Assistant Vice President, Architecture, Engineering and Construction

Society for College and University Planning (SCUP); Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction based in Ann Arbor, MI. This strategic leader will oversee planning, designing, and constructing campus facilities.

The ideal candidate will possess senior leadership experience in managing large-scale construction projects, ensuring quality, safety, and fiscal discipline across the capital program. The role includes high-level collaboration with academic and administrative partners to align campus development with institutional goals.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience overseeing large, multidisciplinary design and construction organizations.
• Proven record of delivering major new construction and renovation projects.
• Expertise in managing occupied mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute long-term strategies for campus development and major renovations.
• Align planning and execution with university mission and strategic priorities.
• Oversee entire project lifecycle from feasibility to post-occupancy evaluation.

Skills

Project controls

Governance

Procurement

Contracting

Risk management

Leadership development

Collaboration

Accountability culture

Job description

Overview

University of Michigan seeks a dynamic, strategic leader to serve as its next Assistant Vice President, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AVP).

The institution’s scale and complexity require an Architecture, Engineering, and Construction leader who can translate mission needs into executable plans and successfully build outcomes.

Reporting to the Vice President for Facilities and Operations, the AVP is the University’s senior leader responsible for planning, designing, and constructing campus facilities and associated infrastructure. The AVP sets direction and drives execution across the capital program, ensuring projects deliver value through quality, safety, sustainability, schedule reliability, and fiscal discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute long‑term strategies for campus development, major renovations, infrastructure enhancement, utility distribution planning, and deferred maintenance renewal.
• Align Architecture, Engineering, and Construction planning and execution with the university mission, Campus Master Plan direction, and Facilities and Operations strategic priorities.
• Lead through subordinate directors and managers across architecture, engineering, construction, and project delivery functions.
• Oversee the full project lifecycle: feasibility, programming, design, construction, commissioning, closeout, and post‑occupancy evaluation/learning.
• Serve as a primary liaison to academic leadership, Michigan Medicine, athletics, research units, student life, and administrative partners.
• Provide stewardship of the multi‑year capital portfolio; allocate resources and manage expenditures within budget limitations.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will bring senior leadership experience overseeing large, multidisciplinary design and construction organizations and capital programs of significant scale and complexity, with a proven record of delivering major new construction and renovation projects, including work in occupied and mission‑critical environments. They will offer deep expertise in project controls, governance, procurement, contracting, and risk management, along with the ability to lead through others, develop leaders, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and service.

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Posted: 6/9/26 | Deadline: 9/7/26