Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

🇺🇸 Bozeman, Montana 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Administrator 🗓️ October 30th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Montana State University is hiring an Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost to serve as the chief academic officer and second-ranking officer of Montana's land-grant, Carnegie R1 research university. The provost partners with the president to advance academic excellence, student success, research and graduate education, and the university's land-grant mission. The deans of 10 colleges and schools, the library, and three vice provosts report to the position, which is being filled through a search run by the firm AGB Search.

Highlights

Provide leadership oversight for academic and scholarly excellence, academic planning, and fiscal management of the university's academic enterprise.
Approve academic appointments and make recommendations to the president on promotion and tenure, ensuring the excellence of faculty, academic programs, and student learning outcomes.
Manage a significant portion of the university's annual budget and advise the president on current and future budget allocations.
Lead the deans of 10 colleges and schools, the MSU Library, three vice provosts including Graduate Education, and units such as MSU Launchpad, Academic Outreach, the WWAMI Medical Education Program, and the Office of International Programs.
Work with the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and the executive team, and advance collaboration across MSU Billings, MSU Northern, and Great Falls College MSU.
Engage faculty, students, staff, unions, alumni, legislators, and community partners within a shared governance culture, in coordination with the Montana Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Higher Education.
Earned doctorate or equivalent terminal degree, with a scholarly and teaching record that qualifies for appointment as a full professor with tenure.
Substantial senior academic leadership experience, such as dean or vice provost, in a complex, research-intensive university, including success managing large academic budgets.
Preferred: experience building graduate programs, working across multi-campus systems, fundraising and legislative engagement, leading student success and curricular innovation, and working with rural communities and Tribal nations.
Applications are submitted through the AGB Search portal with a letter of interest, a CV, and contact information for five recent professional references.