Executive Director, Executive Education (Bauer College) - (496693 )

University of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Houston's Bauer College seeks an Executive Director for Executive Education to lead strategic planning and executive management of non-degree programs in Houston, nationally, and globally.

Responsibilities include developing bespoke programs, collaborating with Career Services and Corporate Partnerships, designing open enrollment offerings, negotiating pricing, and ensuring program delivery across on-site, off-site, hybrid and remote formats.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of directly job-related professional experience.
• Education: Master’s degree or equivalent; advanced leadership credentials preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops strategic plans and markets executive education programs.
• Collaborates with leadership across Bauer College units to maximize opportunities and partnerships.
• Creates bespoke executive education offerings and negotiates pricing and contracts.
• Coordinates with academic chairs to tailor curriculum and source instructors for corporate clients.
• Designs and delivers open enrollment programs in consultation with Bauer faculty for various industries.
• Ensures program delivery across on-site, off-site, hybrid and remote modalities.
• Supervises staff responsible for logistics, operations and client, faculty and student support.
• Builds relationships with large organizations to position the College as the provider of choice for executive education.
• Leverages non-degree programs as a pipeline to degree programs offered by the College.
• Represents the College of Business and University of Houston at internal and external events.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Executive education

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

Department: Dean's Office BauerCollegeSalary: Commensurate withExperience/Education

Description:

The Executive Director for Executive Education (College)provides strategic planning and executive management ofnon-degree-credit programs that leverage the thought leadership ofCollege faculty. This includes facilitation of open enrollmentprograms for the general public, as well as custom programdevelopment for companies locally in Houston, nationally, andglobally. This job is exclusive to the Academic AffairsDivision.

1. Develops strategic plans, markets and implements executiveeducation programs related to a variety of topics in professionalbusiness administration.
2. Works collaboratively with leadership in other college unitsincluding Career Services, Corporate Partnerships and AlumniRelations to ensure that employer, alumni, and executive educationopportunities are shared across functions to maximize institutionalimpact, strengthen long-term partnerships, and present a unifiedCollege approach to external engagement.
3. Creates bespoke executive education offerings for clientcompanies, identifying custom curricular components, negotiatingpricing and facilitating contractual agreements.
4. Coordinates with academic department chairs to cultivate customcurriculum and source instructors tailored to corporate clientneeds.
5. Designs and implements open enrollment programs and courseofferings in consultation with Bauer faculty to identify targetedniches and leading-edge topics for various industries.
6. Ensures effective delivery of programs through multiplemodalities as needed, including on-site, off-site, hybrid andremote options.
7. Directly supervises staff department responsible for logistics,operations and client, faculty & student support in executiveeducation programs.
8. Builds meaningful relationships with large organizations, suchthat the College is the provider of choice for executive educationneeds.
9. Leverages non-degree-credit programs as a pipeline to degreeprograms, particularly Executive masters, Executive doctorate andother specialized degree programs offered by the College.
10. Represents the College of Business and University of Houston atinternal and external events and serves on division anduniversity-wide committees as assigned.
11. Performs other job-related duties as required.

Additional Position Information

Preferences: 10 years of applicable experience in a leadershiprole.

MQ: Education: Requires application of advanced principles,techniques and theory in a professional discipline or a thoroughgeneral business management knowledge. Knowledge of this level istypically obtained through a directly job related Master's degreeor equivalent formal training in a recognized field ofspecialization that is directly related to the type of work beingperformed.

Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directlyjob-related professional experience.

Certification/Licensing: None.

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The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.