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University of Maryland Global Campus · 1 day ago

Portfolio Director, Human Resources

Adelphi, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$149K/yr - $149K/yr

10+ years exp

The University of Maryland Global Campus is seeking a Portfolio Director for Human Resources, a key academic and strategic leader within their Global Academic and Learning Enterprise. This role is responsible for setting the vision and direction for a portfolio of learning experiences, ensuring alignment with workforce trends and employer needs, while collaborating with university teams to enhance learner outcomes and career relevance.

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Responsibilities

Establishes and leads the intellectual and strategic direction and priorities for a portfolio of learning experiences, maintaining strong awareness of and alignment to required and emergent employer/industry knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions

Identifies and ensures stackability of the skills-based learning experiences in the portfolio, deliberately mapping pathways including non-credit, micro-credential, professional, and workforce development experiences through academic courses, certificates, and degrees

Develops relationships with industry and community partners, including employers, professional organizations, certification bodies, and other universities and community colleges to ensure curriculum alignment and emerging relevance

Remains connected to and conversant in national discussions about the post-secondary education landscape, learner outcomes, workforce needs, and educational innovations specifically in the disciplines and industries germane to their portfolio of learning experiences

Identifies new technologies, theories, and approaches within the relevant field/discipline (e.g. GIS platforms, VoiceThread, Adobe Creative Cloud, uCertify, Dumpit, Oracle Crystal Ball, etc.) to enhance learner preparation for the workforce and the quality of the learning experience

Innovates and collaborates with university stakeholders on ways to validate and credential diverse forms of prior learning and contributes to new credentialing models

Works with Product Management to evolve the portfolio based on labor market and learner demand, ensuring stackable, scalable, and timely offerings

Collaborates with departments and offices across the global university to deliver a best-in-class learner experience, including surrounding the learner in support from both academic and nonacademic vantage points, enhancing learner engagement, and resolving learner issues and grievances, leading to higher levels of learner success

Working collaboratively across the university, optimizes the quality and performance of learning experiences through collaborative, data-driven activities and initiatives to ensure a high-quality portfolio of learning experiences, including measures of learner satisfaction, engagement, learning, and the learner experience as drivers of learner success, persistence, retention, and completion

Monitors and assesses portfolio performance through data and analytics, identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation

Uses market and audience research for Product Management to assess portfolio performance in terms of the national post-secondary and employer markets and identify appropriate learning experiences to start, stop, and continue

With the support and collaboration of Student Affairs, identifies appropriate academic support services

With the support and collaboration of the Office of Community Engagement and Opportunity and other teams across the institution, monitors learner satisfaction, engagement, learning, success, persistence, retention, and completion by learner demographic groups with an explicit focus on eliminating achievement gaps and improving outcomes for learners from historically marginalized communities

Qualification

Portfolio leadershipIndustry partnershipsData analyticsHigher education experienceWorkforce educationOnline learning experienceEquity commitmentLearner-centered designCollaborationCommunication skills

Required

Education: Terminal degree in Human Resources or Human Resources related field from a Business School of an accredited institution required

Experience: Demonstrated ability to get things done. At least 10 years of combined experience in higher education, workforce education, and related business, industry, or government roles

Demonstrated success working across academic and operational teams, and with external partners to align education with labor market needs

Certifications: Industry-specific credentials and certifications may be required based on the discipline

Preferred

Experience in portfolio leadership across multiple credential types (degree and non-degree)

Experience with online and hybrid learning environments, including online teaching experience

Familiarity with workforce and adult education models

Evidence of commitment to equity and learner-centered design

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).

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 Insurance.

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 Collegiate Faculty. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service.