Associate Dean for Executive Programs

Associate Dean for Executive Programs
Department: Dean's Office Leadership Team
Salary/Grade: Faculty

Job Summary:
The Kellogg School of Management seeks a strategic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative leader to serve as its Associate Dean for Executive Programs. The Associate Dean will provide strategic vision, leadership, and oversight for Kellogg's Executive Program to include our degree EMBA program and Global EMBA Network as well as our non-degree Executive Education Programs. These programs include activities on our two campuses in Evanston, IL and Miami, FL as well as on the campuses of our current international partners, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University; Schulich School of Business, York University; HKUST Business School; WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. The core goals of this position are to grow and continually improve the academic quality and reputation of our EMBA program as well as grow and improve our Executive Education Programs, ensuring both sets of programming continued ranking among the top programs in the world. We look for a leader who is not afraid to experiment and innovate. This role is a member of the Kellogg senior leadership team reporting to the Kellogg Dean.

*Note: Not all aspects of the job are covered by this job description.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Dean, Deputy Dean, and other Kellogg Senior Leadership to design and deliver a best-in-class educational experience for thousands of the world's most talented senior executives pursuing degree and non-degree based learning annually
• Manage and oversee the operations of Kellogg's Executive Programs at two home campuses located in Evanston and Miami; supervise seven direct reports and oversee a staff of 85 in total; partner with the faculty to assure that the Executive Programs team delivers a world-class educational experience; and serve as the primary face of Kellogg for thousands of Executive Program students studying at the two home campuses.
• Partner with the Chief Operating Officer, to develop margin, revenue and cost targets for the Executive Programs and assure smooth systems and operational integration with all Kellogg's degree and non-degree programs; build effective relationships with senior and functional support leaders across Kellogg
• Develop and Grow Kellogg's Executive Education Portfolio across international and domestic markets as well as all mediums for program delivery
• Partner with Kellogg's Chief Marketing and Communications Officer to build the reputation and brand of the world's oldest and highest-ranked EMBA network; partner with Kellogg's Assistant Dean of Admissions to attract the best students from around the world for admission; collaborate with Kellogg's alumni team to assure that its graduates transition to loyal and engaged alumni.
• Manage and deepen relationships with the senior leaders of Kellogg's international academic partners that host the four network-affiliated joint EMBA degree programs, including traveling globally when possible.
• Work in partnership with the Dean and Deputy Dean to explore opportunities for expanding Executive programs and partners globally.
• Work in partnership with Kellogg senior leadership team to innovate and experiment both in the EMBA program and in the executive education program.
• In the first two years, the Associate Dean will be involved, with the rest of the Senior leadership team, in the construction of the new Kellogg Education Center building (home for our Executive Programs in Evanston) and in implementing the continuity plan during construction.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A genuine passion for contributing to the transformation of a premier global business school that is operating in a rapidly changing environment.
• At least 15 years of relevant leadership and management experience, including experience in a global, education-related, high-touch setting (preferably within business education).
• Relevant international / cross-cultural experience preferred, especially experience living or working abroad.
• Strong team-based orientation; a personality that thrives in matrixed environments and enjoys partnering with fellow senior team members and senior tenured and non-tenured faculty to achieve results.
• An approach to staff management that brings out the best in team members yielding operational excellence, pride, ownership, and a deep commitment to the Executive students and to Kellogg.
• Superior communication skills and the ability to connect with a variety of audiences; clarity, crispness and effectiveness in written and oral presentation. The experience, ability and inclination to be an effective, outgoing spokesperson for Kellogg and Northwestern.
• Exemplary interpersonal and listening skills as well as a high degree of comfort working with senior executives on a global basis; cultural sensitivity.
• A keen eye for operational efficiency and optimal use of resources; the ability to plan, monitor, and tightly manage a budget.
• The ability to travel with some frequency, both domestically and internationally.
• A bachelor's degree and a relevant graduate degree (ie. MBA, MSEd, Ed.D. or Ph.D.) are required. Doctoral experience and academic teaching experience may facilitate partnering with tenured faculty.

Leadership Characteristics:

• Entrepreneurial and Innovative: Constantly evaluates the market and rapidly takes advantage of opportunities to develop new programs or new delivery formats so that Kellogg remains the destination of choice for Executive degree and non-degree programs
• Understanding the Business School Landscape: Understands how NU's key goal of academic excellence is achieved through world-class research and excellent teaching. Knows the business school, including executive learning landscape, and the mission-critical technical and functional skills needed to do the job; has a deep appreciation of the value proposition in management education and understands how businesses operate in general; learns new methods and technologies easily.
• Making Complex Decisions: Can solve complex problems, from organizational to marketing-oriented; identifies opportunities in a fluid, competitive business school landscape and determines internal resources needed to capitalize upon those opportunities; is well organized and resourceful with strong planning skills; effective and efficient at marshaling multiple resources in a multifaceted program.
• Getting Work Done Through Others: Manages a talented and dedicated team well; is skilled at getting individuals, teams, and an entire organization to perform at a higher level and to embrace change; sets and communicates guiding goals; measures accomplishments, holds people accountable, and gives useful feedback; delegates and develops the team across a multifaceted program; is an effective process, work flow, and systems designer; is good at determining metrics to measure success of the Executive programs.
• Focusing on Action and Outcomes: Keeps a focus on the bottom line: the quality of the student experience and operational success of the program; not afraid to initiate action before all the facts are known; drives to finish everything he/she starts.
• Organizationally Savvy: Maneuvers well to get things done to lead a critical program within a larger school and university; quickly learns where to go to get what he/she needs; politically aware and agile; knows what the right thing to do is; presents views and arguments well.
• Strong Ambassadorial Ability: Leads and presents effectively; is seen as the leader of the Executive programs with faculty, partners, students, prospective students and other key stakeholders; adjusts to fit the audience and the message; strongly gets a message across.
• Global Mindset: Broad perspective that transcends boundaries, enabling effective leadership and collaboration with individuals and organizations worldwide.
  

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This is an open rank search. The expected base pay based on rank is as follows:

Assistant Professor: $300,000-$400,000

Associate Professor: $320,000-$420,000

Professor: $340,000-$440,000

This base pay range is for a twelve-month academic appointment and is subject to negotiation. Northwestern University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

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