Working/Functional Title

Director for Global Initiatives

Position Summary

The Director for Global Initiatives advances the Michigan State University Broad College of Business's (Broad) mission, vision, and strategic priorities by fostering a global network of partnerships with universities, corporations, and government agencies. This role focuses on building sustainable, revenue-generating relationships that enhance the Broad's reputation, visibility, and impact worldwide. The role is responsible for growing two distinct but strategically aligned academic portfolios internationally; one in graduate (Master's) education, and the other in executive and professional development.

Essential Functions

Revenue Generation and Strategic Growth

• Proactively identifies and develops global partnerships that diversify income streams and drive sustainable financial growth for Broad.
• Establishes collaborations for executive development and graduate programs, international student pipelines, study immersions, short-term residencies, and other innovative engagement models that align with Broad's mission and strategic goals.

Global Partnership Development

• Cultivates alliances with leading universities, corporations and government entities, for initiatives such as online programs, program extensions, conferences, immersions, and other joint initiatives.
• Develops programs like study immersions to bring students from university partners to MSU for short-term, intensive academic, professional, and cultural experiences, fostering global understanding and collaboration.
• Establishes international leadership workshops tailored for global executives, students, and emerging leaders, focusing on cross-cultural communication, global business strategies, and leadership development.
• Drives the creation of innovative program extensions and specializations in areas of Broad's subject matter expertise, such as leadership, cross-cultural team development, supply chain management, finance, or analytics, to enhance partner graduate programs and strengthen their global competitiveness.
• Supports Broad's executive development partners to secure, maintain, and grow international training and distribution services partnerships for online and custom programs.  
• Partners with government entities to explore collaborations that deliver Broad's specialist graduate programs through government sponsored and endorsed initiatives.

Relationship Management

• Builds and manages a strong portfolio of global relationships, ensuring alignment with MSU's strategic priorities while fostering mutual value.

Market Intelligence and Strategic Alignment

• Maintains a deep understanding of international education market trends, regulations, business needs, and opportunities for collaboration across the corporate, government, and academic sectors in key regions and individual markets.
• Develops comprehensive business case for new unique and innovative opportunities to ensure that stakeholders are fully apprised of objectives, requirements, responsibilities and risks.
• Aligns faculty expertise with external partner needs to enhance MSU's visibility and global impact.

Partnership Execution and Implementation

• Leads the negotiation and implementation of partnership agreements, ensuring seamless collaboration within Broad and across MSU colleges and departments to achieve partnership objectives.

Faculty Engagement and Coordination

Works closely with faculty to identify and leverage opportunities for external partnerships that enhance re