VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER Salzburg Global Seminar

VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

Salzburg Global Seminar

The Salzburg Global Seminar, a leading international policy and leadership development center located in the heart of Europe, is seeking a Vice President & Chief Program Officer to lead the organization's seminars, initiatives, research, and study networks worldwide. An individual is sought who possesses high energy and intellectual range, a person who is a program builder and sees teamwork and partnership as essential means for leveraging resources and securing necessary commitments, a person who sets clear expectations and manages to achieve tangible results, a leader who wants to make a difference in the world.

The Vice President & Chief Program Officer is based in Salzburg, Austria and reports directly to the organization's president & chief executive officer. Directing program staff based in Salzburg and drawing on advisors located around the world, s/he guides the substantive development of program activities, defines the means by which results are produced, and establishes means by which to measure outcomes. The program is composed of:

• intensive, issue-based seminars for rising leaders from across the world;
• policy influencing initiatives in select fields including media & society, global development, rule of law, arts & culture;
• branded 'global citizenship' program offered with leading universities for their administrators, faculty and students;
• leadership renewal and study programs offered through Salzburg's worldwide network of 21,000 living Fellows (alumni);
• annual cooperation with the Salzburg Festival and other leading Austrian institutions.

The Salzburg Global Seminar seeks an individual able to shape a highly creative program strategy that is differentiated from other think tanks and policy centers, and who is equipped to work effectively with multi-cultural staff, partner organizations, and an international board of directors. The Vice President & Chief Program Officer must be able to present program strategies with the conviction and enthusiasm essential to attract the highest level faculty, presenters and participants, and to convince program funders that genuine value will be created.

The Salzburg Global Seminar offers a salary that is competitive with other international non-profit organizations and that is commensurate with experience. The Seminar offers an excellent employee benefits package, including a magnificent apartment in Schloss Leopoldskron, formerly the residence of theatre impresario Max Reinhardt.

Founded in 1947 to encourage intellectual re-engagement in post-war Europe, the Seminar has convened hundreds of seminar sessions, bringing more than 27,000 participants to its historic, 17-acre campus, including Schloss Leopoldskron – a palace built in 1736 for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. During the Cold War, the Seminar provided a neutral space where East and West could meet and freely explore contending ideas. Over the past two decades, it has become a global institution, bringing together present and emerging leaders from all regions of the world and challenging them to develop creative solutions to global problems.

For more information, visit www.salzburgglobal.org/go/careers

Interested candidates are invited to e-mail a brief (1 - 2 page) cover letter describing their qualifications for the position, together with a resume, to Adam Beeson at abeeson@SalzburgGlobal.org.

The deadline for receipt of materials is Friday, March 25.