Senior Director, Operations and Strategic Initiatives

Position Summary

The NYU School of Professional Studies (SPS) seeks a Senior Director, Operations and Strategic Initiatives, to provide administrative leadership across a broad portfolio of credit- and non-credit business and media academic programs. Reporting to the Senior Associate Dean of the Division of Programs in Business (DPB), the Senior Director manages budgets, supervises staff, and coordinates non- curricular operations across academic units and initiatives. The role oversees the administrative delivery of conferences and special events, and manages custom educational offerings for external clients, and the operational aspects of strategic industry partnerships and Industry Impact Initiatives. Working with academic leaders and colleagues across SPS and NYU, the Senior Director turns priorities into plans, resolves issues across units, and uses data to anticipate needs and improve processes across SPS’s largest academic division.

Qualifications

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree In a related field Preferred Education: Master's Degree Business administration, higher education administration, public administration, or a closely related field. Required Experience: 7+ years Progressively responsible experience in administrative or business leadership, including direct primary budget oversight, strategic leadership of professional staff, and complex strategic project management. Proven experience leading strategic administrative operations across multiple units and managing high-level external corporate or institutional partnerships. Preferred Experience: 10+ years Experience working within higher education administration, continuing education, large-scale conference management, or strategic industry partnerships. Familiarity with NYU administrative structures, financial systems, and policies. Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Strategic financial leadership, primary budget oversight, and executive project governance. Proven capacity to translate broad institutional vision into long-range strategic plans, balance competing organizational priorities, and leverage data analytics for executive decision-making. Demonstrates high discretion and sound judgment when handling confidential executive personnel and financial matters. Exceptional executive communication and negotiation skills with a track record of building collaborative partnerships with faculty, university executives, and external corporate leaders. High technical proficiency with artificial intelligence tools, advanced financial modeling, executive presentation platforms, and strategic enterprise software.

Additional Information

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $110,000.00 to USD $150,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.

Since 1934, the NYU School of Professional Studies (NYU SPS) has been a deeply respected institution of higher education that is grounded in applied learning. From its early years, training returning World War II veterans to fulfill the nation’s urgent need for skilled technical workers, it has evolved into a professional education powerhouse that offers 20 graduate degrees, 14 bachelor’s degrees for undergraduate students, four associate’s degrees, and a plethora of continuing education courses and credentials.

NYU SPS is a thought leader, and serves as an incubator for new ideas in industries that are constantly changing. We prepare students for in-demand jobs in fields including real estate, hospitality and tourism; global affairs; global sports management; publishing; marketing and public relations; project management; executive coaching and organizational consulting, human capital management; information technology, management and systems; translation; publishing and professional writing. NYU SPS is focused on building skills that open doors to opportunities in emerging fields and global markets. NYU SPS faculty members are leading experts in their areas of discipline, with a hands-on approach that encourages students to push beyond their limits and to break new ground.

NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.

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Posting Number2026-16819

Posted Date (11/10/2026 4:37 PM)

Location : LocationUS-NY-New York

Hybrid Remote Work ClassificationHybrid: 60% to 80% Onsite

DepartmentDPB-Administration (Administrators)

School/DivisionSchool of Professional Studies (CP1108)

Compensation GradeBand 54

UnionN/A

FT/PTFull-Time

CategoryBusiness/Professional Administrative