Vice President for Enrollment Strategy (Richardson)
Please see Special Instructions for more details. Additional Application Requirements To ensure full consideration, candidates should address each of the qualifications outlined below in their cover letter, providing specific examples of their experience, accomplishments, and leadership that demonstrate their readiness to serve in this role. Successful leadership of institution-wide strategic initiatives in complex, shared governance environments. Expertise in predictive analytics, enrollment forecasting, financial aid strategy, institutional planning, and data-informed decision-making. Exceptional communication, collaboration, and consensus-building with faculty, staff, executive leadership, governing boards, and external partners. Proven success leading organizational change and building, developing, and sustaining high-performing teams. Posting Number S07186P Position Title Position Title Vice President for Enrollment Strategy Functional Title Department Department Academic Affairs and Provost Dept Salary Range Salary Range Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and demonstrated leadership Pay Basis Pay Basis Monthly Position Status Position Status Regular full-time Location Position End Date (if temporary) Posting Open Date Posting Open Date 08/07/2026 Posting Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Desired Start Date Desired Start Date 09/07/2026 Job Summary Position Overview The University of Texas at Dallas seeks an accomplished, visionary, and analytically sophisticated leader to serve as its next Vice President for Enrollment Strategy (VPES). Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the Vice President serves as the University’s chief architect of enrollment strategy, responsible for aligning enrollment decisions with the University’s academic aspirations, research trajectory, student success goals, institutional reputation, and long-term financial sustainability. At one of the nation’s fastest-rising public research universities, enrollment strategy is more than an operational function—it is a strategic imperative. As one of the University’s principal strategic leaders, the Vice President will help shape institutional strategy by bringing deep expertise regarding enrollment markets, demographic trends, workforce needs, academic capacity, and the evolving higher education landscape. Working collaboratively across Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Finance, Strategic Initiatives, Institutional Intelligence, University Communications, Global Engagement, and the academic schools, the Vice President will lead a comprehensive Strategic Enrollment Management enterprise that intentionally shapes the size, composition, quality, and success of the University’s student body while advancing academic excellence, research distinction, innovation, and public impact. The Vice President provides executive leadership for Undergraduate Admissions and Enrollment Management, the Office of the Registrar, and Financial Aid while cultivating a culture of innovation, collaboration, transparency, evidence-informed decision making, continuous improvement, and institutional stewardship. Leadership Competencies The Vice President for Enrollment Strategy will be a strategic and visionary leader who inspires innovation while building collaborative partnerships across the institution. The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional analytical and data-informed decision-making, a steadfast commitment to academic excellence and student success, and the ability to lead complex initiatives with integrity, sound judgment, and responsible stewardship. This executive will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. Note to Applicants: Please review the special instructions outlined below and ensure all requirements are met prior to submitting your application. Minimum Education and Experience Master’s Degree 10-years’ of distinguished executive leadership experience in strategic enrollment management, enrollment strategy, academic administration, student success, or institutional planning within a complex public research university. Preferred Education and Experience Earned doctorate from an accredited institution. Executive leadership experience at a Carnegie R1 university. Experience aligning enrollment strategy with academic portfolio planning and research growth. Experience with graduate, online, professional, international, and lifelong learning enrollment. Experience leading CRM and enrollment technology initiatives. Experience presenting to governing boards and executive leadership. Other Qualifications To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position. Essential Duties and Responsibilities The Opportunity UT Dallas is entering a defining chapter in its history. Continued growth in academic reputation, research excellence, and national prominence will require enrollment decisions that are fully integrated with academic planning and institutional strategy. The next Vice President for Enrollment Strategy will have the opportunity to build one of the nation’s most forward-looking enrollment enterprises by integrating enrollment strategy with academic portfolio planning, institutional intelligence, innovation, student success, and long-range university planning. Strategic Responsibilities Shape the University’s Future Student Body Serve as the University’s principal strategist for enrollment by developing a comprehensive, multi-year Strategic Enrollment Management vision that advances institutional priorities while balancing academic quality, student opportunity, financial sustainability, operational capacity, and long-term institutional growth. Develop enrollment strategies across undergraduate, graduate, transfer, international, online, professional, certificate, and lifelong learning populations. Establish measurable enrollment objectives, governance structures, and accountability measures that align institutional planning across academic and administrative units. Develop enrollment policies that intentionally shape the University’s future student population in response to demographic, economic, workforce, educational, and geopolitical trends. Align Enrollment with Academic Excellence Partner closely with the Provost, academic deans, the Dean of Graduate Studies, faculty leadership, and institutional planning leaders to align enrollment strategy with the University’s academic portfolio, research enterprise, instructional capacity, and long-term strategic priorities. Provide strategic guidance regarding program demand, academic capacity, faculty resources, emerging disciplines, new program development, portfolio optimization, and institutional investments. Collaborate with faculty leadership to establish graduate enrollment goals while respecting faculty authority over admissions standards, curriculum, and academic quality. Provide Strategic Intelligence and Institutional Decision Support Continuously evaluate the changing higher education marketplace, student preferences, workforce needs, public policy, and competitive positioning to inform institutional strategy. Develop executive dashboards, enrollment forecasts, scenario analyses, and key performance indicators that support executive leadership and governing board decision making. Advance Student Opportunity and Success Recognize that enrollment strategy extends beyond matriculation by partnering with academic and student success leaders to improve persistence, progression, timely graduation, and post-graduate success. Strengthen educational opportunity through transfer partnerships, dual-credit initiatives, workforce collaborations, international pathways, and innovative recruitment pipelines. Guide enrollment communications, recruitment strategy, application growth, yield, enrollment conversion, and responsible use of technology throughout the student recruitment lifecycle. Develop financial aid, scholarship, and tuition strategies that maximize student opportunity while advancing institutional priorities and long-term fiscal sustainability. Balance enrollment growth, tuition revenue, instructional capacity, and institutional investments Provide stewardship of divisional budgets, personnel, and resources while preparing contingency plans addressing demographic, regulatory, economic, financial aid, and international enrollment risks. Foster Innovation and Organizational Excellence Lead continuous organizational improvement through responsible adoption of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence where appropriate, customer relationship management platforms, predictive analytics, and digital engagement strategies. Cultivate a culture characterized by collaboration, transparency, innovation, accountability, organizational learning, and exceptional student service. Develop senior leaders capable of advancing a modern, analytically sophisticated enrollment organization. Serve as an Institutional Leader and Steward Serve as
