Senior Director, Alumni Engagement

ubc; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 139,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

UBC, located in Vancouver, seeks a Senior Director, Alumni Engagement to lead the global alumni engagement program. You will partner with the AVP/Executive Director to shape strategy, drive revenue, and grow engagement across local, regional, and international alumni networks.

You will oversee marquee programs, career initiatives, and affinity groups, building partnerships with faculties, the Alumni Association, and volunteers to advance UBC’s strategic plan and philanthropy pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction across alumni engagement strategy and programs.
• Manage budgets and revenue growth for alumni initiatives.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to implement the alumni engagement plan.
• Oversee major alumni programs including graduations, homecoming, and webinars.
• Build partnerships with faculties, Alumni Association, and external stakeholders.

Job description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Development & Alumni Engagement, Level F

Job Title

Senior Director, Alumni Engagement

Department

UBC Alumni Engage Leadership

Compensation Range

$12,418.42 - $18,613.67 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Posting End Date

September 14, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

Job Summary

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

The Senior Director, Alumni Engagement works closely with the Associate Vice President/Executive Director and as an integral part of the alumni UBC Leadership Team to develop and direct long-term University-wide strategies for a comprehensive, innovative, and highly-effective global alumni engagement program. With the goal of engaging 50% of our 450,000, and growing, alumni body; doubling the number of alumni engaged and enhancing the Alumni Associations capacity via increased revenue production. The Senior Director role will provide leadership across our marquee programs, student engagement initiatives, young alumni outreach, career programming, and affinity groups; actively supporting and contributing to the development, cultivation and growth of a philanthropy pipeline.

Areas of responsibility include leading the strategy for local, regional, and global alumni engagement; creating and executing a strategy to deepen engagement enhancing opportunities for alumni to contribute to UBC and key alumni programs; advising and providing recommendations to senior administration and the President's office on strategic opportunities and best practices; deepening the relationships and collaborative efforts with senior leadership in Faculties and Departments across both campuses, colleagues in the Development and Alumni Engagement portfolio, Board of Directors, external stakeholders, and with lead volunteers.

This position plays a key role in the successful implementation of the new alumni UBC Strategic Plan and the Alumni Engagement Campaign, monitoring overall organizational performance towards key performance indicators as well as translating strategic priorities into tactical activities and success for team members.

Organizational Status

Reports to the Associate Executive Director, Alumni Engagement & Alumni Association. Reports directly to the AVP Alumni/Executive Director, alumni UBC

Work Performed

• Provides leadership, guidance, and direction across a wide range of areas including policy setting and strategy development and implementation relating to staff, operations, budgets, organizational development, marketing, Board, governance, university relations, and strategic alliances for the whole of the enterprise
• Providing strategic direction, leadership, preparation, and administration of the alumni UBC budget to ensure fiscal integrity, responsibility, and operational best practices; supporting plans to successfully grow revenue
• Advocating for and nurturing relationships between alumni, alumni UBC, the Development Office, DAE Services, President's Office, and other key partners across both campuses and external to the University
• Growing university-wide alumni engagement efforts and creating strategic alignment with constituent-based programs and initiatives creating enhanced experiential learning opportunities by leading the career programs including: career support, summer internships, and returning alumni for career growth and advancement
• Developing the strategy to ensure a culture of engagement among students and young alumni
• Provides oversight of the largest alumni programs including: 12,000 + graduates twice a year, homecoming with participation rates of 20,000+ individuals, ongoing alumni webinar series with participation rates in the high thousands, and strategizes and develops with various faculties, University leadership, and ceremonies teams to align programs with University's long-term strategy.
• Leads strategic direction, planning, and implementation of UBC's next imagination strategy, creating flexibility for learners and reimagining extended learning within the Univers