Executive Director, Stigler Center

Booth Stigler Center The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:

• an unmatched faculty.
• degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
• a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
• strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/. The Executive Director will be responsible for managing, staffing, budgeting, and implementing the Center's mission. The Executive Director ensures that the Center’s various activities and programs are integrated while leading the staff’s efforts in doing the same. The Executive Director will oversee the Center's communication strategy. This role will be crucial in promoting the Center to external parties, including donors, and seeking partnership opportunities in the sphere of the Center’s influence, including journalists, policymakers, and other thought leaders. The Executive Director will lead the execution of the Center’s long-term strategy, outlined by the Faculty Director and the Board.

• Leads annual budget and strategic planning alongside the Faculty Director, including identification and implementation of new initiatives, and sunsetting of current ones. Monitors quarterly revenue and expenses vs. budget and adjusts plans as needed.
• Hires, leads, motivates, and develops a team of nine Stigler Center Staff (five program, operations, and initiatives staff and four research staff). Sets the department's strategic direction in terms of overall business objectives and talent management/workforce planning and budget.
• Oversees the Communications and Marketing Strategies, assuring the integration of the Center’s multi-stakeholder, multi-channel strategic marketing, and communication plans across ProMarket.org publication, Capitalisn’t podcast, and other Center initiatives and platforms. Oversees integrated content calendar and execution of all communications and marketing efforts across all platforms.
• Serves as a key spokesperson for many of the Stigler Center’s activities involving alumni and students, such as introducing speakers, interacting closely with Stigler Faculty Advisory Committee members, and soliciting and helping to secure donations from prospective alumni donors.
• Acts as the Center’s Air Traffic Controller, managing project flow, prioritizing various initiatives due to deadlines, the needs of senior University officials, and other factors. Ensures teams and projects are fully informed of initiatives.
• Integrates work streams and efforts that otherwise would be siloed, identifying synergies and dissonance between the Center’s research initiatives, conferences/events, podcast, and digital publications. Ensures proper information flow on key Center initiatives between the Faculty Advisor, Center staff, and appropriate departments.
• Serves as a key spokesperson for many of the Stigler Center’s activities involving alums and students, such as introducing speakers, interacting closely with Stigler Faculty Advisory Committee members, fundraising.
• Manages related teams. Establishes department priorities, may be responsible for the management of the center budget, allocates resources and executes strategic plans.
• Oversees a communication strategy and marketing efforts aimed at increasing the visibility of the Center. Collaborates with others to make the center a valuable resource to all students and contributes to the broad goals of creating a stronger campus community.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field. Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Master’s degree.

• Minimum eight years of professional experience.
• Minimum six years of progressively responsible management/leadership experience.
• Background in nonprofit or higher education sectors.
• Professional communications, marketing, and brand strategy experience.
• Manage individuals and successfully navigate large, complex organizations.
• Familiarity with financial budgeting and planning.

• Demonstrated strategic leadership skills in leading a team.
• Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Well-seasoned strategic planning and project management skills.
• Strong track record of execution of key deliverables under compressed timelines, close attention to detail, and produce high-quality results across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Build relationships and manage up, down, and across with high emotional intelligence.

• Occasionally, may need to work evenings and weekends during conferences/events.
• This position is expected to work in the office.

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

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