University of Michigan seeks a dynamic, strategic leader to serve as its next Assistant Vice President, Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AVP). The University of Michigan is a top public research university with global impact and deep public purpose. Its Ann Arbor campus is home to a breadth of highly specialized facilities and infrastructure—research laboratories, clinical and healthcare environments, classrooms and learning spaces, residence halls, athletics venues, museums, and public spaces—supported by extensive utility and distribution systems. The institution’s scale and complexity require an Architecture, Engineering, and Construction leader who can translate mission needs into executable plans and successfully build outcomes.
Reporting to the Vice President for Facilities and Operations, the AVP is the University’s senior leader responsible for planning, designing, and constructing campus facilities and associated infrastructure. The AVP sets direction and drives execution across the capital program, ensuring projects deliver value through quality, safety, sustainability, schedule reliability, and fiscal discipline. Additionally, the AVP brings executive-level leadership experience guiding multidisciplinary teams and delivering large-scale projects within complex institutions.
In this role, the Assistant Vice President, Architecture, Engineering and Construction will:
The successful candidate will bring senior leadership experience overseeing large, multidisciplinary design and construction organizations and capital programs of significant scale and complexity, with a proven record of delivering major new construction and renovation projects, including work in occupied and mission-critical environments. They will offer deep expertise in project controls, governance, procurement, contracting, and risk management, along with the ability to lead through others, develop leaders, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and service.
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