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Academic Programs

The Academic Program Manager provides leadership for an academic unit or portfolio of programs to include oversight of all strategic planning, assessment, engagement, and compliance activities; establishes a program framework that promotes collaborative relationships with faculty, positive student experiences, and a high standard of delivery methods; provides consultation to the academic partners surrounding the development of new programs.

• Direct and manage an academic or degree related program, portfolio, or unit; lead a team in the effective, responsive, and innovative development and delivery of programs and services; supervise, mentor, develop, and evaluate staff; oversee workflow and assign tasks
• Define and establish program goals; collaborate with faculty to identify desired outcomes and to integrate program objectives with the academic area’s strategic plan
• Evaluate portfolio quality; develop assessment methods; analyze and interpret program activity data in order to inform changes and improve program performance and impact; present statistical and narrative reports to leadership
• Oversee and direct all operational aspects of programs including student experience, strategic design, admission or selection processes, record procedures, and course scheduling and delivery logistics; lead academic processes including course proposals, curriculum review, and accreditation
• Promote and establish collaborative relationships with faculty to identify, assess, develop, enhance, and implement new course or program offerings; evaluate the value and feasibility of new delivery models; develop solutions to enhance student experience; continually calibrate and align offerings with existing curricular goals
• Responsible for the financial viability and sustainability of the academic program or unit; plan and administer budgets; allocate resources and forecast needs; analyze and report on financial data
• Develop and administer procedures to ensure compliance with University policies, standards, or regulations; lead risk mitigation efforts
• Cultivate partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to advance goals and elevate program relevance and reach; provide direction for marketing and engagement strategies
• Partner with academic leadership, departmental leadership, central academic or student centered units, course committees, and external entities to ensure the high quality delivery of services and programs

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 13
• Minimum – $86,300.00
• MidPoint – $107,900.00
• Maximum – $129,500.00