Academic Portfolio Products Manager
Company: Western Governors University
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: October 23, 2024
Job Description:
If you're passionate about building a better future for
individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to
working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU
as the next step in your career.Driven by a mission to expand
access to higher education through online, competency-based degree
programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for
a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The
university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century,
one that has received praise from academic, industry, government,
and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a
part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better
tomorrow for themselves and their families.The Academic Portfolio
Products oversees the university's academic portfolio product
offerings, with a primary focus on creating and implementing best
practices, standards, and strategies for a unified approach to the
University's Academic Portfolio. This role is dedicated to
collaborating across multiple organizations to design and execute
standardized best practices that not only enhance market-aligned
program offerings across the university but also significantly
improve student return on intended outcomes. The role also drives
innovation in academic investments and resource allocation and is
instrumental in developing and applying standardized approaches
that enhance consistency and quality across all academic
offerings.Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Develops and executes a comprehensive strategy for
standardizing academic portfolio management practices across the
university, fostering a unified approach to the health and
maintenance of the Academic Portfolio. Collaborates with
stakeholders from various schools to ensure the strategy aligns
with diverse needs and goals. Creates and maintains a review
process for implementing best practices and standards.
- Conducts product research and collaborates with Portfolio
Strategy and Institutional Research teams to develop and execute
change management practices that improve unified portfolio
prioritization, portfolio maintenance, and process enhancement
across WGU.
- Provides thought leadership and recommends innovations in
learning products, learning design, and delivery based on data
analysis and learning science. Partners cross-functionally for the
timely execution of new products, processes, and procedures that
support the growth of the school
- Collaborates with external and internal stakeholders across
organizations to design and execute program offerings that enhance
intended outcomes and are workforce and skill-aligned. Creates
research-based benchmarks aligned with industry and workforce needs
in academic product management.
- Develops a set of university-wide standards for academic
product development, maintenance, and assessment. Establishes and
maintains a centralized repository of best practices, standards,
and strategies to ensure consistency in approach across all schools
and departments.
- Builds relationships with key stakeholders across all schools
and departments to promote and implement unified strategies and
best practices. Facilitates cross-functional collaboration to
ensure buy-in and adoption of new standards. Develops and
implements change management strategies to support the transition
to centralized practices
- Designs and delivers training programs on best practices for
active portfolio maintenance and standards for faculty, staff, and
administrators. Provides ongoing oversight and monitoring of the
health and performance of active programs across the One WGU
Portfolio. Creates and maintains documentation, including playbooks
and templates.
- Establishes metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of
standardized practices and their contribution to a unified
University Academic Portfolio. Regularly assesses and reports on
the impact of implemented standards. Continuously refines and
updates best practices based on feedback and emerging trends.
- Evaluates and recommends management tools and business
intelligence technologies to support standardized academic product
management processes. Oversees the implementation and adoption of
selected tools across the university
- Maintains professional knowledge of innovative and current
practices in the areas of learning science, competency-based
education, and online learning through analysis of research and
participation in conferences
- Represents Academic Programs/Product to external and internal
stakeholders at all levels
- Performs other related duties as assigned.Knowledge, Skill and
Abilities:
- Ability to build relationships and influence at all levels,
both internally and externally
- Proven ability to analyze data to identify trends and drive
innovation
- Ability to organize, coordinate, and direct team activities and
results
- Ability to coach, direct and develop direct reports
- Sound judgment and decision-making skills
- Ability to be an agent of change in a rapidly changing
environment
- Strong organizational and demonstrated communication and
research skills
- Excellent organizational and project management skills,
including the ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and pay
attention to detail
- Requires composure under pressure, dealing with ambiguity and
comfort working closely with executive leadership.Job
Qualifications:Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's degree in related field or disciple disciplines
including but not limited to Business Administration, Educational
Leadership, and Organizational Development.
- 5 years of Product and Portfolio management experiencePreferred
Qualifications:
- Experience in developing and implementing university-wide
academic standards and best practices.
- 5 years leading and managing people, teams, and projects
- Experience with workforce education and online education
- Experience performing data collection, analysis, and
presentation
- Experience in instructional design, curriculum development, and
educational technology
- Experience in relationship management across a range of
internal and external partnersPhysical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a
computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.The salary range
for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that
are considered in making compensation decisions including but not
limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and
certifications; and other business and organizational needs.At WGU,
it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top
of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are
dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable
estimate of the current range is: Pay Range: $97,100.00 -
$145,600.00WGU will accept applications for this position until
12:00 AM ET, 10/25/2024How to apply: apply onlineFull-time Regular
Positions(FT classification, standard working hours = 40)This is a
full-time, regular position that is eligible for 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; and 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, and other paid leaves, including up to
12 weeks of parental leave.The University is an equal opportunity
employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or
protected veteran status.
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