Executive Associate Athletics Director for Sport Administration

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Key Accountabilities

| Description |
Varsity Sports Administration & Strategic Project Management

• Provides strategic leadership and direction all 35 NCAA Division I varsity sports, including support for head and assistant coach searches, and preparation of an annual performance update/report for each varsity program.
• Co-leads department-wide and cross-functional projects and initiatives (e.g., roster management, sport program resource comparisons, benchmarking studies) from scope definition through execution, including timelines, milestones, resource plans, and status reporting to senior leadership.
• Provides strategic leadership to the team of sport administrators to ensure consistent, quality support is provided across all varsity sports, including meeting/agenda preparation, coach professional development programming, and general sport administration resources and tools.
• Builds and maintains sport administration resources, tools, and dashboards to help sport administrators manage assigned programs effectively and efficiently.
• Partners with the compliance office to ensure competition schedules for all varsity teams meet departmental standards for equity and comply with NCAA, Ivy League and other associated conference rules, and to advance department priorities related to game guarantees and foreign competition/tours.
• Partners with Athletics Advancement office to advance fundraising priorities for varsity teams, including cultivation and stewardship strategies for major donors, sport-specific giving campaigns, and endowment initiatives.
• Analyzes varsity sport practices and data to identify inefficiencies, benchmark against peer institutions, and recommend alternative approaches that maximize departmental resources, leverage purchasing power, and align resources with strategic priorities.
• Serves as a member of the Roster Management team, providing oversight of compliance and gender equity with institutional roster management requirements.

| | Percentage Of Time | 35% |

| Description |
Sport Supervision and Oversight

• Supervise, evaluate and develop selected Varsity Sports Teams- includes supporting hiring and maintaining coaching staffs, competition scheduling, budgeting, fundraising, and other programmatic decisions.
• Regularly evaluate program resources and performance goals, strategic planning, and management of student-athlete grievances and issues.
• Provide leadership through direct and established regular meetings with coaching staff.
• Travel with a team, when appropriate.
• Attend occasional practices.
• Build rapport with students, support staff, alums, and donors.

| | Percentage Of Time | 40% |

| Description |
General Administration

• Serves as a member of the athletic director’s senior leadership team; contributes to department-wide administration, policy development, and strategic planning efforts.
• Gathers, organizes, and distributes best practices, benchmarking data, and other relevant information from peer institutions to inform administrative decision-making.
• Serves on department and college committees; articulates and furthers the department’s vision and goals in concert with the College’s mission and values.
• Maintains effective relationships with faculty, students, alumni, and athletics support groups.
• Serves as liaison with the Ivy League, NCAA, and other organizations as assigned by the Director of Athletics and Recreation.
• Evaluates, prioritizes, and resolves incoming issues and concerns of a sensitive or confidential nature, recommending or executing an appropriate course of action.
• Demonstrates professionalism and collegiality through actions, interactions, and communications with others appropriate to an environment that is welcoming to all.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

| | Percentage Of Time | 25% |

| -- | Demonstrates professionalism and collegiality through actions, interactions, and communications with others appropriate to an environment that is welcoming to all. | | -- | Performs other duties as assigned. |

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Documents Needed to Apply

Required Documents 1. Resume 2. Cover Letter

Optional Documents 1. Additional Document #1 2. Additional Document #2