Vice President for Performance Improvement & Transformation - Higher Education
hace 24 días
Atlanta
Job Description Environment: Academic Medical Center Location: East Coast Employment Type: Transitional About Warbird Healthcare Advisors Warbird Healthcare Advisors is a leading healthcare consulting firm specializing in strategic advisory services, operational improvement, and executive leadership solutions. We partner with hospitals and health systems nationwide to drive financial stability, operational efficiency, and leadership excellence. Position Overview A complex academic enterprise is seeking an experienced Interim Performance Improvement Executive to lead targeted, time-bound initiatives focused on improving financial sustainability, operational effectiveness, and administrative efficiency across higher education functions. This executive will work in close partnership with senior leadership to identify performance improvement opportunities, develop pragmatic plans, and drive execution in support of institutional priorities. This role is ideal for a senior leader with a background as a CFO, COO, or equivalent executive in higher education, or for a former consultant with deep experience supporting colleges and universities in performance improvement, financial management, and operational transformation (e.g., education-focused consulting practices such as Huron). This person will be comfortable balancing financial discipline with institutional mission and culture. Key Responsibilities • Performance Improvement & Financial Sustainability, • Lead enterprise-wide assessments of administrative and academic support operations to identify cost discipline and performance improvement opportunities., • Develop and execute actionable improvement plans focused on expense management, operational effectiveness, and long-term financial sustainability., • Evaluate organizational structures, governance models, and administrative processes across higher education functions, including finance, human resources, IT, research administration, and academic support services., • Identify opportunities to streamline operations, improve service delivery, and clarify roles and decision rights., • Collaborate with finance leadership to analyze budgets, cost drivers, and resource allocation models., • Support development of financially grounded recommendations, including productivity improvement and investment prioritization., • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior academic and administrative leaders., • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and guide leaders through complex, often sensitive change initiatives., • Provide hands-on leadership to ensure disciplined execution of improvement initiatives., • Establish clear milestones, metrics, and accountability mechanisms., • Senior leadership experience in higher education administration, such as CFO, COO, Vice President, or equivalent roles within a college or university., • Demonstrated track record of cost discipline, operational improvement, and financial management in higher education settings., • Experience identifying, developing, and executing performance improvement initiatives., • Strong analytical, financial, and operational acumen., • Prior experience in higher education consulting, particularly in performance improvement, financial sustainability, or operational effectiveness (e.g., Huron Consulting Group's Education practice)., • Advanced degree in business, higher education administration, public administration, or a related field., • Former or current higher education CFO or COO seeking a focused interim engagement., • Education-sector consultant transitioning into interim executive leadership., • Pragmatic, outcomes-driven leader with credibility across academic and administrative stakeholders.