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The Facilities and Strategic Programs Manager provides leadership and strategic direction for financial planning, deferred maintenance management, business intelligence, and enterprise asset management systems supporting University facilities; is responsible for aligning data, financial strategy, and asset management practices to support informed decision-making, optimize resource allocation, and advance the University's long-term facilities and capital planning objectives; collaborates across organizational units to ensure that maintenance, capital investment, and operational strategies are data-driven, financially sound, and aligned with institutional priorities.

• Provide strategic fiscal oversight across multiple cost centers; develop budget forecasts, monitor expenditures, and ensure compliance with University and departmental financial policies
• Analyze spending trends and proactively identify cost-saving opportunities, while mitigating budget risks and overruns
• Partner with Project Managers and Project Coordinators to prioritize projects using data-driven criteria such as facility condition, operational risk, and return on investment
• Lead issue resolution across project lifecycles to ensure initiatives are completed on schedule, within budget, and aligned with operational and institutional goals
• Support integration of financial data into enterprise reporting tools to enhance transparency and executive decision-making
• Manage and maintain comprehensive deferred maintenance data for University facilities, ensuring accuracy and consistency across systems
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external consultants to develop cost estimates that inform strategic planning and budget development
• Analyze trends and performance metrics to produce actionable insights, reports, and dashboards for facilities leadership, project managers, and capital planners
• Serve as a key contributor to the University's capital planning process through data-driven recommendations and analysis
• Lead cross-functional asset management teams to translate data insights into long-term maintenance and investment strategies
• Develop, manage, and publish business intelligence reports, dashboards, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Respond to stakeholder reporting requests and deliver timely, accurate, and actionable insights
• Advance data visualization and analytics capabilities to support operational performance and strategic planning
• Support and enhance enterprise asset management (EAM) applications and their business use across Facilities Operations
• Facilitate system configuration, enhancements, and optimization efforts, emphasizing process improvement where appropriate
• Participate in application governance and business process improvement initiatives to ensure systems align with operational needs
• Lead the Strategic Programs team by setting goals, establishing processes, and evaluating performance to drive operational excellence
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture through coaching, mentoring, and professional development
• Manage departmental budgets and align resources with strategic priorities
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align team objectives with broader organizational goals
• Partner with internal units to develop and improve business processes across facilities and asset management functions

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 – $150,204.00
• MidPoint – $191,544.00
• Maximum – $232,776.00