The Associate Dean, Director of First Year Student Success provides strategic leadership for first-year student success initiatives, first year academic and career coaching, and first-to-second year retention efforts. The position oversees staff, programs, and policies that shape the development and implementation of strategies that strengthen the first-year experience, build academic confidence and belonging, and identify and address barriers to student success. Through data-informed leadership and cross-functional partnership, particularly with Academic and Career Coaching and Employer Partnerships and Internships, the position advances a cohesive first-year strategy and strengthens pathways to continued academic progress and persistence.