Higher Education Executive Roles — Universities, Research Institutions
More than 327 executive roles classified in Higher Education, with 14 new this week. Provosts, Deans, Chief Financial Officers of universities, and senior administrators at research institutions and academic medical centers.
Tier breakdown
5
Founder121
C-Suite120
VP0
Sr Director81
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 327 active roles in this category, the largest tier is C-suite. 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 327)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Chair, Department of Surgery Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University seeks an accomplished academic surgeon to serve as Chair of the Department of Surgery. The role involves strategic leadership, faculty recruitment, research advancement, and educational program enhancement. VP | Norfolk, Virginia Onsite |
| Director of Advancement ... faith-based educational institution Lead fundraising and external engagement efforts for a faith-based educational institution. Oversee major gifts, grants, annual giving, donor stewardship, and community partnerships. C-Suite | Dallas, Texas Hybrid |
| Interim Chief Financial Officer ... Green Key Resources Lead financial strategy and ensure fiscal responsibility for the client organization. Oversee financial operations, compliance, and reporting. Collaborate with leadership to align financial strategies with organizational objectives. C-Suite | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Onsite |
| Chief Information Officer New England Conservatory The CIO will provide strategic leadership in developing and executing a technology roadmap, strengthen technology, systems, data, and security infrastructure, and oversee a broad technology portfolio. C-Suite | Boston, Massachusetts Hybrid |
| Chief Pharmacy Officer UC San Diego Health UC San Diego Health and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences are seeking a Chief Pharmacy Officer/Professor and Associate Dean for Professional Practice. This leader will provide oversight and strategic support for pharmacy clinical services at UC San Diego Health. C-Suite | San Diego, California Onsite |
| Sales Director, APAC (Sales & Marketing) Cambly Lead and grow Cambly's B2B business in APAC, focusing on sales and marketing, launching new markets, and managing a regional team. Director | Shanghai; Tokyo Hybrid |
| President ... University of Illinois System The University of Illinois Board of Trustees invites nominations and expressions of interest for the position of University of Illinois System President. The President will lead the System into the next era of higher education with strategic vision, effective communication, and collaborative operational excellence. C-Suite | Urbana, Illinois Onsite |
| Director of Human Resources London School of Economics and Political Science The Director of Human Resources (HRD) at LSE is responsible for developing and delivering an HR strategy that supports the School's objectives. The role involves workforce planning, organisational design, and leadership development. VP | London, England Unknown |
| Vice President for Marketing and Communications Montclair State University WittKieffer is supporting Montclair State University in its search for a Vice President for Marketing and Communications. Additional information and a comprehensive leadership profile are forthcoming. VP | Montclair, New Jersey Unknown |
| Director, Learning Programs Stepful Define and execute Stepful’s learning strategy across healthcare programs, lead a team, and improve student outcomes. Director | New York City, NY Unknown |
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.
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