Higher Education Executive Roles — Universities, Research Institutions
More than 284 executive roles classified in Higher Education, with 27 new this week. Provosts, Deans, Chief Financial Officers of universities, and senior administrators at research institutions and academic medical centers.
Tier breakdown
3
Founder67
C-Suite99
VP4
Sr Director111
DirectorWhat this category covers
Higher Education covers executive roles at universities, colleges, research institutions, and academic medical centers. The leadership lattice is unique — Provosts and Deans sit at exec-tier alongside CFOs and CIOs.
Academic medical center leadership is often dual-tracked between Higher Education and Healthcare Payers & Providers. The classifier includes such roles here when the primary org is the university.
Across the 284 active roles in this category, the largest tier is Director. The classifier weighs company size, scope, and reporting line — not just the title prefix — so the tier mix reflects real responsibility, not vanity titles.
Sample Jobs (10 of 284)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Vice Chancellor and Chief Advancement Officer ... Jewish Theological Seminary The Jewish Theological Seminary seeks a strategic advancement leader to serve as Vice Chancellor and Chief Advancement Officer, responsible for leading the advancement enterprise and securing philanthropic resources. C-Suite | New York, NY Onsite |
| President Keene State College The University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees and Keene State College invite applications for the 12th President of Keene State College. The role involves leading the college, building on its strengths, and fostering a culture of transparency and innovation. C-Suite | Keene, New Hampshire Onsite |
| Chief Development Officer Montana State University Alumni Foundation The Chief Development Officer will provide executive leadership for the Foundation’s fundraising and development enterprise, overseeing major gifts, planned giving, and campaign strategy. C-Suite | Bozeman, Montana Onsite |
| Director, Sales (Core & Supplemental) Newsela Lead and scale Newsela's Core Curriculum and Supplemental sales organization, focusing on strategic leadership, revenue growth, and management coaching. Director | Remote Remote |
| Chief Human Resources Officer Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is seeking a Chief Human Resources Officer. Isaacson, Miller is assisting with the search. C-Suite | New York, New York Unknown |
| Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Clemson University The CFO provides leadership, management, and oversight of Clemson University's Division of Finance, including financial operations, budget and financial planning, capital planning, facilities, university real estate, insurance and risk services, and more. C-Suite | Clemson, SC Onsite |
| Deputy Athletics Director – Chief Revenue Officer Iowa State University The position provides strategic leadership for Iowa State Athletics’ revenue generation and external-facing operations, overseeing strategic communications, marketing, digital media, licensing, and more. VP | Iowa State University Onsite |
| VP, Software Engineering Blackboard The role involves setting strategy and direction for Blackboard's global software engineering organization, leading AI transformation, and ensuring engineering contributes to financial results. VP | Phoenix, Arizona Hybrid |
| Facilities Management, Associate Vice President Emory University Emory University seeks an experienced facilities leader to oversee facilities operations across multiple campuses, focusing on strategic planning, resource stewardship, and operational excellence. VP | Atlanta, Georgia Onsite |
| Sr. Director, Product - Growth & Monetization Quizlet Responsible for owning the vision, strategy, and business outcomes for Quizlet's growth and monetization. Involves shaping product strategy, developing a team, and partnering with various departments. Sr Director | San Francisco, CA Hybrid |
How classification gets to this category
Higher Education classification follows the same multi-stage pipeline as every other category, with category-specific signal at three stages:
- Title recognition. Direct title hits resolve fast — common variants are recognized immediately, including the senior, VP, and Director-tier flavors.
- Compensation threshold. An exec-tier base-comp floor filters out individual-contributor roles that share the title language. Roles below the floor in unambiguous category titles are flagged for manual review rather than auto-classified.
- JD signals for ambiguous cases. GPT reads the JD for academic-leadership signals: Provost-vs-Dean scope, faculty governance ties, and budget authority. The classifier handles non-corporate title conventions correctly. See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
Negative filters explicitly block adjacent IC and analyst roles whose titles can resemble executive ones. The result: Higher Education as a category in your inbox is the executive cut, not the entry-level cut.
How matching works for your search
Matching on Higher Education is conjunctive. Every dimension you add narrows the result set rather than expanding it.
Example: select Higher Education + CXO-tier and you see Provosts, COOs, and CFOs at major universities and research institutions — your inbox shows the intersection, not the union. You won't see roles that match only one of the filters and not the other.
Tier filtering layers on top. If you only want VP-tier and above in this category, the seniority-tier filter does that cleanly. Restrict further to C-suite only to see the most senior seats, or open it up to Director-tier to widen the funnel during early-stage exploration.
Remote mix