Overview In this role you act as the strategic administrative partner to museum and institute leadership, driving financial stewardship and operational excellence. You will oversee budgets, long-range planning, HR, IT, procurement, and compliance to support the mission of YPM/IPCH. You'll lead a high-performance business office team and collaborate with university partners to advance science, preservation, and education. The role combines strategic planning with hands-on leadership in a complex, mission-driven environment.
Responsibilities- Serve as strategic partner to organization leadership to develop and implement strategy and resource plans
- Oversee comprehensive business affairs, including budgeting, long-range planning, HR, IT, and compliance
- Provide financial analysis, budgeting, and resource optimization to support program objectives
- Implement strong internal controls, manage risk, and ensure regulatory and university policy compliance
- Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performance administrative and financial team
- Coordinate with university units and external providers to ensure high-quality administrative services
- Drive continuous process improvement and operational excellence
- May perform other duties as assigned
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree with seven years of progressively responsible experience or equivalent
- Strong fiscal responsibility with accounting, financial reporting, and analysis knowledge
- Proven experience in complex strategic planning and resource allocation
- Experience in managing relationships and influencing outcomes
- Demonstrated success in developing people and organizations
- Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to navigate a complex, multi-stakeholder environment with diplomacy and adaptability
- leadership
- relationship-building
- communication
- Workday
- YBT
- financial planning and analysis
