WGU is looking to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs and needs an Associate Dean and Program Director for Data Analytics programs to drive transformative education experiences and empower students to achieve their goals.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of how students learn and combining innovative curriculum and student support strategies to drive student success and employability
- Industry or academic leader in the discipline
- Understanding of the industry trends, job opportunities, and educational market trends in the discipline
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics in an industry or academic setting
- Experience with data-driven decision making and analysis
- Ability to organize and coordinate activities and results across cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to analyze data to identify trends and drive innovation
Responsibilities
- P&L Leadership: manage a $25M+ budget, maintaining affordable tuition while maximizing students' return on investment
- Program management and program marketing experience in launching new and revised programs into the education market and operating programs using data and insights; data-driven portfolio management experience
- Drive a culture of continuous experimentation, measurement, and learning from data to rapidly improve the quality and delivery to students
- Ensure Accreditation Compliance: maintain program level accreditation, ensuring programs meet high standards of academic and professional excellence
- Build and Leverage an Advisory Council: establish and maintain an industry advisory board to align programs with workforce needs, gather expert insights, and create opportunities for students
- Strong people leader to directly or indirectly lead a diverse team including program managers, instructional faculty, and student coaches/mentors
- Ability to analyze data to identify trends and drive innovation
Other
- Master’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited institution
- Terminal degree in a relevant field from an accredited institution (preferred)
- Experience in higher education, particularly in online education programs or in rapidly evolving organizations/programs (preferred)
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed organization
