Associate Dean, Online Product Health

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU); United States; Remote; USD 88,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision plans

Paid time off and holidays

Employer-funded retirement

Free tuition program

Parental leave

Mental health resources

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking an Associate Dean of Online Product Health to lead Liberal Arts and History programs within the online Global Campus. This full-time role focuses on operational efficiency, program health, and innovations that improve daily academic operations.

Ideal candidates will have a terminal degree and at least 2 years in higher education administration, plus experience with online degree programs.

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in Liberal Arts, History, Social Sciences or closely related discipline.
• At least 2 years of progressive experience in higher education administration.
• Experience in the successful administration of online degree programs.
• Knowledge of environmental forces within higher education and portfolio management.
• Understanding of learning science foundations and student success drivers.

Responsibilities

• Promote learner success and quality through data-informed decisions.
• Maintain successful programs and curriculum with oversight for relevancy.
• Assure achievement of institutional and programmatic benchmarks with analytical support.
• Collaborate with instructional and curriculum design teams on learning theory and best practices.
• Help design scalable learning models addressing affordability, access, and speed to completion.
• Ensure programs meet accreditation standards and governance requirements.
• Foster collaboration between faculty to strengthen curriculum delivery.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data-driven decisions

Collaborative

Education

Terminal degree in Liberal Arts/History/Social Sciences or related field

Job description

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

As Associate Dean of Online Product Health you will be a full-time member of university staff and primary subject matter expert for Liberal Arts and History programs within Southern New Hampshire University's online Global Campus (GC). You will implement operational level project work and program projects to ensure overall product health. You'll identify opportunities to increase operational efficiency and programmatic innovation while ensuring the success of daily academic programs operations. You will report to a Senior Associate Dean, Online Product Health.

What you'll do:

• - Promote learner success and quality within designated programs, courses, and content through data-informed decisions.
• - Maintain successful programs and curriculum through oversight, ensuring efficient curriculum delivery and curriculum relevancy.
• - Assure the achievement of important institutional and programmatic benchmarks and performance indicators with analytical support and discipline.
• - Collaborate with instructional and curriculum design teams to ensure learning theory and best practices are applied to program and course development.
• - Help design new learning models that are flexible and scalable to support the needs of tomorrow's learners and address important issues such as affordability, access, and speed to completion.
• - Ensure that assigned programs meet programmatic and institutional accreditation standards and institutional policies and governance requirements.
• - Create an environment that promotes connection, community, and collaboration between faculty to strengthen the quality of curriculum delivery for each respective program area.
• - Conduct environmental scanning and research in collaboration with internal and external partners to identify trends and inform actions to increase programmatic success.
• - Support improvements in processes to increase automation, improve data and reporting, ability to grow, reduce cost, and better support collaboration between partners.
• - Participate in professional development activities that support professional growth and the development of a national presence within the discipline area specifically and higher education generally.

What we're looking for:

• - Earned terminal degree in Liberal Arts, History, Social Sciences, or a closely related academic discipline.
• - At least 2 years of progressive experience working in higher education administration.
• - Experience in the successful administration of online degree programs.
• - Knowledge of environmental forces within the higher education environment and within assigned portfolio.
• - Understanding of the foundations of learning science and drivers of student success.

This is a remote position. #LI-Remote

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, you might be just the person we're looking for.

If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to fully engage in any part of the application or hiring process, please complete the Accommodation Request form or contact us at 603-626-9447. A member from the Employee Accommodation Support Center will be in contact with you within two business days to discuss your request.

Compensation

The annual pay range for this position is $88,130.00 - $141,036.00. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. We expect this position to be hired in the following target hiring range $97,384.00 - $131,756.00.

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