Director of Strategy and Programs; A&H

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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is the historic heart of Harvard University. It is the home of Harvard’s undergraduate program (Harvard College, founded in 1636) as well as all of Harvard’s Ph.D. programs (the Harvard Kenneth

C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1872), Harvard Athletics and the Division of Continuing Education. The 40 academic departments and 30+ centers of the FAS support a community unparalleled in its academic excellence across the broadest rangeof liberal arts and sciences disciplines. Together, the FAS seeksto foster an environment of ambition, curiosity and shared commitment to knowledge and truth that elicits excellence from all members of our community and prepares the next generation ofleaders through a transformative educational experience.

The Division of Arts & Humanities is entering an ambitious new chapter, and the Director of Divisional Strategy and Programs willplay a critical role in it. Working in close partnership with the Divisional Dean, the Director will help shape and advance aforward-looking agenda focused on growing student engagement withthe arts and humanities by increasing course enrollment, attractingconcentrators, and making a compelling, evidence-based case that humanistic inquiry is among the most valuable offerings at Harvard.

This is a role for someone who combines genuine intellectual commitment to the arts and humanities with the strategic and operational skills to turn vision into reality. The Director willbe a thought partner to the Dean, an architect of implementable plans, and a relationship-builder who can bring faculty, staff, and institutional partners along on a shared journey.

• Serve as chief of staff to the Divisional Dean, maintaining broad situational awareness across the division and ensuring priorities, projects, and problems receive appropriate and timely attention
• Partner with the Dean to define the division’s strategic direction, with particular focus on initiatives that grow student enrollment in arts and humanities courses and increase the numberof students concentrating in fields across A&H
• Lead the annual and multi-year strategic planning process,translating priorities into a clear divisional roadmap with concrete goals, timelines, and accountabilities
• Design and implement policies, programs, and operational frameworks that embed new directions into sustainable divisional practice
• Build alignment across faculty, functional partners, and institutional leadership around shared divisional priorities,facilitating communication and sustaining momentum
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Dean, providing well-framed decision support on complex issues, emerging opportunities, andtime-sensitive matters; frame options clearly, identify trade-offs,and drive toward alignment
• Cultivate strong working relationships with faculty and staff leaders across the division, fostering a collaborative and transparent culture
• Track and communicate progress against strategic priorities,surfacing risks early, recommending course corrections, and ensuring the Dean and key stakeholders have a clear and current picture of divisional initiatives
• Articulate and champion the professional value of arts and humanities education, connecting disciplinary depth to student career readiness and long-term impact

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum 10 years of experience in strategy and administration
• Experience developing and executing multi-year strategic plans

• Advanced degree in arts, humanities, or a related field preferred
• Higher education or similarly complex organizational experience strongly preferred
• Genuine passion for the arts and humanities and a deep beliefin their place at the center of a rigorous education
• Strategic thinker with the ability to move fluidly from visionto action, building implementable plans from complex, long-range goals
• Skilled relationship-builder, effective across faculty,administrative leaders, and senior institutional partners
• Strong written and oral…