Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance (“EVP”)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance (“EVP”)

The Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, is a top-ranked public college and one of the leading research universities in the USA.  Georgia Tech provides a technologically focused education to more than 32,500 undergraduate and graduate students in fields ranging from engineering, computing, and sciences, to business, design, and liberal arts.  Georgia Tech is ranked the 8th Top Public University and the 35th National University by U.S. News & World Report.  In FY18, Georgia Tech’s R&D expenditures were $908M.

As Chief Business Officer of Georgia Tech, the EVP will provide exceptional leadership and direction to business and financial functions including planning and resource management, financial and business services, campus services, human resources, information technology, campus planning, design and construction, operations and maintenance, strategic consulting, and police and public safety.  The EVP will establish goals for these functions, determine resources needed to meet these goals, assess performance, provide feedback and make strategic decisions.

Reporting to the President, the EVP is a member of the President’s Cabinet, and will interact consistently, as well as advise and counsel, with the President, President’s Cabinet, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and other key internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is an expert in building and leading effective teams; ensuring accountability; a collaborative leader with a proven track record of increasingly complex administrative roles.  S/He will demonstrate a commitment to valuing differences, solving issues through a global perspective lens, and committed to partnering with the academic and research enterprises to ensure their continued success at Georgia Tech.

For a full description of the position specification, please visit:

https://gatech.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=0178371&lang=en

Georgia Tech has retained Korn Ferry, a national executive recruiting firm, to assist with this search. All nominations, inquiries, and application materials should be submitted in confidence to Korn Ferry.  The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications immediately and continue to accept applications and nominations until the position is filled. However, in order to assure the fullest consideration, candidates are encouraged to have complete applications submitted to the search firm assisting the university by December 20, 2018.

Please direct all applications, nominations, and inquiries for the position to the search firm at the contact information below:

Beau Lambert, Senior Client Partner

Ken Kring, Senior Client Partner

Georgia Tech specific email:  gtevp@kornferry.com  

Georgia Tech does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, disability, religion, age, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law in its employment, educational programs and activities, admissions policies, and scholarship and loan programs as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and Institute policies. Georgia Tech also prohibits unlawful harassment including sexual harassment and sexual violence.