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Western Governors University · 3 days ago
Lead Academic Program Manager
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$115K/yr - $178K/yr
4+ years exp
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Mallory L.
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Responsibilities
Basic Understanding of P&L
Drive a culture of continuous experimentation, measurement, and learning from data to rapidly improve the quality and delivery to students
Influences Others and Communicates Effectively: Communicates to improve and promote teamwork, decision making, and problem solving. Listens and responds effectively to the reactions and positions of others and encourages the expression of diverse ideas and opinions. Adjusts message and style to fit the audience. Provides timely and helpful feedback. Communicates appropriately to win support with all audiences.
Collaborates: Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives. Represents own interests while being fair to others and their areas. Partners with others to get work done. Credits others for their contributions and accomplishments. Gains buy-in, trust and support of others.
Manages Ambiguity: Deals comfortably with the uncertainty of change. Effectively handles risk. Can decide to act without the total picture. Is calm and productive, even when things are up in the air. Deals constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes.
Drives for Results: Has a strong outcomes-based orientation. Persists in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks. Has a track record of successfully achieving goals. Pushes self and helps others achieve results. Has a continuous improvement mindset.
Organizational Learning: Learns quickly when facing new situations. Experiments to find new solutions. Takes on challenges of unfamiliar tasks. Extracts lessons-learned from failures and mistakes. Expands knowledge base through ongoing curiosity.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualification
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Required
Master's degree in a related area from an accredited institution
4+ years of related experience to include a combination of: being able to effectively plan and operate degree-granting educational programs with the goal of driving student outcomes, student satisfaction, and profitability
In lieu of a master’s degree a bachelor's degree + 7 years relevant experience may be considered if candidates possess the necessary skills and knowledge required for the position
Preferred
Doctorate degree in relevant area from an accredited institution
Experience in higher education
Experience in developing online education programs and/or developing and scaling rapidly changing organizations/programs
Experience in developing curriculum and/or high-stakes assessments
Demonstrated success in change management, and bringing order and structure to complex situations
Benefits
Bonuses
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 for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
Flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
11 paid holidays
Up to 12 weeks of parental leave
Company
Western Governors University
Western Governors University is a school in Salt Lake City.
5,001-10,000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (4)
2022 (28)
2021 (22)
2020 (35)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Mark Milliron
Senior Vice President & Executive Dean of the Teachers College
Stephen Herzig
Vice President of Enterprise Solutions
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