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About EAB
At EAB, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement. We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.
At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other—that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.
For more information, visit our Careers page.
Senior Director, Research Advisory Services Terrain Lead (Higher Ed Advancement & Strategy)
EAB is the leading global provider of research and advice to higher education and K-12 institutions. Our research programs help executives at client organizations educate stakeholders, make research-informed decisions, and speed implementation of industry best practices.
EAB Research Advisory Services (RAS) is a division within our research business, providing consultative support and expert advice to our education clients. RAS staff work directly with boards, presidents, and other senior academic and business leaders to help them make meaningful and strategic process toward their most pressing financial and mission-consequential issues. Through strong communication and storytelling, RAS provides high-impact, outcome-focused presentations, workshops, and unscripted conversations to help partners understand and implement EAB’s advice.
We deliver our advice to clients through virtual meetings, onsite at client institutions, expert phone consultations, and peer conferences. In addition to working with current clients, our advisors also support sales efforts in new client development.
This position will spend about 80% of time in the market, working with partners both in-person and virtually.
This hire may be based in Washington, DC and is also open to remote employment within the continental United States. The position requires 40-50% travel.
This role is listed as “Senior Director, Research Advisory Services Terrain Lead (Higher Ed Advancement & Strategy)” for posting purposes; the official and internal title of this hire is expected to be “Senior Director, Research Advisory Services” to align with business norms. Research Advisory Services terrain leads and team members bring specific subject matter expertise as well as an understanding of the broader higher education landscape to extend meaningful support to EAB’s partners and prospective partners both within and across terrains.
Position Responsibilities:
Terrain Mastery: Build and maintain issue expertise in the Advancement terrain and across research terrains, with a special focus on those most important to members across the university executive cabinet at educational institutions and the teams they lead across the university each day: including the delivery of dynamic strategy to guide transformation; advancement and fundraising strategy; campaign readiness and execution; and donor and alumni engagement. Store & curate EAB’s perspective across the breadth of research terrains to give partners the most direct access to EAB’s advice.
The ideal candidate will bring experience working with senior institutional leaders and advancement organizations through practitioner, consulting, or advisory experience. Successful candidates will be able to engage effectively with advancement and cabinet leaders while maintaining the broad strategic and operational fluency required of the RAS model.
The candidate will leverage EAB’s insights, best practices, tools, and data to help partners make decisions and implement best practices and develop a deep understanding of assigned terrain, market trends, and evolving client needs.
Content Delivery and Facilitation: Work directly with Partners to diagnose their problems, challenge their assumptions, guide decisions, and suggest solutions. Deliver EAB’s point of view and advice through phone consultations, virtual meetings, conferences, and on campus presentations to:
- Make EAB insights and data accessible and impactful for our partners, bringing clarity and context to their understanding of their challenges;
- Present partners with new ideas and potential solutions to those challenges and advocate for adoption;
- Act as an expert outside voice, building consensus and educating committees and staff.
Combine functional knowledge with an understanding of higher ed’s unique organizational dynamics, enabling partners to set strategy, lead their institutions, and manage their operations more effectively:
- By diagnosing and giving voice to dynamics that are often felt, but not addressed;
- By supporting leaders as they align effort and teams around institutional priorities;
- By pathing partners through ranges of viable solutions and their pros and cons;
- By recommending paths for improvement and serving as their guides and accountability partners as they progress;
- By connecting partner institutions and creating learning experiences.
Customer Success and Commercial Support: Collaborate with the Research Customer Success team to execute on a scalable and impactful client delivery model and deliver high-impact client interactions. Partner with Success on effective prep work and partner follow-up. Support sales in new client development and account management on key renewal decisions.
Research Collaboration: Leverage terrain expertise to generate original insight and content in assigned areas (e.g., blog posts, social media posts, briefings, presentations, etc.). Actively participate in ongoing research processes and share market insights with Research colleagues to inform future EAB insights and deliverables. Help to inform opportunities for collaboration, partnering with Research early in the research process and at the point of hand-off from Research to RAS.
