Associate Vice Chancellor (AVC) of Organizational Strategy and Performance

Key Responsibilities

• Shared Services: Driving efficiencies by assessing opportunities to centralize certain administrative functions across units while ensuring the model fits the University’s needs.
• Focus on Mission: Evaluating non-mission-driven functions for alternative delivery opportunities.
• Zero-Based Budgeting/Targeted Program Evaluation: Improving fiscal discipline by targeted evaluation of program outcomes and requiring justifications for all expenses, driving cost-saving measures across departments.
• Engagement and Change Management: Encouraging campus-wide participation in cost-saving efforts and fostering a culture of continuous improvement through change management.
• Data-Driven Administrative Review: Use data to evaluate administrative spend and guide strategic decisions about resource allocation to areas of growth or reduction of overhead costs where inefficiencies are identified.

Qualification & Requirements

Minimum Education And Experience Requirements

• Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent) with three years or greater of related professional experience; for candidates demonstrating comparable professional backgrounds, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and five years or greater of relevant experience in substitution.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience

Minimum of 8-10 years of professional, hands-on experience in strategic planning and analytics. Also:

• Successful managing and delivering a wide variety of analytic solutions to internal and external stakeholders.
• Solid planning, priority setting, and project management skills with experience managing multiple projects and resources concurrently.
• Proven experience influencing a business or marketing strategy through the application and/or management of advanced statistical techniques and data driven solutions.
• Ability to think strategically and ‘big picture,’ including formulating appropriate analytic solutions to solve client business needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to develop relationships across diverse teams (including statistical, technical, and marketing resources).
• Ability to display data visually, creating powerful presentations that effectively demonstrate the value of analytic deliverables to senior level client staff.
• Highly motivated, collaborative, and innovative.
• Proven track record for providing leadership.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience

• Experience in performing these functions in a public research university setting is strongly preferred.
• Strong communication skills.
• Coalition building and collaboration skills.

Benefits

UNC -Chapel Hill offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package , paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.