Associate Vice President – Auxiliary and Business Services
Listed on 2026-07-21
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Management
Operations Management, Financial Manager, Corporate Strategy, Risk Manager/Analyst
Associate Vice President – Auxiliary and Business Services
Job No: 26123
Department: CFO & Vice President for Admin
Work Type: Staff - Full Time
Location: Main Campus (Houghton, MI)
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Categories: Business, Finance, Student Affairs
Applications Close Date: August 16, 2026
Michigan Technological University is an R1 technological research university founded in 1885 in Houghton. Our rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's scenic Upper Peninsula and is home to nearly 7,500 students from more than 60 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 185 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Research focus areas include defense, health, energy, automotive, environment, and aerospace.
The area’s waters, forests, and snowfall support year‑round recreation, including skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, and paddling. The University is an integral part of the region, supported by a friendly and welcoming community that takes pride in being a true college town. We embrace our size, climate, sense of adventure, and originality.
Responsibilities and Essential Duties- Provides strategic oversight and executive leadership for a portfolio of self‑operated and contracted auxiliary and business service units, ensuring financial sustainability, operational excellence, and alignment with institutional priorities.
- Drives financial performance across the division, including budget development, long‑range forecasting, pricing strategy, and executive reporting of operating results to senior leadership.
- Leads contract strategy and vendor governance for all major auxiliary agreements, including dining services, vending, shuttle service, and pouring rights; ensures contractual, financial, and service expectations are met.
- Directs the division’s capital planning and deferred maintenance priorities, including coordination with Facilities Management on construction, renovation, and equipment lifecycle projects.
- Cultivates a culture of leadership excellence by providing coaching and mentoring, supporting professional development, and building a high‑performing senior leadership team of 5 direct reports who are accountable for outcomes.
- Evaluates business models and service delivery approaches across the portfolio, informed by peer benchmarking, financial analysis, and curated evaluative criteria.
- Establishes and enforces performance standards, key performance indicators, and operational monitoring systems to drive results and continuous improvement across all business units.
- Builds and maintains strong partnerships with university leadership, faculty, staff, students, vendors, contractors, alumni, and the broader campus community.
- Leads and supports divisional compliance with university policies, health and safety requirements, and regulatory standards.
- Represents the division to the Board of Trustees, senior leadership, and external stakeholders; prepares and presents financial, operational, and strategic reports and exhibits.
- Commits to learning about and applying continuous improvement strategies, including Lean methodologies, in everyday work; actively engages in university‑wide continuous improvement initiatives.
- Applies safety‑related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.
Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, hospitality management, higher education administration, or a related field.
Required Experience- Significant and progressively responsible senior leadership experience in auxiliary services, higher education administration, finance, operations, or a comparably complex multi‑unit operation, with demonstrated success managing complex, multi‑million‑dollar operating budgets, multiple enterprise functions, and direct supervision of professional staff.
- Experience must include decision‑making authority for financial performance; development of housing, dining, or other auxiliary or retail pricing strategy and fee schedules; contract governance and vendor oversight; and…
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