Lead strategic planning, financial management, and organizational effectiveness within McMaster University’s Office of the Registrar. Drive coordinated execution across a complex portfolio.

As Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives and Administration, you will advise the University Registrar and Senior Management Team. You will connect institutional priorities, enrolment needs, operations, resources, and student experience across units. The work includes strategic initiatives, process re-engineering, change leadership, budgets, forecasting, workforce planning, and governance reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead Office of the Registrar strategic planning and initiative implementation
- Coordinate integrated financial, operational, and workforce planning
- Monitor risks, dependencies, timelines, outcomes, and project deliverables
- Oversee budgets, forecasts,



financial analysis, and reporting
- Lead organizational change, service modernization, and process improvement

Requirements:

- Undergraduate degree; relevant master’s degree preferred
- Minimum 10 years’ senior managerial experience in complex organizations
- At least five years’ related post-secondary experience
- Experience leading strategic planning, financial analysis, and complex budgets
- Experience with organizational change and cross-functional initiatives

Bring strategic leadership, financial expertise, and organizational planning experience to advance coordinated priorities across the Office of the Registrar.

📌 Strategic Initiatives and Administration Director (Canada)
🏢 McMaster University
📍 Canada