McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte

Queens University of Charlotte is seeking an experienced, entrepreneurial, and results-driven leader to serve as the Executive Director of Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) in the McColl School of Business. Accredited by AACSB International, the McColl School at Queens is widely recognized for its highly effective leadership development programs and enjoys tremendous support from the Charlotte and regional business community. The School offers both undergraduate and graduate business education as well as executive leadership development.

For two decades, Queens’ Executive Leadership Institute has been delivering tailored executive education, leadership development, and coaching services to organizations in Charlotte and the surrounding region. The ELI houses established leadership programming that includes the Physician Leadership Institute (PLI), the School Executive Leadership Academy (SELA), and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) program. The McColl School’s faculty and staff, and the impact of its programs are well known in our community.

The McColl School of Business is closely connected to the city of Charlotte and the regional business community, whose members largely constitute the School’s Board of Advisors.

Position Profile:
The Executive Director of Leadership Programs in the McColl School of Business is responsible for envisioning, planning, and building the ELI. The position requires strong business development skills, the ability to cultivate relationships both internally and externally, demonstrated leadership in a variety of settings, and highly developed interpersonal skills. The Executive Director reports to the Dean of the McColl School of Business, who reports to the Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs. Direct reports to the Executive Director include the Director of Professional Development, the Director of the School Executive Leadership Programs and administrative staff.

Essential Duties of the Executive Director:
• Provides a clear vision and strategy for executive leadership development and executive education for the McColl School of Business.
• Leads the development and delivery of innovative approaches for program delivery of leadership programming.
• Builds a compelling brand positioning for ELI that is recognized on local, regional and national levels.
• Accountable for identifying and selecting strategic accounts, origination and negotiating ELI partnerships and tailored programs.
• Oversees the delivery and continuous improvement of high-quality, client-oriented executive education and consulting engagements.
• Cultivates a pipeline of viable clients through effective networking and leveraging MSB and Queens relationships.
• Attracts, develops, assesses, coaches, manages, and leads a world-class team of executive education, coaching, and consulting professionals.
• Collaborates with internal and external resources to develop, coordinate, and implement marketing plans designed to maintain and increase tailored client relationships and grow the portfolio of profitable client engagements.
• Is responsible for achieving revenue and margin goals and is a responsible steward of resources.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Demonstrated leadership and management abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage across an organization’s value chain including marketing, business development, client-relationship management, program design, talent management, program delivery and finance/operations.
• Evidence of local business network and history of attracting and closing new business in the Charlotte market or region.
• Progressive thinking in leading practices and innovations in leadership development, adult education, and professional services.
• An energetic and entrepreneurial spirit, with the ability to view obstacles as opportunities.
• Demonstrated success in developing and managing diverse teams and in championing diversity.
• Passion for the educational mission of the university.
• Exceptionally strong communication skills (verbal, written, interpersonal) and ability to quickly establish and maintain strong rapport at all levels of the University and externally.
• Demonstrated organization and planning skills (strategic and tactical); strong follow-up and follow-through skills to ensure completion of plans, goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated evidence of a flexible, energetic, creative, and results-oriented leadership style.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence in a variety of settings.

Please contact Dr. John Bennett, Director of Graduate Programs for the McColl School of Business, if you have questions about the position.

Physical Requirements (with or without reasonable accommodation)
• Visual: Ability to read reports, create presentations, and effectively use a variety of computer systems and programs.
• Hearing: Hear well enough to communicate with co-workers, vendors, and students.
• Dexterity, Grasping, Feeling: Write, type, and use the telephone, copiers, and computer systems.
• Mobility: Fine and gross motor abilities sufficient to manage use of the computer, operate office machines; move between departments and attend meetings across campus.
• Talking: Frequently convey detailed or important instructions and ideas in a concise and accurate manner.
• Lifting, Pulling, Pushing: Exert up to 30 pounds of force.
• Work requires potentially extended periods of walking, standing, and sitting.

Work Conditions
• Work in office, online, and classroom environments, involving contact with business leaders, faculty, parents, staff, administrators, students, trustees, and vendors.
• Potential day and overnight travel via automobile, flight and public transportation to businesses involving contact with clients and potential clients, staff, and administrators.
• Potential travel to national conferences to represent the university.
• Willingness and ability to work during evenings and weekends to accomplish goals of the position.
• Work has deadlines, multiple interruptions, and high volume and may be stressful at times.

Disclaimer:

The above description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of this positions, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the position. 

Queens values campus diversity and demonstrates this in campus initiatives; we particularly encourage members of historically under-represented groups to apply. Only candidates who best match requirements of job will be contacted. The position will be removed from the website once an offer is extended and accepted, or when a sufficient candidate pool is identified. Due to limited staff resources, phone calls cannot be accepted or returned.

As we pursue our mission to provide educational experiences that transform students’ lives and foster personal and professional success, Queens University of Charlotte is completely and firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity. Queens does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identify, religion, age, national origin, disability, political beliefs, veteran status, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law in the administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic programs, employment and hiring policies, or other University-administered programs. Any applicant for employment who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act should contact the Director of Human Resources (704-337-2297).

Benefits

Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including: medical (PPO options and high deductible plan) dental insurance, vision, domestic partner benefits, defined contribution retirement plan & supplemental retirement plan, vacation and paid holidays, tuition remission, Queens-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, Health Savings Account), sick leave and long-term disability leave, FMLA leave, reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall, employee assistance program (EAP), wellness programs. In addition, employees may choose voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, critical care insurance and legal assistance.

Queens University of Charlotte is an equal opportunity employer and is firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity. Queens does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sex (including pregnancy, child birth and conditions related to pregnancy or child birth), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, national origin, disability, political beliefs, veteran status, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law in the administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic programs, employment and hiring policies, or other university-administered programs. Any applicant for employment who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act should contact the Director of Human Resources 704-337-2297.

About Queens

Queens University of Charlotte is a private, co-educational, Presbyterian-affiliated comprehensive university located in the heart of Charlotte, North Carolina, and is consistently ranked in the top tier of Southern Regional Masters Universities. The university has over 2,250 undergraduate and graduate students in programs offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, the McColl School of Business, the James L. Knight School of Communication, the Wayland H. Cato Jr. School of Education, the Andrew Blair College of Health and the Presbyterian School of Nursing and Hayworth School of Graduate and Continuing Studies. Additional information about may be found at http://www.queens.edu.