Overview and Responsibilities

The Strategic Project Partner is central in the College's continuous improvement efforts. Reporting to the VP of Administration and Chief Strategy Officer, this position develops and manages identified high-impact projects from concept through implementation, ensuring accountability, progress tracking, and successful execution while monitoring outcomes and adjusting as needed to ensure improvements deliver intended results and align with institutional goals, managing risk and effectively communicating across teams. Additionally, this position, in collaboration with IT will develop standardized project planning, manage assigned project scope, timelines, and project budgets, and ensure effective change management strategies are applied throughout project lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Manage identified high-impact projects from concept through implementation, ensuring accountability, progress tracking, and successful execution while monitoring outcomes and adjusting as needed to ensure improvements deliver intended results and align with institutional goals, managing risk and effectively communicating across teams.
• Lead the identification and scaling of operational improvement efforts through data-informed analysis, stakeholder engagement, and evaluation of workflows, systems, and structures that constrain institutional performance.
• Serve as a facilitator and collaborator in problem-solving with a department or departments to design practical, sustainable solutions, not just recommendations, that could involve realignment of processes, systems, positions and/or structures throughout the college and ensure implementation.
• Develop and lead cross-functional operational excellence projects, including planning, organizing, and executing or assigning the task needed to enhance efficiency, reduce friction, and improve outcomes for students and employees. Project examples: Realigning K-12 processes from contract development to student onboarding, redesigning event rentals from interest to production.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable projects with clear scope, timelines, and measurable results.
• Communicate project goals, status, and outcomes clearly to executive leadership, and stakeholders to maintain alignment and transparency.
• Standardize and document improved processes to ensure consistency, scalability, and long-term sustainability of changes.
• Lead with compassion, empathy, and integrity.
• In collaboration with appropriate managers, direct work of teams and individuals assign to projects.