Presidential Strategic Leadership Fellow

Department Overview

The Office of the President provides leadership and support for the University of Virginia’s highest institutional priorities. UVA is beginning a comprehensive strategic planning process under President Beardsley’s leadership. The strategic planning process, supported from the Office of the President and guided by a faculty‑led strategic planning committee to advise the President, will involve University leaders, faculty, staff, students, the Board of Visitors, and other stakeholders.

The strategic planning process will assess UVA’s current state, engage broadly across the UVA community, gather and analyze stakeholder input, and establish a fully developed institutional strategic plan. The resulting plan will guide implementation, evaluation, and progress monitoring across the University moving forward. To support this work, the Office of the President is establishing a strategic analysis team that will provide research, analysis, project management, and executive decision support for University strategic planning, presidential priorities and strategic initiatives.

The Office of the President is seeking a Presidential Strategic Leadership Fellow to join its strategic analysis team. This is a high‑impact, two‑year limited‑term opportunity for recent UVA graduate or professional degree recipients with demonstrated experience in analytics, project management, problem identification, data visualization, artificial intelligence tools, and workflow design. The Presidential Strategic Leadership Fellow will be part of a team that includes other post‑graduate and post‑undergraduate Fellows who work collaboratively on some of the University’s most important strategic priorities.

The Fellow will function as an internal consultant and project manager, supporting institutional analysis, strategic planning, executive decision‑making, and the design of University‑wide initiatives that are presidential priorities. They will conduct research, analyze complex information, structure ambiguous problems, develop dashboards and presentations, coordinate cross‑functional work groups, and provide recommendations to senior University leaders. The strategic analysis team will work closely with the executive vice presidents’ offices, Institutional Research and Analytics, the UVA Wise Chancellor’s Office, UVA Health Strategic Planning, University schools and units, and other institutional partners to ensure data integrity, coordination, and alignment.

The team will also pilot and deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to improve data synthesis, automate administrative workflows, and identify opportunities to create organizational value.

• Support the development and evaluation of UVA’s institutional strategic plan.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to support executive‑level decision‑making.
• Analyze stakeholder feedback gathered through engagement efforts.
• Review progress related to major strategic initiatives and other institutional priorities.
• Translate complex findings into clear insights, recommendations, briefing materials, and executive‑level presentations.

• Provide project management, research, coordination, and analytical support to the strategic planning committee.
• Support strategic planning work groups and other strategic initiative teams chartered by the Office of the President.
• Track strategic initiatives and prepare milestone and progress reports.
• Manage multiple complex projects in a collaborative and evolving environment.

• Develop dashboards and reporting tools to measure the progress, impact, and return on investment of strategic initiatives.
• Collect, organize, analyze, and visualize data for University leaders and strategic work groups.
• Pilot and deploy generative AI tools to support data synthesis, research, and administrative workflows.

• Provide research, documents, presentations, and planning support for the President and presidential priorities.
• Prepare executive briefings, decision‑support materials, and strategic…