Associate Dean of Student Affairs

SLAC; Palo Alto (CA); Híbrido; USD 185.000 - 265.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

PTO 18+ days

Health benefits

Flexible work options

Tuition assistance

403(b)

Wellness programs

Commuter benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Stanford University’s School of Engineering is seeking an Associate Dean of Student Affairs to lead the Office of Student Affairs and provide school-wide leadership on student issues. The role reports to the senior associate dean and represents Stanford Engineering on university committees.

OSA manages TA allocations, graduate fellowships, and global programs, while partnering with faculty to address student needs, policy, and program developments.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree required; ten years of relevant experience preferred, or an equivalent combination.
• Experience in higher education setting strongly preferred.
• Ability to work constructively with faculty, staff and students at all levels.
• Strong leadership and strategic management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets and resources.

Responsabilidades

• Direct managers and leaders; build leadership pipeline and coaching.
• Resolve complex issues with university-wide scope and strategic impact.
• Provide strategic direction for a school or major function; manage programs, budget, facilities and staff.
• Counsel and collaborate with senior leadership on long-range planning and policy development.
• Make independent decisions on projects and programs with limited review.
• Manage policy compliance and respond to grievances.
• Help set internal policy direction and influence university-wide matters.
• Serve as senior advisor to the dean on programmatic development and policy.
• Lead major initiatives and drive implementation of project efforts.
• Represent school initiatives at senior meetings and external engagements.
• Partner with university entities to determine new business and technology initiatives.

Conocimientos

MS Office

Communication

Analytics

Leadership

People management

Tech understanding

Credibility

Collaboration

Budget management

Educación

Bachelor’s degree

Herramientas

Microsoft Office Suite

Descripción del empleo

This position has been deemed critical by the School of Engineering Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.

For Stanford University employees, please apply through the Opportunity Marketplace within Sequoia.

Note - Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. All candidates must be eligible to work and live in the U.S.

Work Arrangement: This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with a minimum of 4 days/week working at the Stanford main campus, subject to operational needs.

Budgeted Salary: The budgeted base salary range for this position is $184,670 to $265,000 per annum.
The School of Engineering
Stanford Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century, creating pivotal technologies that have transformed the worlds of information technology, communications, health care, energy, business and beyond. Our faculty and students are creative risk-takers who pursue excellence across a breadth of disciplines. Our alumni include some of the world's most successful leaders in technology and business. Our staff are critical to enabling Stanford Engineering to accomplish its mission: seeking solutions to some of the world's most urgent challenges and educating leaders who will make the world a better place through the power of engineering principles, techniques and systems.

School of Engineering is seeking an Associate Dean of Student Affairs to manage the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) and provide school-wide leadership on student issues. Reporting to the faculty senior associate dean, the associate dean is the senior student affairs staff member in the school, representing Stanford Engineering on university committees and working closely with peers in other schools and with the vice provosts for graduate education, undergraduate education, and student affairs.

OSA manages the school’s fund allocation for teaching assistants (TAs) and graduate fellowships, runs global programs for Stanford students and international students visiting Stanford, oversees the Technical Communication Program, and is responsible for a wide portfolio of student success and engagement initiatives. Within the school, the associate dean works with faculty and departmental student affairs staff to build community, develop and share policy and best practices, help solve student problems, address grievances, and partners with faculty on new and existing programs.

This is an opportunity to shape the experience of undergraduate, coterminal, MS, and PhD students across one of the world’s leading engineering schools, and to serve as a trusted advisor to school leadership on student programs and policy.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience working in a higher education setting.
• Familiarity with the needs of undergraduate, coterminal, MS, and PhD students, including relevant academic policies.
• Ability to work constructively with faculty and staff, as well as with students at all levels of our programs.

Responsibilities

Core Duties:

Direct efforts of managers; develop those in leadership positionsand in the leadership pipeline, make hiring decisions, provide coachingand mentoring, manage performance, determine staffing needs, develop andensure succession planning within area of responsibility.

Identify, clarify, and resolve complex, highly visible issueswith university-wide scope and strategic impact and substantialsignificance which may span multiple areas, using advanced technical andprofessional knowledge requiring broad discretion and judgment andin-depth knowledge of university policies, governance andpriorities.

Provide strategic direction for and manage a school or a majorfunction within an academic area, school, or student and campus life,including responsibility for programs, budget, facilities, andstaff.

Provide counsel and collaborate with senior leadership, inlong-range planning, policy development, for a school or majorprogram.

Work independently to make decisions regarding projects,programs, and initiatives, with limited or no review by seniormanagement: commit university resources with limited or no review bysenior officers.

Manage exceptions to university, program, or unit policies andprocedures; determine appropriate response to settlegrievances.

Participate in setting the direction of a school’s internalacademic and administrative policy development for programs andadministrative operations. Negotiate and influence on matters ofuniversity-wide impact.

Serve as senior advisor to dean on programmatic and policydevelopment. Recommend new internal policies, guidelines andprocedures.

Manage, interpret, implement and ensure compliance with legal,financial, university, academic and administrative policies and externalregulations within an organization or program.

Direct complex, high-visibility process redesign and innovationprojects; Champion major initiatives, develop and drive implementationof project initiatives.

Lead, identify and develop priorities for university orschool/department-wide student services initiatives, and outreachprograms.

Represent school/department programs and initiatives at seniorlevel meetings, conferences, and to both internal and externalconstituents.

Partner with key individuals from across the university todetermine new and ongoing business and technology initiatives.

Bachelor’s degree and ten years of relevant experience, orcombination of education and relevant experience. Experience in highereducation setting strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

User knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Advanced communication skills to clearly and effectivelycommunicate information to internal and external audiences, clientgroups, and all levels of management.

Strong analytical skills to review and analyze complex financialinformation.

Strong leadership and strategic management skills.

Experience managing people.

Understanding of underlying technological needs andrequirements.

Ability to establish credibility and effective workingrelationships across organization.

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively.

Demonstrated experience with significant and complexbudgetary/financial management.

• Pay Range $168,517-$314,565
• Pay Frequency Annually
• Fixed Term N
• Stanford Schools and Units School of Engineering
• Full time or Part time Full Time
• Regular or Temporary Regular
• Job Category Student Services
• Posting Date 11/03/2026, 11:34 PM
• Grade M
• Job Identification 201615

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Benefits that support you, and your future

18+ PTO days per year

Health benefits start when you start

Flexible work options

$6000+ annual tuition and training assistance

403(b) plan

Mental health and wellness programs

Free and discounted commuter transportation

Applies to regular full-time positions.

Notice to Applicants
The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classifications and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of their job.
Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Stanford University provides job pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a particular job. The specific pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on a wide range of factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic work location, relevant knowledge, skills and abilities, relevant education, years of relevant experience, depth and breadth of relevant experience, and performance; further including but not limited to other business and organization needs such as the scope and responsibilities of the position, the minimum qualifications, departmental budget availability, and market and internal equity across the university, school/ unit, department, as well as job reporting relationships.

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