Associate Vice President Institutional Strategy and Pla

Successful candidates will address the following via their cover letter and/or application:

• Significant leadership experience in institutional research, strategic planning, analytics, or related functions within higher education or similarly complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data and external information into actionable strategic insight. Experience with institutional dashboards, business intelligence platforms, and data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau. Understanding of contemporary analytical methods, predictive analytics, AI‑enabled analytical tools, and emerging trends in decision support and institutional intelligence.
• Experience supporting executive leadership and enterprise‑level decision‑making.
• Experience leading collaborative, multidisciplinary teams.

• Resume
• Cover Letter/Letter of Application

• Veteran Employment Preference - Form DD-214

The Associate Vice President for Institutional Strategy and Planning ( ISP ) serves as the university’s senior leader for institutional intelligence, strategic analysis, and evidence-informed planning. Reporting to the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff, the AVP provides executive leadership for institutional research, strategic planning support, policy analysis, benchmarking, and institutional effectiveness. This position helps university leadership assess institutional performance, anticipate emerging trends, and strengthen the university’s competitive positioning in research, education, enrollment, and reputation.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to university leadership on institutional priorities, performance, and long‑run planning.
• Lead analytical efforts supporting strategic planning, academic growth, research competitiveness, enrollment strategy, and institutional effectiveness.
• Provide executive leadership with decision‑ready analysis, benchmarking, forecasting, and environmental scanning.
• Assess emerging trends in higher education, research funding, demographics, workforce needs, and public policy that may affect institutional strategy and positioning.

• Lead the university’s institutional research, reporting, and strategic analytics functions.
• Ensure the integrity and timely completion of all federal, state, accreditation, and external reporting requirements.
• Oversee the development of institutional dashboards, performance indicators, benchmarking studies, and executive reports.
• Advance the university’s capacity for predictive analysis, scenario planning, and data‑informed decision‑making.

• Identify strategic opportunities and risks affecting institutional reputation, enrollment, research growth, and operational priorities.
• Help position the university as a nationally competitive and analytically sophisticated public research institution.
• Monitor institutional peers, market conditions, rankings, and emerging academic and research trends to inform university strategy.
• Support academic program planning and portfolio development through market analysis and labor‑force assessment.

• Lead and develop teams responsible for institutional research, strategic analysis, and reporting.
• Partner across academic and administrative units to strengthen institutional planning, data literacy and analytical capabilities.
• Communicate complex findings clearly and effectively to executive, academic, and operational audiences.
• Represent the university in external benchmarking, survey, and professional organizations.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and ten (10) years of related experience.
• Significant leadership experience in institutional research, strategic planning, analytics, or related functions within higher education or similarly complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data and external information into actionable strategic insight. Experience with institutional dashboards, business intelligence platforms, and data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.…