President's Leadership Team - Current Openings
The following are current openings on the President's Leadership Team at Saint Mary's College of California:
Vice President for Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer
Reporting directly to the President of Saint Mary's, the Vice President of Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer will be a proven financial leader who presents accurate and timely financial reports. The position will require earnest and
meaningful conversations with the President, Board of Regents, Provost and the Deans of the college in discussing the financial well-being of the institution. The candidate will possess leadership skills including cooperation, collaboration, and communication in
order to reach rational decision-making judgments for the good of the college. The incumbent will manage the accounting and finace team including the Controller, Financial Analyst, Bookstore Operations, Central Services, Human Resources, and Facilities.
Senior Vice President for Student Experience and Enrollment Management
SMC seeks a creative, forward-thinking, collaborative, and visionary professional who is adept at change management to serve as Senior Vice President for Student Experience and Enrollment Management (SVP SEEM). Joining the College at a pivotal moment, the SVP will assume a significant and influential position at the College and will have the opportunity to make a tangible contribution advancing the Transformation 2028 strategic plan. The SVP will build on considerable institutional support for enrollment and the student experience to recruit, attract, select, enroll, retain, educate, develop, and graduate a highly qualified and increasingly diverse group of students. The SVP will formulate, execute, and continuously assess a seamless and forward-looking student experience from first point of contact to graduation that stems from and extends the mission, goals, and aspirations of the College.
Vice President for Advancement
The Vice President for Advancement will be a highly experienced, innovative, and people-first leader who is deeply committed to the values embodied in the Lasallian, Catholic, and liberal arts traditions. The College will look to the Vice President as a key partner to the President in advancing the Transformation 2028 strategic plan and its underlying Lasallian values, deepening the culture of philanthropy, creating a more expansive donor base, and strengthening the department’s organizational effectiveness.
General Counsel
SMC's General Counsel will bring a capacity to lead and provide thoughtful guidance in a complex and changing higher education environment. The General Counsel will report to the President and serve on the President’s Leadership Team. This is a unique opportunity for a motivated self-starter to re-establish an in-house legal counsel office after several years of an outsourced model. The ideal candidate will be familiar with and have an intuitive grasp of Saint Mary’s Lasallian Catholic Mission and principles. The General Counsel will understand and embrace the Catholic intellectual, spiritual, and social traditions, and will be comfortable in Catholic liturgy, ritual, and other prayer settings.
Regular updates about new or ongoing searches will be posted here on the Office of the President website.