The Opportunity
Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.
Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.
You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.
Position Summary
Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance, and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student experiences.
Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are under immense pressure to improve outcomes, build trust, and reduce the cost of providing services. They are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.
The Education & Research Program Director serves as the primary partner for EDR Business Unit Leadership team. They will work closely with the EDR Business Unit and Solution leaders, the Education & Research Strategy & Portfolio Management Lead, the EDR Chief of Staff, and the BU and EDR Corporate Operations team to drive development and operationalization of strategic growth initiatives on behalf of the Business Unit. In addition to these responsibilities, this role will be focused on enabling our EDR organization to succeed — managing interesting, complex and cross-functional projects and interactions that help enable us to better serve our clients.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, analytical, and outcomes-focused with an entrepreneurial spirit to execute key projects. They have experience working cross-functionally in high pressure environments, and possess a positive, client-focused, collaborative, and can-do mindset.
Qualifications
Essential Duties:
- Partner with BU leadership team to organize and execute on strategic priorities for the BU, including program management, communications, strategic initiative coordination and implementation
- Represent the strategic and operational priorities of BU leadership in key meetings
- Work closely with business unit leadership to ensure proper execution of regular cadence of BU meetings, while also ensuring prioritization of key strategic initiatives and priorities across the BU
- Direct the collection of data and production of related analyses to support the BU’s strategic initiatives and special projects
- Identify opportunities for collaboration and synergies across BU, EDR and Enterprise; as well as actively managing portfolio priorities
- Identify areas of inefficiency and barriers to success across the BU; partner with EDR and enterprise resources to make recommendations, reengineer processes, and implement solutions
- Partner successfully with the Sales and Enablement team on market intelligence to identify trends and portfolio recommendations
- Support/liaise with the annual strategy process for the BU as well as own strategic growth initiatives, run overall PMO/accountability for execution of BU priorities
- Support budgeting process as it pertains to BU strategic priorities and initiatives, in partnership with BU OBP
- Reports to Business Unit Leader(s)
- Planning and managing logistics for leadership meetings
- Support BU leaders with preparing for executive-level Business Unit updates on relevant strategic initiatives and special projects
- Serve as a primary point of contact for Solution Leads, MDs, and Principals across the BU
Requirements:
- US Work Authorization
- Bachelors Degree or relevant work experience
- 8+ years experience in management consulting, or operations at a fast growing organization.
- Strong written and interpersonal communication skills with the proven ability to simplify and clearly communicate complex topics to various stakeholders.
- Ability to manage, organize and prioritize, leading effectively through the dynamics of change in an entrepreneurial environment
- Ability to drive consensus while working across all levels of an organization.
- Ability to navigate complexity and multi-task across competing demands
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
- Innovator with a “get things done” mentality
The estimated base salary range for this job is $125,000 - $200,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $143,750 - $260,000. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future
Posting Category
Education
Opportunity Type
Regular
Country
United States of America
