Description
As Lead Academic Program Manager in WGU School of Technology, you will be responsible for the overall end-to-end ownership of a program through its entire lifecycle.
This includes:
- Pre-definition research: market-segment selection, targeted skills, market demand for graduates, student demand, competitive analysis, portfolio strategy, pricing, program requirements, and program level P&L
- Building and launching the program: working with academic program directors and subject matter experts to define the curriculum, and working with the program development team to build and launch the program
- Tracking post-launch adoption: working with marketing and partnership teams to drive adoption, monitoring student success, and making adjustments to improve student outcomes and market relevance
Responsibilities:
- Drives a culture of continuous experimentation, measurement, and learning from data
- Leads academic program leaders, instructional faculty, and student coaches/mentors
- Influences others and communicates effectively
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams
- Manages ambiguity and uncertainty
- Drives for results and achieves goals
- Builds effective teams
- Organizational learning and innovation
Requirements:
- Master's degree in a business or technical field
- 3-5 years of professional experience in Cybersecurity, AI, or Technical Product Management
- 4+ years of related experience in program P&L responsibility, educational program management, and student outcomes
- Experience owning a product or program across its full lifecycle
Preferred Qualifications:
- Doctorate degree in a relevant area
- Experience in higher education
- CISSP, CISM, or AI-related certifications
- Experience in developing online education programs
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and mental healthcare
- Health savings account and flexible spending account
- Basic and voluntary life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
- Legal and identity theft coverage
- Retirement savings plan
- Wellbeing program
- Discounted WGU tuition
- Flexible paid time off and sick time
- 11 paid holidays and other paid leaves