University Registrar & ERP Program Lead

Princeton University; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 225,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Princeton University seeks an experienced University Registrar to lead the Office of the Registrar as it evolves with new ERP implementation and enterprise systems. The role requires stewarding student and faculty records, delivering accurate data, and enabling informed decision-making across campus.

The Registrar directs a fifteen-person team, collaborates with IT and academic units, and supports scheduling, curriculum mapping, and reporting to state and federal agencies, while upholding FERPA

Qualifications

• Demonstrate excellent managerial skills.
• Fluency in and appreciation for operational details while guiding strategic decisions for the office and the campus more broadly
• Superior data management and analysis capabilities will be essential
• Ability to communicate effectively within a complex university organizational structure, including in partnership with academic units and individual faculty and students.
• Direct experience with an integrated student administrative system is required.
• Deep knowledge regarding accepted higher education practices, FERPA, and other relevant federal and state policies and requirements.
• Bachelor's degree
• Substantial record of relevant professional accomplishment in a senior-level role at a liberal arts college or research university

Responsibilities

• The Registrar maintains campus-wide integrity of student data and provides accurate and timely information to support decision-making, core business needs in other units, the University’s strategic planning and assessment initiatives, and external reporting requirements.
• The Registrar reports to the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and is a member of the Provost’s senior staff, with close working relationships with the Dean of the College and the Dean of the Graduate School and their teams.
• The Registrar supports the academic mission of the university and plays an advisory role on academic policy matters through ex officio positions on the Faculty Committees on Examinations and Standing and the Course of Study.
• The Registrar ensures the accuracy, integrity, and appropriate confidentiality of academic records, has oversight of the scheduling of courses and classrooms, and tracks academic policies related to curricular requirements.
• The Registrar oversees academic registration, honors, and awards; the scheduling of exams; the processing and reporting of grades; the tracking of graduate student completion of non-course-based program requirements; and degree audits and enrollment verification.

Skills

Managerial skills

Operational detail orientation

Data management

Communication skills

Integrated SIS experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Senior-level university leadership experience

Job description

Princeton University seeks an experienced University Registrar to lead the Office of the Registrar as it evolves with new ERP implementation and enterprise systems. The role requires stewarding student and faculty records, delivering accurate data, and enabling informed decision-making across campus.

The Registrar directs a fifteen-person team, collaborates with IT and academic units, and supports scheduling, curriculum mapping, and reporting to state and federal agencies, while upholding FERPA