Deputy Director, SRR Delivery Unit (Internal Employment Opportunity)

OSU Oregon State University; Corvallis (OR); On-site; USD 98,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition reduction

Flexible work arrangements

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Oregon State University in Corvallis seeks a Deputy Director, SRR Delivery Unit. This full-time, 12-month professional faculty position translates SRR priorities into coordinated work plans, tracks milestones, risks, and dependencies, and serves as the operating liaison among Delivery Unit leaders, workstream sponsors, and project owners.

The Deputy Director leads and develops Delivery Unit staff, integrates change management and communications into implementation planning, and helps build OSU’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, higher education administration, organizational development, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Three years’ experience directing or leading project managers, change management staff, or matrixed contributors.
• Experience managing a complex project portfolio with cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with senior leaders and operational teams.
• Commitment to inclusive excellence and collaborating across varied roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day Delivery Unit operations and execution cadence.
• Coordinate workstream progress, surface risks, and drive follow-ups.
• Unblock issues with Workstream Leads and Project Owners to maintain momentum.
• Translate strategic direction into implementation activities across workstreams.

Skills

Business acumen

Communication skills

Relationship building

Inclusive excellence

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

This is an Internal Employment Opportunity. The Office of the Provost is seeking a Deputy Director, SRR Delivery Unit. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position. Strategic Resource Renewal started in 2026, when OSU embarked on a university wide effort designed to ensure a clear path forward for students, employees, and the communities we serve. The Strategic Resource Renewal (SRR) Delivery Unit Deputy Director helps translate SRR priorities into sustained action across the university. Reporting to the Delivery Unit Director with a dotted line to the Deputy CFO, the Deputy Director ensures approved priorities become coordinated work plans, keeps milestones and decisions moving, and gives leaders an accurate view of progress, risks, dependencies, and support needed. The Deputy Director is the principal operating liaison among Delivery Unit leaders, workstream sponsors and leads, and project owners. The role applies sound business judgment to identify obstacles and dependencies, brings people together to resolve them, and elevates decisions when needed. The Deputy Director leads and develops Delivery Unit staff, integrates organizational change management and communications into implementation planning, and helps build OSU’s capacity to sustain SRR work over time.

Key Responsibilities

The SRR Delivery Unit Deputy Director leads day-to-day Delivery Unit operations and execution cadence. This position supports the transition from Phase II planning to Phase III implementation while working towards an integrated and fully OSU-led execution model. The position coordinates workstream progress, surfaces risks, and drives follow-up on actions with appropriate people. The Deputy Director supports Workstream Leads and Project Owners to unblock issues and maintain momentum.

Strategic Alignment & Implementation Integration: Help translate strategic direction into a coherent sequence of implementation activities across workstreams, recognizing competing demands on people and resources. Identify where plans are disconnected, duplicative, or unlikely to achieve their intended operational impact, and bring practical options to the appropriate leaders.

Momentum, Issue Resolution & Leadership Liaison: Maintain a consistent rhythm of engagement with workstream sponsors, leads, and project owners to keep agreed actions moving. Anticipate obstacles, dependencies, and capacity constraints; convene the people needed to resolve them; and help owners develop workable responses. When an issue requires a decision beyond the Deputy Director’s authority, elevate it promptly with the context, options, and recommended path forward.

Follow through on decisions and recovery actions so issues do not stall implementation.

Delivery Unit Leadership and Change Integration: Formally supervise five project managers and one organizational change management and communications lead and coordinate the work of the second OM/communications position. Set priorities and staff assignments; coach team members, provide feedback, and develop their ability to work effectively with sponsors and campus partners. Ensure change management principles inform project planning from the outset, including stakeholder engagement, communications, readiness, adoption, and the transition to ongoing operations. Promote a collaborative approach and consistent quality across the team.

Governance and Implementation Insight: Give DU Leaders, executive sponsors, workstream sponsors and leads, and the SRR steering committee a clear view of progress, emerging risks, interdependencies, decisions needed, and implementation readiness. Use appropriate plans and measures to test whether work is advancing and to prompt timely course corrections, including preparation for Level 3 reviews when applicable. Communicate candidly about obstacles and progress without placing unnecessary reporting demands on workstream teams.

Internal Capability and Sustained Delivery: Refine Delivery Unit ways of working based on experience; coach OSU staff in practices that help them manage complex initiatives; and support the transfer of knowledge, tools, and relationships needed for OSU-led implementation over time.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, higher education administration, organizational development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing a complex project portfolio, including cross-functional initiatives.
• Three years’ experience directing or providing lead work to project managers, change management staff, or other matrixed contributors.
• Business acumen and ability to interpret business plans, resource constraints, and qualitative and quantitative performance information to identify risks and recommend practical action.
• Ability to build productive relationships with senior leaders and operational teams, facilitate decisions, resolve obstacles, and expand sensitive issues with sound judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations and follow-up actions.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive excellence, and effective work with people across varied roles and perspectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in business, public administration, higher education administration, organizational development, or a related field.
• Experience in higher education or another complex, decentralized organization, including enterprise transformation, operating model change, or financial and operational improvement.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in leading complex programs or portfolios, including supervision or direction of multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with resource planning, executive-level reporting, and organizational change and adoption practices.
• Project or program management or change management certification.

Working Conditions/Schedule

Salary Range: $98,000 - $140,000

Anticipated Start Date: 2026-11-01

Anticipated End Date: When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

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Locations

Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport. Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state-of-the- art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns.

Total Rewards Package

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life.
• OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
• Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources.
• Retirement savings paid by the university.
• A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.
• Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.
• Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Optional lifestyle benefits such as pet, accident, and critical care insurance, giving you peace of mind and the support you need to thrive in all aspects of your life.
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