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Director of Administrative Services

ADMI2.GEN.M5

M5M5 — Senior Directormedium0.70draftglobalv1

M5 Directors lead the entire administrative services function, often for a business unit or region.

Summary

M5 Directors lead the entire administrative services function, often for a business unit or region. They shape long-term strategy, ensuring administrative services support and drive business objectives.

Level — M5 — Senior Director

Leads multiple functions or a large department; drives multi-year strategy.

Scope
Multiple functions or a large department
Autonomy
Owns multi-year strategy for the area
Complexity
Org-level trade-offs and investment
Impact
Multi-function results
Decision rights
Owns investment and org design across functions
Leadership
Leads directors and managers
Typical experience
12–18 yrs

Core outputs

No core outputs recorded yet.

Adjacent roles

Nearest roles by structural coordinates (level + taxonomy). Distance 0 → 1; each carries its 3-state match band. How coordinates work →

M4
ADMI2.GEN.M4
Senior Manager / Associate Director, Administrative Services
confident0.06
M6
ADMI2.GEN.M6
Senior Director / VP of Administrative Services
confident0.06
M3
ADMI2.GEN.M3
Administrative Services Manager / Office Manager
confident0.11
M2
ADMI2.GEN.M2
Senior Administrative Assistant / Office Supervisor
review0.17
S5
ADMI.GEN.S5
Lead
review0.20
M1
ADMI2.GEN.M1
Administrative Assistant/Coordinator (Supervisor)
review0.23

Components

Responsibilities4

  • Defines vision and direction for administrative services across the organization.commonlevel
  • Develops company-wide office management strategies and drives their execution.commonlevel
  • Oversees major budgetary and operational decisions; accountable for financial performance of administrative functions.commonlevel
  • Collaborates with senior leadership; influences corporate policies and large-scale initiatives.commonlevel

Tasks5

  • Define vision and direction.commonlevel
  • Develop and execute strategies.commonlevel
  • Oversee budgetary decisions.commonlevel
  • Collaborate with leadership.commonlevel
  • Influence corporate policies.commonlevel

Skills8

  • Strategic visioningcommonlevel
  • Negotiationcommonlevel
  • Business strategycommonlevel
  • Innovationcommonlevel
  • Leadershipcommonlevel
  • Policy influencecommonlevel
  • Budget oversightcommonlevel
  • Operational decision-makingcommonlevel

Knowledge8

  • Strategic planningcommonlevel
  • Negotiation techniquescommonlevel
  • Business strategycommonlevel
  • Innovation in operationscommonlevel
  • Leadership principlescommonlevel
  • Policy developmentcommonlevel
  • Budget managementcommonlevel
  • Operational oversightcommonlevel

competency4

  • Strategic Thinkingcommonlevel
  • Influence and Negotiationcommonlevel
  • Holistic Business Acumencommonlevel
  • Innovation Mindsetcommonlevel

qualification4

  • 10+ years of broad administrative management experiencecommonlevel
  • Advanced degree often preferred (MBA or MS)commonlevel
  • Experience in strategic leadershipcommonlevel
  • Proven negotiation skillscommonlevel

Title aliases

AliasTypeConfidenceApproved
Senior Director, Administrative Servicescommonmedium0.66—
Administrative Services Senior Directorcommonmedium0.60—
Director of Administrative Servicescommonmedium0.50—

Classification mappings

O*NET / SOC

  • code=11-3012.00title=Administrative Services Managerssource=corpusreviewStatus=approved