Deputy Executive Vice President, Knowledge Enterprise

Arizona State University (ASU) is seeking a strategic, collaborative, and operationally savvy leader to serve as Deputy Executive Vice President of the Knowledge Enterprise (KE). The Deputy Executive Vice President will play a central role in supporting the Knowledge Enterprise in achieving its goals by providing leadership, management, and direction, while advancing key initiatives and managing complex interdisciplinary efforts. As the primary strategic partner to the Executive Vice President, Sally Morton, they will be charged with turning high-level strategy and ideas into tangible, impactful results. 

A leading public university based in the metropolitan Phoenix area, ASU is realizing a bold reinvention of higher education as the New American University. Under the leadership of President Michael Crow, ASU has developed numerous programs and units that bridge and transcend disciplinary boundaries to enable the exploration and discovery of new knowledge while developing solutions to serve Arizona and the world at large. The university has strong and simultaneous commitments to educational attainment, innovation, and sustainable outcomes, and assumes significant responsibility for the cultural, social, and economic vitality of its surrounding communities. This strategy is built around intellectual fusion, use-inspired research, and scholarship that addresses today’s largest and most essential societal problems. 

The Knowledge Enterprise advances a vibrant environment of discovery, interdisciplinary research and innovation, trains and supports entrepreneurs, leads the university’s economic development activities, engages with corporate partners and international development agencies, and facilitates technology transfer. It houses several trailblazing multidisciplinary institutes and initiatives and boldly aims to not simply find solutions to grand challenges, but to fundamentally reshape how the world solves problems. 

The Deputy Executive Vice President will join KE at a time of exceptional growth and momentum and will be tasked with executing major initiatives and partnerships and ensuring cross-functional integration across KE’s diverse units and programs, with a particular emphasis on KE’s entrepreneurial, innovation, and industry efforts. They will serve as a high-functioning collaborator, able to quickly adapt to changing priorities and capable of advancing a wide range of projects housed in KE and across the institution, ranging from health, sustainability, engineering, and the physical and biological sciences. They will exemplify ASU’s inclusive values and commitment to excellence, fostering an environment of innovation, collaboration, and operational effectiveness in alignment with the university’s charter and goals.  

To be successful, the Deputy Executive Vice President will address key opportunities listed below and outlined in detail on pages 3-4 of this document:  

• Translate the Executive Vice President’s vision and KE’s strategic plan into actionable operational plans
• Lead, manage, and coordinate cross-functional efforts among KE units to achieve integrated outcomes 
• Establish and manage high-level partnerships with academic institutions, industry leaders, healthcare organizations, government agencies, and non-profit entities
• Oversee the execution of complex, multidisciplinary projects and major initiatives, monitoring progress, budgets, and outcomes

 
Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process/until the position is filled. For more details, including the full position profile and to submit inquiries, nominations, referrals, and applications, please see below. Electronic submission of materials is required.

David Bellshaw is leading this search with Drew Nichols and Kendra Moleé. 

Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please visit: https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/