AAVP, Academic Programs - Strategy & Impact

Southern New Hampshire University; Salem (NH); Remote; USD 142,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision plans

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement plan

Tuition program

Parental leave

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) seeks an Academic Associate Vice President for its Global Campus. The role provides strategic leadership to ensure high-quality online programs, learner-centric support, and effective faculty management across portfolios, aligned to SNHU's mission and goals.

The AAVP will lead cross-functional teams, drive organizational transformation, and build capability through coaching and talent development, ensuring evidence-informed decision making and continuous

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive higher education leadership experience with enterprise impact.
• Experience with online education at large scale, multiple modalities, and faculty management.
• Experience developing policies and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and enterprise leadership for assigned academic portfolios.
• Lead development and execution of portfolio strategy using health, learner, operational and market insights.
• Promote an enterprise mindset across Academic Programs and institutional partners.
• Ensure academic integrity, quality, governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Advance organizational agility and talent fluidity across portfolios and teams.
• Lead strategic initiatives and organizational transformation translating priorities into action.
• Build leadership capability by coaching Academic Deans and Executive Directors.
• Strengthen data-to-insight-to-action to drive measurable outcomes.
• Champion operational excellence and simplified processes across functions.
• Promote responsible technology and AI enablement with human judgment remains central.

Skills

Higher education leadership

Online education at scale

Policy development

Systems thinking

Data-driven decision making

Strategic execution

Talent development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Doctoral degree

Equivalent experience

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) seeks an Academic Associate Vice President for its Global Campus. The role provides strategic leadership to ensure high-quality online programs, learner-centric support, and effective faculty management across portfolios, aligned to SNHU's mission and goals.

The AAVP will lead cross-functional teams, drive organizational transformation, and build capability through coaching and talent development, ensuring evidence-informed decision making and continuous