Senior Associate Director, Executive Education Initiatives

Department

Booth Executive Education

About the Department

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary

The Senior Associate Director, Executive Education Initiatives, will be responsible for business management and strategic initiatives that support the mission, growth strategy and operating model of Chicago Booth Executive Education. This newly created role will report to the Associate Dean of Executive Education and provide oversight of KPIs, financials, business operations and lead new initiatives collaborating with the Executive Education Senior Leadership team and key stakeholders at Chicago Booth and University of Chicago. This senior level position will lead special projects across the team to achieve operational efficiency, YOY revenue growth and business model innovation.

The Senior Associate Director will be viewed as a trusted partner and have proven relationship building skills with peers, executive-level stakeholders and external partners. The Senior Associate Director will be responsible for leading the Executive Education financial forecasting, annual budgeting process and reporting by collaborating closely with Chicago Booth budget office and internal stakeholders. As a member of a cross-functional leadership team, the Senior Associate Director will develop growth strategies and coordinate with Business Development, Marketing, Global Program Management and Operations functions on growth of custom and open enrollment programs. The Senior Associate Director will collaborate with global staff based in Chicago, London and Hong Kong on strategic initiatives that support Executive Education operational efficiencies and revenue growth. The role will be responsible for project management and facilitation of new initiatives, change management, partner relationships, tracking and reporting on relevant KPIs/success metrics, supporting global market research and working on special projects alongside Executive Education team as well as wider University of Chicago stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• As a senior member of the Executive Education team, participates in establishing objectives, long-term goals, policies, and procedures with the Executive Education Associate Dean and Directors.
• Assists in developing, coordinating and managing project plan life-cycle, including financials, of all programs in alignment with Executive Education KPIs.
• Manages vendor contracts and relationships with external partners.
• Manages pipeline of existing and new revenue growth initiatives.
• Coordinates and facilitates internal/external team meetings.
• Liaise with Chicago Booth faculty on specific new programs and special projects.
• Provides market research and competitive intelligence support.
• Works on strategic special projects to support revenue growth and overall business strategy.
• Partners with internal stakeholders, such as accounting, finance, contracts, legal, risk, and operations, to prioritize quality control and customer experience for programs and initiatives.
• Ensures client, faculty and external partner satisfaction on end-to-end operating model and process.
• Hires, onboards, trains and evaluates staff and external faculty, as needed.
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