Executive Director, Academic Programs & Strategy (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Free tuition program

Paid time off

Parental leave

Mental health resources

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking an Academic Associate Vice President (AAVP) for the Online Global Campus. This senior role provides strategic and operational leadership for academic programs, ensuring quality and learner success while aligning with SNHU's mission and the One University mindset.

You will lead multiple academic programs, coach Academic Deans and Directors, and drive transformation to enhance learner persistence, program health, and operational efficiency across the

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive higher education leadership experience
• Doctoral degree or equivalent terminal degree (or equivalent experience)
• Experience with online education at large scale, including modalities, faculty management
• Experience developing policies and standard operating procedures
• Systems thinking and outcomes-based design
• Enterprise leadership with shared accountability
• Change leadership and stakeholder mobilization
• Strategic execution from strategy to action
• Data literacy and sensemaking for evidence-based decisions
• Process design and operating model simplification for continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic and enterprise leadership for assigned academic portfolios, aligning with institutional objectives
• Leads portfolio strategy development using insights on health, learner outcomes, and market needs
• Fosters enterprise alignment across Academic Programs and partners
• Ensures academic integrity, quality, governance, and regulatory compliance
• Builds organizational capability by coaching Academic Deans and Executive Directors
• Advances data-to-insight-to-action through evidence-based decision making
• Drives organizational transformation and resource optimization
• Champions AI enablement with responsible implementation
• Measures portfolio performance and communicates progress to stakeholders
• Promotes accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Skills

Systems thinking

Enterprise leadership

Change leadership

Data literacy

Strategy execution

AI fluency

Talent development

Education

Doctoral degree or equivalent terminal degree

Equivalent of experience in lieu of degree acceptable

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking an Academic Associate Vice President (AAVP) for the Online Global Campus. This senior role provides strategic and operational leadership for academic programs, ensuring quality and learner success while aligning with SNHU's mission and the One University mindset.

You will lead multiple academic programs, coach Academic Deans and Directors, and drive transformation to enhance learner persistence, program health, and operational efficiency across the