Executive AAVP, Academic Programs — Remote Leadership

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision plans

Paid time off (5 weeks) and holidays

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Parental leave

Mental health resources

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University seeks an Academic Associate Vice President for its Global Campus online programs. The role provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure high‑quality programs, learner success, and engaged faculty across academic portfolios.

You will build cross‑functional teams, drive transformation, and align strategy with institutional goals. Lead Academic Deans and Directors, foster data‑driven decision making, and champion enterprise partnerships to scale online

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive higher education leadership experience
• Doctoral degree or equivalent terminal degree
• Experience with online education at large scale
• Systems intelligence and enterprise leadership
• Change leadership and strategic execution
• Data-to-Insight-to-Action: data literacy and sensemaking
• Talent fluidity and capability building across portfolios
• Policy development and SOPs for academic programs
• Digital & AI fluency and responsible adoption

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic and enterprise leadership for assigned academic portfolios.
• Leads development and execution of portfolio strategy using health, learner, operational, and fiscal insights.
• Promotes an enterprise One University mindset across Academic Programs.
• Provides enterprise leadership for academic integrity, quality, and governance.
• Advances organizational agility and talent fluidity across portfolios and teams.
• Leads strategic initiatives and organizational transformation across operating models and processes.
• Builds leadership and organizational capability through coaching Academic Deans and Directors.
• Strengthens data-to-insight-to-action flow and evidence-based decision making.
• Champions operational and process excellence and simplification of work.
• Promotes responsible technology and AI enablement with human oversight.
• Builds trusted enterprise partnerships and influences across the organization.
• Creates a culture of accountability, learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Stewards organizational resources and capacity strategically.
• Anticipates opportunities and challenges affecting Academic Programs.
• Measures and communicates portfolio performance and outcomes.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Enterprise leadership

Change management

Data-driven decisions

Education

Doctoral degree

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University seeks an Academic Associate Vice President for its Global Campus online programs. The role provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure high‑quality programs, learner success, and engaged faculty across academic portfolios.

You will build cross‑functional teams, drive transformation, and align strategy with institutional goals. Lead Academic Deans and Directors, foster data‑driven decision making, and champion enterprise partnerships to scale online