Team and Talent Management: Manage and motivate a team of RAS staff. Onboard and upskill new staff in assigned terrains. Assess performance and provide real-time feedback across the year. Coach tenured staff to improve current capabilities, develop new skillsets, and stay fresh in the market and EAB research. Build a team culture to retain and engage staff.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum 8-10 years of post-graduate professional experience in higher education, research, or management consulting.
- Experience working with Chief Advancement Officers, Corporate Foundation Relations leaders, or Strategy leads at a college, university, or similarly positioned enterprise.
- In-depth understanding of education industry and the specific role that senior institution leadership has in setting strategy and decision making in areas such as transformation; advancement and fundraising strategy; campaign readiness and execution; and donor and alumni engagement.
- Superior verbal, written, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to create a compelling narrative through data visualization, graphics, and slides.
- Excellent relationship building and collaboration skills: ability to build relationships with, engage and challenge senior-level executives.
Ideal Qualifications:
- Advanced degree.
- Demonstrated ability to distill market and terrain insights, drawing on client interactions.
- Experience producing written content and deliverables for an executive-level audience (e.g., blogs, social media feeds, reports, briefings).
- Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB’s mission, values, and aspiration.
If you’ve reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other’s unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.
Compensation:
The anticipated starting salary (base) range for this role is $95,000 - $140,000 per year. Actual salary varies due to factors that may include but not be limited to relevant experience, skills, and location. At EAB, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the starting salary range for their role.
This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionary bonus or incentive compensation. Variable compensation may depend on various factors, such as individual and organizational performance.
Benefits:
- Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance; dependents and domestic partners eligible.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm holidays.
- Daytime leave policy for community service or fitness activities (up to 10 hours a month each).
- Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents.
- Phase Back to Work program for employees returning from parental leave.
- Infertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance.
- Wellness programs including gym discounts and incentives to promote healthy living.
- Dynamic growth opportunities with merit-based promotion philosophy.
Benefits kick in day one, see the full details here.
At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to “make education smarter and our communities stronger” we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.
About EAB
At EAB, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement. We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.
At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other—that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.
For more information, visit our Careers page.
Senior Director, Research Advisory Services Terrain Lead (Higher Ed Advancement & Strategy)
EAB is the leading global provider of research and advice to higher education and K-12 institutions. Our research programs help executives at client organizations educate stakeholders, make research-informed decisions, and speed implementation of industry best practices.
EAB Research Advisory Services (RAS) is a division within our research business, providing consultative support and expert advice to our education clients. RAS staff work directly with boards, presidents, and other senior academic and business leaders to help them make meaningful and strategic process toward their most pressing financial and mission-consequential issues. Through strong communication and storytelling, RAS provides high-impact, outcome-focused presentations, workshops, and unscripted conversations to help partners understand and implement EAB’s advice.
We deliver our advice to clients through virtual meetings, onsite at client institutions, expert phone consultations, and peer conferences. In addition to working with current clients, our advisors also support sales efforts in new client development.
This position will spend about 80% of time in the market, working with partners both in-person and virtually.
This hire may be based in Washington, DC and is also open to remote employment within the continental United States. The position requires 40-50% travel.
This role is listed as “Senior Director, Research Advisory Services Terrain Lead (Higher Ed Advancement & Strategy)” for posting purposes; the official and internal title of this hire is expected to be “Senior Director, Research Advisory Services” to align with business norms. Research Advisory Services terrain leads and team members bring specific subject matter expertise as well as an understanding of the broader higher education landscape to extend meaningful support to EAB’s partners and prospective partners both within and across terrains.
