Director of Executive Education & Strategic Partnerships

University of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Houston is seeking an Executive Director for Executive Education within the Bauer College to provide strategic planning and executive management of non-degree programs. The role includes developing open enrollment offerings, bespoke client solutions, and collaboration across college units in Houston, nationally, and globally.

Lead delivery across multiple modalities, build corporate partnerships, and align programs with degree pathways.

Qualifications

• Requires Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related professional experience.
• Experience in executive education or corporate partnerships is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops strategic plans, markets and implements executive education programs for professional business administration.
• Collaborates with department leaders to share opportunities across functions and strengthen partnerships.
• Creates bespoke executive education offerings for client companies and negotiates pricing/contracts.
• Coordinates with chairs to develop custom curricula and source instructors for corporate needs.
• Designs open enrollment programs with Bauer faculty to target niches and topics for industries.
• Ensures delivery of programs across on-site, off-site, hybrid, and remote modalities.
• Supervises staff responsible for logistics, operations and client/faculty/student support in executive education.
• Builds relationships with large organizations to make the College the provider of choice for executive education.
• Leverages non-degree programs as pipelines to degree programs like Executive MS/Executive Doctorate.
• Represents Bauer College and University of Houston at events and serves on committees as assigned.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Education

Master's degree in a relevant field

Job description

The University of Houston is seeking an Executive Director for Executive Education within the Bauer College to provide strategic planning and executive management of non-degree programs. The role includes developing open enrollment offerings, bespoke client solutions, and collaboration across college units in Houston, nationally, and globally.

Lead delivery across multiple modalities, build corporate partnerships, and align programs with degree pathways.