Campus Executive Director

Campus Executive Director

Lead the Campus. Drive the Mission. Deliver Results.

The Campus Executive Director is responsible for the overall success and long-term performance of two Tidewater Tech campuses. As the senior executive leader for both locations, this role drives operational excellence, financial performance, academic quality, regulatory compliance, and student outcomes while ensuring each campus delivers on the institution's mission to prepare students for successful careers in the skilled trades.

Through strategic leadership, sound financial stewardship, data-driven decision making, and the development of high-performing leadership teams, the Campus Executive Director creates an environment where students, employees, and the institution thrive. Success is measured through sustainable enrollment growth, student retention and graduation, career placement outcomes, employee engagement, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and the overall health and culture of each campus.

• Strategic Leadership:
  Develop and execute long-term business strategies that drive sustainable enrollment growth, operational excellence, and financial performance across both campuses.
• Academic & Student Experience Leadership:
  Champion academic quality and the overall student experience by ensuring instructional excellence, student engagement, persistence, graduation, and career readiness.
• High-Level Stakeholder Management:
  Build and maintain relationships with key industry partners, accrediting bodies, and community organizations to foster collaboration and support campus initiatives.
• Broader Accountability:
  Lead the financial strategy for the campus, ensuring sustainable growth and efficient resource allocation to support long-term goals.
• Decision-Making & Influence:
  Lead campus hiring decisions, shaping the organizational structure to meet strategic objectives, and ensuring staff performance aligns with campus goals.
• Enhance Outcome Focus:
  Drive measurable improvements in student outcomes and operational efficiency, with accountability for key performance indicators such as graduation rates, job placement success, and campus financial performance.

Strategic, Operational & Financial Leadership

• Own overall business performance for both campuses, including P&L accountability, revenue growth, budgeting, forecasting, operational efficiency, and long-term financial sustainability.
• Develop and execute strategic growth plans aligned with organizational priorities.
• Develop enrollment forecasts and operational plans that align staffing, instructional capacity, and financial performance.
• Lead campus leadership teams to achieve enrollment, retention, graduation, placement, and financial performance goals.
• Drive operational excellence through continuous process improvement and effective resource allocation.
• Oversee campus facilities, capital planning, and operational investments while evaluating future expansion opportunities.
• Identify and mitigate operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational risks impacting campus performance

• Directly manage the Director of Education at each campus while maintaining accountability for academic quality, instructional excellence, and student learning outcomes.
• Champion a student-centered learning environment that promotes engagement, persistence, graduation, and career readiness.
• Ensure compliance with accrediting agencies, state regulators, Title IV, Title IX, and all institutional policies.
• Lead accreditation visits, audits, compliance reviews, and regulatory reporting.
• Partner with academic leadership to ensure curriculum, instructional delivery, and academic resources remain aligned with employer and student needs.

Team Leadership & Matrix Collaboration

• Directly lead, coach, and develop the campus leadership team across Academics, Admissions, Student Financial Services, Student & Career Success, and Compliance.
• Build and sustain a high-performing, mission-driven culture centered on accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and exceptional student service.
• Recruit, develop, and retain campus leaders while building a strong succession pipeline for critical leadership positions.
• Establish clear performance expectations, provide ongoing coaching and feedback, and hold leaders accountable for achieving campus and organizational objectives.
• Partner effectively with Corporate functional leaders through a matrix leadership structure to ensure alignment with institutional standards, initiatives, and best practices.
• Lead organizational change initiatives while fostering employee engagement, adaptability, and operational excellence.

Community, Industry & Stakeholder Engagement

• Represent both campuses as the senior executive leader within the community.
• Develop strategic partnerships with employers, workforce agencies, military organizations, secondary schools, community leaders, and advisory boards.
• Strengthen employer relationships to…