Position Responsibilities:
Terrain Mastery: Build and maintain issue expertise in the Advancement terrain and across research terrains, with a special focus on those most important to members across the university executive cabinet at educational institutions and the teams they lead across the university each day: including the delivery of dynamic strategy to guide transformation; advancement and fundraising strategy; campaign readiness and execution; and donor and alumni engagement. Store & curate EAB’s perspective across the breadth of research terrains to give partners the most direct access to EAB’s advice.
The ideal candidate will bring experience working with senior institutional leaders and advancement organizations through practitioner, consulting, or advisory experience. Successful candidates will be able to engage effectively with advancement and cabinet leaders while maintaining the broad strategic and operational fluency required of the RAS model.
The candidate will leverage EAB’s insights, best practices, tools, and data to help partners make decisions and implement best practices and develop a deep understanding of assigned terrain, market trends, and evolving client needs.
Content Delivery and Facilitation: Work directly with Partners to diagnose their problems, challenge their assumptions, guide decisions, and suggest solutions. Deliver EAB’s point of view and advice through phone consultations, virtual meetings, conferences, and on campus presentations to:
- Make EAB insights and data accessible and impactful for our partners, bringing clarity and context to their understanding of their challenges;
- Present partners with new ideas and potential solutions to those challenges and advocate for adoption;
- Act as an expert outside voice, building consensus and educating committees and staff.
Combine functional knowledge with an understanding of higher ed’s unique organizational dynamics, enabling partners to set strategy, lead their institutions, and manage their operations more effectively:
- By diagnosing and giving voice to dynamics that are often felt, but not addressed;
- By supporting leaders as they align effort and teams around institutional priorities;
- By pathing partners through ranges of viable solutions and their pros and cons;
- By recommending paths for improvement and serving as their guides and accountability partners as they progress;
- By connecting partner institutions and creating learning experiences.
Customer Success and Commercial Support: Collaborate with the Research Customer Success team to execute on a scalable and impactful client delivery model and deliver high-impact client interactions. Partner with Success on effective prep work and partner follow-up. Support sales in new client development and account management on key renewal decisions.
Research Collaboration: Leverage terrain expertise to generate original insight and content in assigned areas (e.g., blog posts, social media posts, briefings, presentations, etc.). Actively participate in ongoing research processes and share market insights with Research colleagues to inform future EAB insights and deliverables. Help to inform opportunities for collaboration, partnering with Research early in the research process and at the point of hand-off from Research to RAS.
Team and Talent Management: Manage and motivate a team of RAS staff. Onboard and upskill new staff in assigned terrains. Assess performance and provide real-time feedback across the year. Coach tenured staff to improve current capabilities, develop new skillsets, and stay fresh in the market and EAB research. Build a team culture to retain and engage staff.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum 8-10 years of post-graduate professional experience in higher education, research, or management consulting.
- Experience working with Chief Advancement Officers, Corporate Foundation Relations leaders, or Strategy leads at a college, university, or similarly positioned enterprise.
- In-depth understanding of education industry and the specific role that senior institution leadership has in setting strategy and decision making in areas such as transformation; advancement and fundraising strategy; campaign readiness and execution; and donor and alumni engagement.
- Superior verbal, written, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to create a compelling narrative through data visualization, graphics, and slides.
- Excellent relationship building and collaboration skills: ability to build relationships with, engage and challenge senior-level executives.
Ideal Qualifications:
- Advanced degree.
- Demonstrated ability to distill market and terrain insights, drawing on client interactions.
- Experience producing written content and deliverables for an executive-level audience (e.g., blogs, social media feeds, reports, briefings).
- Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB’s mission, values, and aspiration.
If you’ve reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other’s unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.
Compensation:
The anticipated starting salary (base) range for this role is $95,000 - $140,000 per year. Actual salary varies due to factors that may include but not be limited to relevant experience, skills, and location. At EAB, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the starting salary range for their role.
This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionary bonus or incentive compensation. Variable compensation may depend on various factors, such as individual and organizational performance.
Benefits:
- Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance; dependents and domestic partners eligible.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm holidays.
