function.
• Exceptional communication skills, including strong executive presence and public speaking ability; able to engage senior executives and guide sensitive organizational conversations.
• Strong strategic and systems-thinking skills, with a track record of translating vision into measurable impact.
• Trained in academic theories of organizational development, systems change, and culture change, with the ability to apply and adapt theoretical models to real-world institutional…