Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

About this role

Overview
About LSAC
The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the legal education community and helping individuals on their journey to law school. LSAC’s mission is to advance law and justice by promoting access, equity, and fairness in law school admission, to broaden the pathway into legal education, and to support law schools, law students, and the legal education community.
Best known for administering the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), LSAC also provides a wide range of services that assist both prospective students and law schools, including law school application processing, resources and guidance for candidates, data-driven tools, and detailed research into legal education trends. Each year, the organization processes academic credentials for approximately 80,000 law school applicants, provides admissions technology and critical information resources to both applicants and law schools, delivers educational programs and conferences for legal education professionals, publishes research, funds outreach initiatives, and offers comprehensive LSAT preparation tools and law school admissions guidance.
As a leader at the intersection of legal education, assessment, technology, inclusive excellence, and public policy, LSAC is actively transforming its business to strengthen and expand its impact across several key areas, including legal education technology and service solutions, law school admissions support, candidate assessment, credential processing, and resources and strategic support that help law schools advance access to legal education and the legal profession.
LSAC’s ongoing innovation and evolution to address new challenges and opportunities positions LSAC to continue serving as a trusted partner to law schools, aspiring legal professionals, and the broader legal education ecosystem.
Purpose of Position
LSAC is seeking a Vice President for Strategic Initiatives to support the continuing definition, development, and execution of LSAC’s strategic vision. As a key member of the executive leadership team and in partnership with the President and CEO (President) and senior leadership, the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives identifies growth opportunities, evaluates market trends, and drives enterprise-wide transformation to advance the mission. The person in this position will work closely with the President to carry out special initiatives assigned by the President.
Applications will be accepted through October 30, 2026.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The individual employed in this position will be required to:
Strategic Collaborative Leadership

• Support the implementation of LSAC's strategic priorities, in partnership with the leadership team. Advise President on alignment, shaping, and prioritization of strategic initiatives.

• Facilitate recurring strategic planning, roadmap updates, and adjustments through discussions with the leadership team.

• Advise the President and Board of Trustees on strategic opportunities, risk and risk management, and developments in the legal education ecosystem and assessments field.

• In collaboration with the leadership team, translate organizational vision into measurable strategic objectives and initiatives.

• Collaborate with senior leaders to streamline initiatives, work with teams across the organization to define priorities, track progress, and adjust prioritization as needed.
People Leadership

• Lead and grow a high-performing, multidisciplinary team, encouraging collaboration, communication, accountability, and innovation in day-to-day work across the organization.

• Develop and manage departmental budgets within a team with a focus on impact, agility, and long-term value.
Business Initiatives

• Identify and evaluate new market opportunities, products, services, and business models.

• Drive mission-based growth initiatives that strengthen LSAC’s work in supporting legal education.

• Assess strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and other collaborative opportunities to advance LSAC’s mission; partner with Legal and Finance to conduct due diligence and assess the financial and operational impacts of such partnerships.

• Support collaborative work in the legal education, higher education, and prelaw community.
Business Intelligence

• Monitor industry trends, emerging legislation that impacts legal education, competitive activities, and market needs.

• Conduct market analysis and provide strategic recommendations to President and leadership team.

• Develop frameworks to anticipate disruptions and capitalize on emerging opportunities.

• Integrate legal education research findings and trends into LSAC strategic priorities and goals.

• Promote research, analysis and guidance on legal education to continue LSAC’s position as a thought leader in the legal education profession.
Enterprise Transformation and Innovation

• Lead enterprise-wide transformation and change initiatives through project management, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

• Facilitate implementation of strategic projects that improve organizational effectiveness and value to stakeholders.

• Align strategic priorities with operational execution.
Performance Management

• Establish and monitor performance metrics tied to strategic objectives.

• Track progress against strategic plans and communicate results internally and externally, so staff, member schools, the Board and other stakeholders understand LSAC’s priorities and how those goals advance the mission.

• Recommend adjustments based on performance and market conditions.
Executive and Board Engagement

• Prepare strategic presentations and recommendations for executive leadership and the Board of Trustees.

• Influence decision-making through data-driven insights and business…