Director, Digital Credentialing & Learner Mobility

Colorado Community College System (CCCS); Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Flexible schedules

Hybrid-remote work possibility

Job summary

Colorado Community College System leads a transformative effort to redefine how learning is recognized and connected to opportunities across Colorado. You will architect and advance a modern CLR/LER ecosystem, collaborating with 13 colleges and the System Office to ensure credentials are portable and valuable.

The Director oversees two staff, drives enterprise standards, and partners across academic affairs, IT, workforce development, and industry to advance learner mobility and digital

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, business administration, management, workforce development, public administration, organizational leadership, higher education administration, information systems, or a related field.
• Five years of progressively responsible leadership experience leading enterprise transformation involving education, workforce, digital products, public policy, organizational change, or talent systems.
• Experience managing or guiding product roadmaps, vendor relationships, implementation timelines, or cross-functional technology-enabled initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and steward the Digital Talent Marketplace strategy as CCCS’s learner- and employer-facing CLR/LER ecosystem.
• Establish systemwide quality standards for degrees, certificates, digital badges, microcredentials, and related learning representations.
• Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of the enterprise talent recognition ecosystem centered on CLR/LER.
• Guide integration of Credit for Prior Learning, digital badging, and skills taxonomies into the CLR/LER strategy.
• Manage vendor relationships, product roadmaps, timelines, and adoption planning for the CLR/LER ecosystem.
• Partner with vendors and CCCS IT to ensure data architecture, interoperability, privacy, accessibility, and scalability.
• Lead systemwide CLR/LER implementation across CCCS colleges via pilots, rollouts, training, and adoption support.
• Provide leadership for communities of practice and cross-functional groups supporting talent recognition and digital credentials.

Skills

Leadership

Roadmap management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, management, or related field

Job description

Colorado Community College System leads a transformative effort to redefine how learning is recognized and connected to opportunities across Colorado. You will architect and advance a modern CLR/LER ecosystem, collaborating with 13 colleges and the System Office to ensure credentials are portable and valuable.

The Director oversees two staff, drives enterprise standards, and partners across academic affairs, IT, workforce development, and industry to advance learner mobility and digital