Executive Director of Competency-Based Education and New Delivery Model Integration

Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators. World changers. Individuals who believe in progress with purpose. Since 1932, our people-centered strategy has defined us - and helped us grow a team that now serves over 180,000 learners worldwide.

Our mission to transform lives is made possible by talented people who bring diverse industry experience, backgrounds and skills to the university. And today, we're ready to expand our reach. All we need is you.

Make an impact - from near or far

At SNHU, you'll have the option to work remotely in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. Employees must reside in, and work from, one of the above approved states.

The opportunity

In an ever-evolving higher-education marketplace and competitive environment, SNHU's long-term ability to achieve its mission remains dependent on our capacity to adapt and implement new models for delivering learning toward our mission of transformation.

You'll ensure understanding of the CBE academic program's direction and efforts with the goals of the University. You are well-versed in and connected to the national conversation regarding higher education, learning, and delivery models. You will report to the Vice President of Learning Model Modernization and Competency-based Education, within our Academic Experience team.

You will help optimize our strategy for competency-based education models, as it identifies, plans, develops, pilots, evaluates, and integrates validated learning models into the SNHU ecosystem. You will focus on integrating appropriate technologies, such as AI, into academic delivery across modalities, and ensuring these innovations align with institutional goals, our requirements, and academic standards. Your team includes Academic Deans and Reviewers who ensure the quality of SNHU's CBE models and an engaging student experience delivering those models. This is a remote position. #LI-Remote

What you'll do:

• Ensure that competency-based education optimization and academic delivery strategies align with institutional goals, and standards

• Plan and implement integration roadmaps that allow for the successful transition of newly validated models to the appropriate academic unit, including all related processes, technologies, services, and teams into the operationalized Academic ecosystem

• Foster progress as a structured discipline through the appropriate use of planning, tools, techniques, and formalized innovation cycles

• Contribute to environmental scanning capabilities that capture market, employer, and internal data and turn that data into usable intelligence that indicates where delivery or improvement is appropriate

• Support the strategy for integrating industry credentials, digital credentials, and flexible pathway options as part of our academic product strategy

• Manage academic delivery outcomes using measurements, and established performance targets

• Cultivate relationships with partners across SNHU to ensure transparency in the work, its purpose, and projected outcomes; alignment of expectations and resources; and clarity of performance and results

• Support the strategic vision for academic delivery development and the integration of new delivery models and practices

• Support the strategy for the development, piloting, and implementation of adaptable educational models, collaborating with innovation and testing teams to pilot new technology solutions (such as AI), faculty models, and learning design approaches.

• Lead the optimization of existing non-traditional, competency-based educational models, to ensure long-term viability.

• Lead a team of motivated, passionate, focused employees, including CBE Academic Deans and Reviewers

What we're looking for:

• Master's degree from a regionally accredited university

• 5+ years of experience in higher education leadership

• Leadership development toward building leaders who model university shared values, cultural norms, and behaviors

• Experience with the higher-education landscape, future signals and opportunities that present promising strategies for the future

• In-depth understanding of learning delivery models, which might include Competency-based Education; Experiential Learning; Project-Based Learning; Self-Paced learning

• Understanding of the possible effects of learning design on delivery model implementation

• The ability to translate a vision into concepts; practical roadmaps for design teams; and sustainable, implementable delivery models

• Design thinking, analytical, and practical design process skills

• Use team member capability and strength to maximize achievement

• Align and mobilize teams through shared vision and common purpose to achieve strategic and operational outcomes

We believe real innovation comes from inclusion - where different experiences, perspectives and talents are celebrated. So if you're wondering whether SNHU is right for you, take the leap and apply. You might be just the person we're looking for.

Compensation

Exceptional benefits (because you're exceptional)

You're the whole package. Your benefits should be, too. As a full-time employee at SNHU, you'll get:

• High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance

• Low to no-cost dental and vision plans

• 5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)

• Employer-funded retirement

• Free tuition program

• Parental leave

• Mental health and wellbeing resources