Dean of Administration and Finance
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the largest unit and historic heart of Harvard University, seeks a strategic and visionary change leader to serve as its Dean of Administration and Finance (Dean of A&F). The next Dean of A&F will have the opportunity to serve in a key leadership role at a deeply important and influential School with a rich history and spirit of imagination, experimentation, and purpose. The FAS finds itself at a pivotal moment as it takes on a forward-thinking administrative transformation initiative to best align resources with core mission functions, amplify impact, and ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the academic center of America's oldest university. To actualize this vision, the FAS requires a Dean of A&F who is bold, strategic, and creative and will build strong relationships and inclusive processes that enable equally bold and creative change across the FAS' highly complex operation.
The Dean of A&F is the chief administrative officer of the FAS and is a direct report to Dr. Hopi Hoekstra, the Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences . The FAS encompasses Harvard College (including Admissions and Financial Aid), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Academic Divisions of Science, Social Science, and the Arts & Humanities, as well as Harvard Athletics, the Division of Continuing Education, and many academic centers and institutes, museums, and libraries. The FAS Dean of A&F has oversight of financial matters, including the $1.8 billion operating budget, physical resources and capital planning, human resources, IT, research administration, and other business operations.
The Dean of A&F will serve as a key strategic partner of the Dean and is a critical member of the FAS leadership team. The Dean of A&F will facilitate the integration of academic and administrative operations and planning, ensuring long-term financial sustainability and alignment of resources with research and teaching missions. Leveraging a data-driven approach, the Dean of A&F will provide the Dean and leadership with the information and analysis needed for strategic decision-making and planning. Operating as a problem-solver and change leader, the Dean of A&F will ensure administrative excellence by leading the implementation of reimagined administrative structures and modernized business systems that best serve students, faculty, and staff. Given the complex, decentralized organizational structure of Harvard and how critical the success of the FAS is to the University, the Dean of A&F must build constructive, productive relationships with colleagues within and beyond the FAS, particularly with the University's central financial and operational leaders. The Dean of A&F must be an excellent communicator and collaborator who is committed to transparency and accessibility. They must also be a strong and visible team leader, capable of igniting excitement in the face of change. Lastly, the Dean of A&F will have an unwavering commitment to and understanding of the value of a liberal arts and sciences education and the groundbreaking research that FAS offers in a rapidly evolving world.
The salary grade for this position is 64-more information on Harvard's salary grades is linked here .
Dean Hopi Hoekstra of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences has initiated this search for the Dean of Administration and Finance and engaged the executive search firm Isaacson, Miller, to assist in the recruitment. All inquiries, applications, and nominations, which will remain confidential, should be directed to the search firm as indicated below.
Dan Rodas, Partner
Amble Ryan, Managing Associate
Stephanie Simon, Senior Associate
Nicole Sancilio, Managing Search Coordinator
Isaacson, Miller
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