- Daytime leave policy for community service or fitness activities (up to 10 hours a month each).
- Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents.
- Phase Back to Work program for employees returning from parental leave.
- Infertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance.
- Wellness programs including gym discounts and incentives to promote healthy living.
- Dynamic growth opportunities with merit-based promotion philosophy.
Benefits kick in day one, see the full details here.
At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to “make education smarter and our communities stronger” we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.
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Who's Hiring
- Alvarez & Marsal24
- Baker Tilly Canada17
- BDO8
- CrossCountry Consulting7
- Ankura6
Top Industries Hiring
- Accounting & Auditing19
- Consulting & Professional Services16
- Insurance2
- Investment & Asset Management2
- Technology & Software1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in advisory director jobs.
- 10 or more years of experience in advisory, consulting, or a related strategic function
- Demonstrated ability to manage senior client relationships and executive stakeholder engagement
- Experience leading teams and developing staff in a professional services or advisory environment
- Strong financial acumen including business case development and ROI analysis
- Proficiency with presentation tools and data visualization software used in client deliverables
- Bachelor's degree required, with an MBA or relevant professional certification commonly preferred
Tips for Your Advisory Director Job Search
Tailor your resume to engagement scope
Advisory directors are evaluated on the size and complexity of engagements they've led. Quantify client portfolio value, team size, and business outcomes rather than listing responsibilities. Hiring managers want to see the scale you've operated at, not just the functions you've performed.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists advisory director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Highlight cross-functional influence without authority
Many advisory director roles require shaping decisions across business units without direct line management. Your resume should show specific examples of driving alignment between stakeholders, not just managing direct reports, since that influence skill is what differentiates candidates at this level.
Target postings by engagement model
Some advisory director roles are project-based, others are embedded within client accounts long-term. Filtering openings by consulting firm type versus in-house advisory function helps you match your preferred working style to the right employer before you apply.
Prepare a structured case narrative for interviews
Advisory director interviews frequently use case-based formats where you're asked to diagnose a business problem and recommend a path forward. Preparing two or three real client scenarios in a situation-diagnosis-recommendation-outcome structure lets you respond with the precision interviewers expect at this level.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
At the advisory director level, the mandate matters as much as the offer. Before accepting, clarify client access, decision-making authority, and whether the role has a path to a broader portfolio. Vague scope is a common source of frustration that's far easier to resolve before you sign.
Advisory Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most advisory directors?
The most active employers for advisory directors right now are Alvarez & Marsal, Baker Tilly Canada, and BDO, and the most openings are in New York, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is spread across consulting firms, financial institutions, and large in-house strategy functions.
How many advisory director jobs are remote?
About 76% of advisory director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies by industry and engagement model. Strategy and risk advisory roles tend to offer more remote flexibility, while client-facing advisory positions tied to specific accounts more often require on-site or travel-based presence.
How do you become an advisory director?
Most advisory directors build toward the role by accumulating at least a decade of experience in consulting, strategy, finance, or a related advisory function, progressively taking on larger client portfolios and more complex engagements. Demonstrating the ability to develop business independently, lead project teams, and influence senior decision-makers is what typically triggers promotion or hiring at the director level.
How do you get hired as an advisory director with little experience at that level?
If you're stepping up from a senior manager or principal role, the strongest approach is to position projects where you've already operated above your title, managing client relationships or leading workstreams independently. Many advisory director hires come from internal promotions or from candidates who can show that their current scope already matches the job description, even without the title.
What does the advisory director interview process look like?
Most advisory director interview processes include an initial screening, followed by competency-based interviews focused on client management and leadership, and at least one case or scenario round where you're asked to work through a strategic business problem. Final-round interviews often involve a panel of partners or senior leaders assessing cultural fit and your ability to represent the firm or function at a senior level.
Where can I find and apply to advisory director jobs?
You can find and apply to advisory director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing from the page.
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