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University of Maryland Global Campus · 6 days ago

Chief Academic Officer & VP Global Academic Learning Enterprise

(North America) ICC - Adelphi, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$325K/yr - $345K/yr

10+ years exp

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) seeks an innovative and results-oriented leader for the role of Chief Academic Officer and Vice President of Global Academic Learning Enterprise. This position is responsible for shaping a learner-centric and data-driven academic enterprise, ensuring academic quality, and leading the evolution of academic models to meet the needs of modern learners.

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Responsibilities

Own and execute UMGC’s academic product strategy and portfolio, including undergraduate, graduate, credential, and non-degree offerings that prioritize learner outcomes, skills attainment and workforce relevance in alignment with UMGC’s strategic plan and Innovation Forward goals

Lead the Schools as academic product portfolios, ensuring each portfolio has clear academic intent, outcomes, differentiation, and sustainability

Partner with other senior level colleagues to drive key institutional metrics including student success, satisfaction, persistence, retention and graduation

Lead the evolution toward coherent, stackable learning pathways that support lifelong learning

Align academic offerings with labor-market data, employer needs, and industry-validated skills

Establish decision frameworks for program approval, evolution, prioritization, investment, and sunsetting, grounded in academic quality, learner outcomes, workforce relevance, and mission alignment

Hold accountability for academic product health at the portfolio level, partnering with the Center Institutional Effectiveness, Marketing, Learner Lifecycle Success, Global Military Operations, Global Workforce Partnerships, Experience Strategy & Design, Product Management, and Analytics teams to monitor quality, outcomes, relevance, and long-term viability

Establish a curriculum performance framework using analytics and assessment to drive improvement Leadership of Schools

Lead and develop Portfolio VPs/Deans as academic portfolio leaders, accountable for the performance, relevance, and integrity of their respective product portfolios

Ensure clarity of roles, decision rights, and accountability across the academic organization within a matrixed operating model

Enable cross-portfolio alignment while preserving appropriate disciplinary depth, innovation, and differentiation

Foster a culture of evidence-based decision-making, continuous improvement, and shared ownership of learner outcomes

Serve as UMGC’s chief steward of academic quality, rigor, and integrity across all learning models and modalities

Define and govern the University’s academic quality framework, including learning outcomes, assessment expectations, curricular standards, and academic policies

Serve as executive lead for institutional and specialized accreditation, compliance, academic reporting, and regulatory alignment with regional, professional, and governmental bodies

Maintain rigorous compliance with accreditation standards and regulatory requirements, upholding transparency, integrity, and public trust while also appropriately continuing to advocate in the best interest of our learners

Provide executive oversight to ensure positioning of the Registrar as a strategic enabler of learner mobility and progression, ensuring that academic policies, credit practices, and supporting systems minimize friction and accelerate learner advancement

Leads registrar operations that effectively support transfer pathways, prior learning assessments (PLA), stackable credentials, and lifelong learning, while aligning with modern academic models

Establish the vision, expectations, and governance structures that support faculty excellence in a centrally designed, technology-enabled academic environment

Advance faculty development, evaluation, and engagement models aligned to evidence-based teaching, learner success, and modern instructional practices embracing the role of human-centered AI

Champion faculty as essential academic partners responsible for teaching quality, disciplinary expertise, assessment integrity, and learner engagement

Lead a team of subject matter experts including portfolio VPs, portfolio directors and collegiate faculty in defining, teaching and evaluating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions needed to transform learners' lives

Interpret workforce trends, employer expectations, and labor market insights to inform academic priorities, learning outcomes, and credential intent, in partnership with the CLESO and Global Workforce Solutions

Define skills, competencies, and credentials to ensure UMGC offerings remain relevant, credible, and valuable in evolving labor markets

Hold accountability for ensuring UMGC credentials represent clear academic and professional value without prescribing learning experience design or delivery mechanisms

Ensure workforce relevance in partnership with the Global Workforce Solutions team and by engaging employers through advisory boards

Champion responsible integration of AI across curriculum, instruction, assessment, and support

Establish academic guardrails, success criteria, and evaluation standards for new learning models, assessment approaches, and the responsible use of emerging technologies, including AI

Evaluate and authorize academic innovations for scale based on evidence, outcomes, and academic integrity

Partner with Marketing and Learning Product Development leaders to ensure academic intent is translated into execution through defined governance, handoffs, and accountability structures

Serve as a senior member of the executive leadership team, contributing to institutional strategy, transformation, and long-term sustainability

Collaborate as an equal partner with student-facing leaders to co-own learner success outcomes

Collaborate closely with Marketing, Experience Strategy, Learning Product Development, Learner Enrollment, Learner Lifecycle Success, Global Workforce Solutions, Institutional Effectiveness, and Technology leaders to support the full learner lifecycle

Represent UMGC as a national leader in next-generation public higher education, contributing to policy, accreditation evolution, and sector-wide innovation

Qualification

Academic leadershipData-informed decision makingAccreditation oversightCurriculum governanceAI integration in educationPortfolio managementWorkforce alignmentLearning outcomes assessmentChange managementCollaborationCommunicationTeam leadership

Required

A demonstrated track record of achieving results and getting things done

An earned terminal degree (Ph.D., Ed.D., or equivalent) from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning

At least 10 years of senior academic leadership experience

Success with national, nontraditional, adult-serving, innovation-oriented organizations delivering through online and hybrid models

Demonstrated success in stewarding academic quality, accreditation, faculty leadership, and portfolio-level academic decision-making

Data-informed leader comfortable using performance, outcomes, and product management to guide academic strategy

Evidence of challenging status quo and expanding beyond typical practices in previous roles

Preferred

Demonstrated success leading large-scale academic transformation

Operating within product-oriented or skills-based and outcomes-driven academic learning models

Leadership in AI-enabled learning or academic operations

Operating effectively in matrixed organizations with shared accountability

Oversight of accreditation, curriculum governance, and registrar functions

Strong fluency in learning outcomes assessment, academic governance, and compliance in online or hybrid environments

Benefits

Generous Time Off: Enjoy 22 days of paid vacation, 15 days of sick leave, 3 personal days, and 15 paid holidays (16 during general election years). For part-time employees, time off rates will be prorated based on the number of hours worked.

Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access to health care, medical with vision, dental, and prescription plans for both individuals and families, effective from the 1st of the month following your hire date.

Insurance Options: Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance. Part-time employees working less than 0.5 FTE are not eligible for LTD.

Flexible Spending Accounts: Available for medical and dependent care expenses.

Retirement Plans: Choose between the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) or the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS).

Supplemental Retirement Plans: include 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and various Roth options. The university does not provide matching funds.

Tuition Remission: Immediate availability for Regular Exempt Staff. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service. NOTE: For part-time employees (at least 50 percent of the time), tuition remission benefits are prorated.