Associate Vice President Entrepreneurship

Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship

Agency: Texas A&M University

Department: Associate Provost Academic Enhancement

Job Location: College Station, Texas

Job Type: Staff

Proposed Minimum Salary: Commensurate

Texas A&M University seeks a bold, collaborative, and visionary leader to serve as its inaugural Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship. This strategic role will unify and elevate entrepreneurial activity across campus, strengthening interdisciplinary partnerships, broadening student and faculty engagement, and positioning Texas A&M as a national leader in innovation and entrepreneurial impact. The successful candidate will embody Aggie values, lead with purpose, and inspire the next generation of innovators and changemakers.

Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M spans student academic programs and startups, faculty‑led research commercialization, social innovation, intrapreneurship, and creative ventures. Grounded in impact, resilience, and problem‑solving, the university’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is poised for accelerated growth. This leader will drive that momentum by embedding entrepreneurship across the academic experience, expanding access to innovation opportunities and external networking for all disciplines, and cultivating a culture of creativity and collaboration.

The Associate Vice President will oversee and work in close partnership with the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship—an established leader in student and alumni programming—as well as other key units across campus. Rather than duplicating existing efforts, this role will align and amplify entrepreneurship programs, fostering synergies across the university. This will include building bridges and amplifying efforts without duplicating or replacing existing strengths.

The ideal candidate is a proven entrepreneur with a history of launching and exiting successful ventures, and someone who embodies a passion for cultivating the next generation of innovators and changemakers.

“The McFerrin Center is the cornerstone of entrepreneurship at Texas A&M, it provides hands‑on experiences, mentorship, and lifelong entrepreneurial support. These initiatives foster the entrepreneurial mindset necessary to identify opportunities, cultivate ideas, and bring innovations to the market.” Programs include:

• Aggie Pitch
• Ideas Challenge
• Entrepreneurs Exposed speaker series
• Student Founders Night
• McFerrin Mashup
• Startup 101
• McFerrin on Tour
• Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans
• Aggie Angel Network

The Associate Vice President will oversee, scale, and unify McFerrin’s programming across colleges and disciplines while creating new partnerships that support startup formation and commercialization efforts throughout the Texas Triangle and beyond.

The Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship will be responsible for ensuring that core values and core operating principles are integrated into entrepreneurial efforts across Texas A&M. These principles include but are not limited to:

• Learning‑by‑doing through immersive, hands‑on experiences.
• Fostering a multidisciplinary approach to problem‑solving and innovation.
• Prioritizing mentorship from faculty, alumni, and industry professionals.
• Supporting a full lifecycle of entrepreneurship—from idea to exit.
• Supporting engagement among students, faculty, and alumni across all majors and fields.
• Supporting entrepreneurship as a lifelong learning process.
• Promoting character development, leadership, and grit alongside technical skills.
• Creating ‘collisions’ through co‑working spaces, demo days, and networking opportunities.
• Providing a statewide and lifelong support network through events and partnerships.

The incoming AVP will not only scale these values across Texas A&M’s colleges and schools but will also work to establish Texas A&M as a leading institution in entrepreneurship education and innovation.

• Establish and articulate a bold, unifying vision for entrepreneurship and innovation at Texas A&M that aligns with the university’s land‑grant…