Director of Faculty Lifecycle Services

Job Summary

The Director of Faculty Lifecycle Services is part of the Faculty Personnel Support (FPS) functional area within the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) and provides leadership for faculty lifecyclepolicies and services, ensuring consistent, high-quality,compliant, and timely execution of documentation-intensive andcycle-based faculty personnel processes across the institution.“Faculty” includes Lecturers, Instructional Associates and Visiting and Adjoint Faculty;
Research Faculty;
Specialized Faculty (i.e.,Clinical, In-Residence, and Teaching Faculty);
Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty.

The role serves as a campus subject-matter expert on faculty employees in the context of a higher education institution. In collaboration with the vice provost for faculty affairs, the director sets the vision, strategic goals, and operational standards related to faculty lifecycle activities (e.g.,appointment, tenure, promotion, leave, retirement), translating institutional policy into scalable tools, guidance, and workflows aligned with faculty needs, OFA priorities, and compliance expectations.

The director leads institution-wide faculty lifecycle design, and processes (e.g., organizational development, tools, templates);supervising a team of staff, focuses on building relationships andtrust within OFA and Academic Affairs and across campus; fosters aculture of customer care and positivity; handles challenging situations, such as conflicts with campus partners or difficult employees; models a solution-oriented approach; establishes documentation standards and cycle calendars; oversees compliance and audit responses; defines governance with HRSC and partners with Academic Affairs data teams for consistent reporting, insights, and decision making support.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating aworkplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds toapply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The Provost's Office is the face of Academic Affairs; as such, thework unit is oriented toward providing service that supports the institution's academic role and mission. The Division of Academic Affairs is led by the Provost and exists to nurture, foster, and support the development of outstanding academic research and instructional programs on the University of Colorado Boulder campusto ensure our students are offered academic excellence in their undergraduate and graduate educations!

• Serve as a high-level strategic partner and advisor to the vice provost for faculty affairs
• Have primary accountability for all Faculty Personnel processes across campus. This includes, for example, annual merit, appointments (e.g., primary and additional appointments, addenda,MOUs, administrative, endowed, emeriti), comprehensive reviews, post-tenure review, promotions, reappointments, recruitment authorizations, reporting to the Board of Regents and CU System, retirements, sabbatical and other academic leaves, salary equity, tenure, tenure clocks, and tenure transfers.
• Collaborate closely with staff at the CU System administration, chancellor’s office, provost’s office, academic affairs, campus human resources, dean’s offices, office of information technology,and faculty affairs
• Work independently to lead all aspects of the Faculty Lifecyclefunctional area within the Faculty Personnel Support area of the Office of Faculty Affairs
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Faculty Lifecycle functional area, including policy monitoring and implementation, service priorities, staffing design, capacity planning, supervision, and performance oversight
• Develop positive and collaborative relationships with academic leaders, HR leaders, and faculty specialists in units across thecampus, ensuring strong communication and partnership, as well as reciprocal relations. This includes regularly convening faculty specialists and their supervisors as appropriate, for trainings,communications, and…