Senior Advisor Research and Innovation; Partial Remote Option

• 25% - Transformation Portfolio Leadership:
  In partnership with the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, lead a portfolio of high-priority research and data transformation initiatives. Translate broad priorities into clear project charters, stakeholder-engagement strategies, and implementation roadmaps; maintain momentum across multiple projects; and prepare initiatives for successful transition and long-term implementation.
  
  - (Essential)
• 15% - Shared Data Resources and Understanding:
  Contribute to a sustained, collaborative process with T  colleges, system teams, and partners to develop shared data and research resources. Facilitate stakeholder discussions, translate diverse perspectives into clear decisions and recommendations, and develop practical plans for adoption and continued use.
  
  - (Essential)
• 15% - Redesigned Research and Data Footprint:
  Lead a stakeholder-centered redesign of how T  organizes and shares research, data, and insights. Assess the needs of system and college audiences; evaluate the current portfolio of dashboards, reports, and communication channels; and coordinate the development and testing of recommendations for a more modern, coherent, and accessible data footprint.
  
  - (Essential)
• 20% - AI-Enabled Analytics and Data Access:
  Coordinate T 's preparation for responsible AI-enabled analytics and data access within the Office of Research and Innovation.
  
  - (Essential)
• 20% - Stakeholder Engagement:
  Build trusted relationships with T  leaders, college presidents and cabinets, institutional research and effectiveness teams, T  staff, and partners. Design and facilitate engagement processes; communicate complex ideas to technical and nontechnical audiences; build support for new approaches; and develop the documentation, training, and shared resources needed to sustain new practices and capabilities.
  
  - (Essential)
• 5% - Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  - (Marginal)

• Graduate degree in higher education, public policy, organizational leadership, data analytics, statistics, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible experience leading strategic initiatives, transformation programs, research or data initiatives, enterprise projects, or comparable cross-functional work.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex initiatives involving multiple organizational units, stakeholder groups, and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating stakeholder engagement, building consensus, and translating diverse perspectives into decisions, recommendations, shared resources, or implementation plans.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively with executive leaders and technical and nontechnical audiences.

• Experience working within a higher education system, college, university, or state agency.
• Experience leading organizational change, strategic planning, or technology-enabled initiatives.
• Experience working with college presidents and cabinets, system executives, institutional research and effectiveness professionals, state-agency leaders, governing bodies, or other senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of higher education data, institutional research, student success analytics, workforce data, or federal and state reporting.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives by translating broad priorities into clear workplans, milestones, decisions, and sustainable implementation strategies.
• Exceptional project management, facilitation, and consensus-building skills, including the ability to engage diverse stakeholders, navigate competing perspectives, manage dependencies, and move complex work forward.
• Strong understanding of higher education research and data environments, including the relationships among data definitions, reporting logic, business processes, technical systems, analytics, and organizational decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to assess stakeholder needs and guide the development of shared data resources, modern research and data products, and responsible applications of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
• Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills, including the ability to establish credibility, lead through influence, and communicate complex research, data, and technology issues clearly to system executives, college leaders, technical professionals, researchers, and other partners.

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