Deputy Provost (45497)

**Position Title:** Deputy Provost **Department Name:** Office of the Provost **Position Reports To:** Provost **FLSA STATUS**: Salaried **Salary Range:** $225,000 to $275,000 **Benefits:** The University's comprehensive benefits program **Days & Hours:** Monday through Friday, 37.5 hours per week. Standard work schedule is 9:00 am to 5:30 PM, may be adjusted. Flexible schedule may require evening and weekend hours during peak periods. **Position Overview** Golden Gate University seeks an experienced academic leader to serve as Deputy Provost, a senior position responsible for overseeing core academic operations and helping lead the transformation of the university during a period of growth, innovation, and change. Reporting to the Provost and serving as a key member of the senior leadership team, the Deputy Provost will provide leadership across major academic and student-facing functions, driving operational excellence and continuous improvement. This role requires strong academic leadership, operational discipline, emotional intelligence, and the ability to work across a complex organization with diverse stakeholders. The successful candidate will be a skilled listener, able to build trust and consensus across faculty and administrative units, with the judgment and decisiveness to move priorities forward. Golden Gate University is building a new model of higher education: AI-enabled, multilingual, global, and designed for the future of work. This leader will help operationalize that vision. **About Golden Gate University** Founded in 1901, Golden Gate University is a private, nonprofit university based in San Francisco with a long history of serving working adults and professional learners. Today, GGU is undergoing an ambitious transformation. The university has expanded its global presence, launched innovative academic programs in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, developed international partnerships, created new hybrid and shared-campus models, and is building one of the world’s first AI-native global universities. The institution serves students across the United States and multiple countries through online and hybrid models. **Primary Responsibilities** The Deputy Provost will provide oversight of major academic and student-facing functions across the university, including: **Academic Leadership and Faculty Affairs** - Oversee faculty affairs across the university, including both full-time and adjunct faculty - Support deans and academic leaders in faculty recruitment, evaluation, development, and performance management - Ensure academic quality across all academic programs and instructional delivery models - Help manage faculty policies, workload planning, academic governance, and academic standards - Partner with faculty and academic leadership to maintain a culture of academic excellence and continuous improvement **Enrollment and Student Success Operations** - Provide executive oversight for admissions operations - Oversee academic advising and student support to promote student success and retention - Supervise student services and ensure student experience across all modalities - Oversee registrar operations, academic records management, scheduling, and related functions - Ensure alignment between academic operations, enrollment growth, and student persistence outcomes **Academic Operations and Institutional Execution** - Oversee day-to-day academic operations across colleges, schools, and academic administrative units - Ensure effective implementation of institutional priorities and cross-functional initiatives - Improve systems, workflows, and processes across the academic enterprise - Identify operational bottlenecks and implement scalable solutions as the university grows - Lead projects requiring coordination across multiple academic and administrative units **Innovation and Institutional Transformation** - Support development of innovative degree models, new academic programs, and emerging…