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Athletic Operations

The Athletic Operations Manager manages the operations of a large Division I athletic program in partnership with the head coach; manages team travel and game day operations; oversees training camp operations; serves as liaison with central University offices; manages the operating budget; supervises athletic program staff.

• Oversee sport-specific operational areas including recruiting, player development, administration, finance, game schedules, camp programs and game day logistics
• Serve as a liaison with University central offices including Compliance, Ethics and Integrity, Risk Management, Student Conduct; external associations and conferences including the NCAA; and external scouts and prospects
• Administer the athletic program operating budgets; review and approve budget plans; monitor expenditures; negotiate contracts
• Direct teams of athletic staff including hiring, training, evaluating, assigning work, and providing development opportunities
• Analyze data; identify strategies to improve operational effectiveness; develop and implement new procedures

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 17
• Minimum – $141,700.00
• MidPoint – $180,700.00
• Maximum – $219,600.00