Manager of Curriculum Development

Schoolcraft College; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 68,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Schoolcraft College is seeking a Manager of Curriculum Development to lead the college's curriculum development infrastructure, coordinating design, revision, review, approval, implementation, and ongoing maintenance. The role emphasizes using technology, data, workflow automation, AI, and process improvement to accelerate curriculum work for students and workforce needs.

The position connects faculty, instructional administrators, and institutional leadership, driving transparency and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required in a relevant field (Higher Education, Instructional Design, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Leadership, Academic Administration, or related)
• Minimum five years in higher education, especially Academic Affairs or curriculum development
• Experience collaborating with faculty and administrators to improve teaching and student outcomes
• Demonstrated success with program or curriculum development
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects and communicate with diverse stakeholders
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

Responsibilities

• Lead college-wide curriculum development, revision, and implementation processes
• Develop and maintain a modernized curriculum management strategy aligned with strategic goals
• Serve as primary project manager for curriculum proposals with clear milestones and ownership
• Support development of stackable credentials, certificates, degrees, and accelerated pathways
• Ensure curricula align with prerequisite sequencing, transfer pathways, and completion milestones
• Provide templates, tools, and guidance throughout the curriculum development process
• Manage curriculum project plans and maintain documentation for approvals
• Maintain curriculum handbook and master calendar in alignment with committee meetings

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Curriculum design

Data-driven decisions

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Curriculum management software

Job description

Manager of Curriculum Development

Posting Details

Posting Number: SFA736P

Open Date: 09/29/2026

Close Date: 10/13/2026

Open Until Filled: No

Job Information

Job Title: Manager of Curriculum Development

Status: Full Time

FTE: 1

Classification Title: Classified Grade F

Job Summary

The Manager of Curriculum Development leads the college’s curriculum development infrastructure, providing coordination, expertise, project management, and continuous improvement for the design, revision, review, approval, implementation, and maintenance of academic curriculum. The Manager serves as a key connector between faculty, instructional administrators, academic operations, assessment and institutional leadership. This position is designed as an innovative curriculum systems role, using technology, data, workflow automation, artificial intelligence, and process improvement to make curriculum development faster, clearer, more transparent, and more responsive to student, transfer, workforce, and institutional needs. The Manager ensures that curriculum ideas move efficiently from concept to approval to implementation.

Schoolcraft is a comprehensive, open-door, community-based college. The mission of the College is to provide a transformational learning experience designed to increase the capacity of individuals and groups to achieve intellectual, social, and economic goals.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Higher Education, Instructional Design, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Leadership, Academic Administration, Business Administration, or a closely related field
• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in higher education, preferably within Academic Affairs, curriculum design and development, academic operations, or a related area
• Experience collaborating with faculty, administrators, and other stakeholders to enhance teaching, learning, and student success through a variety of instructional and academic support approaches
• Demonstrated success with program or curriculum development
• Demonstrated ability to organize multiple projects and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to communicate professionally, diplomatically, and confidentially with diverse audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Community college experience
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and continuous improvement practices
• Experience with guided pathways, program mapping, stackable credentials, or workforce education

Physical Demands

Schoolcraft College is an AA/EEO Employer.

In-Person: This position may require the employee to be onsite at Schoolcraft College.

Writing Skills: Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.

Communication Skills: Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from prospective and current employees, and groups of managers.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Office Environment: This role may involve being in a stationary position in front of a computer, using a keyboard, mouse (or applicable equipment) and telephone. Communicating and exchanging information with individuals electronically or in person. This role may also involve standing and walking for periods of time, and the use of hands and moving objects on occasion, of up to 10-20 lbs. Specific vision abilities required may include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. Noise Level: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Hours

Monday-Friday, 8-5pm

Salary

Pay range is $32.63-$52.42 per hour

Job Duties

• Lead the college-wide curriculum development, revision, review, approval, implementation, and inactivation processes.
• Develop and maintain a modernized comprehensive curriculum management strategy aligned with the college strategic plan, workforce needs, transfer opportunities, accreditation expectations, and student success goals.
• Serves as the primary project manager while collaborating with curriculm designers, faculty, staff, and appropriate stakeholders, ensuring best practices are applied during curriculum proposals and projects, ensuring clear milestones, owners, timelines, and communication.
• Support development of stackable credentials, certificates, degrees, embedded credentials, accelerated pathways, and other innovative academic models.
• Ensure curriculum is designed around clear academic pathways, including prerequisite sequencing, alternative completion pathways, transfer pathways, and completion milestones.
• Provide faculty and academic administrators with templates, tools, guidance, and consultation throughout the curriculum development process.
• Receive, review, triage, and assign curriculum requests; coordinate collection and review of required proposal documentation and supporting data.
• Manage curriculum project plans and monitor proposal progress to ensure clear scope, milestones, owners, timelines, documentation, and approval readiness.
• Maintain the curriculum handbook and the master curriculum calendar aligned with curriculum committee meetings, catalog deadlines, implementation timelines, etc.
• Prepare curriculum committee agendas, proposal packets, decision records, and follow-up documentation as assigned.
• Track curriculum changes from concept through implementation while maintaining accurate records, approvals, timelines, and related documentation.
• Advance continuous improvement of curriculum workflows through process review, targeted training, and processes that reduce time from concept to implementation.
• Serve as the primary functional resource for curriculum management technology and related academic workflow systems.
• Identify opportunities to use data and technology to make curriculum decisions more timely, agile, transparent, and student-centered.
• Manages and takes initiative on projects capitalizing on professional instructional and curricular design expertise to facilitate program, course, and institutional level curriculum design, including the development of appropriate assessments within established timelines.
• Ensures alignment of curriculum and assessment products and activities with taxonomy, external and internal standards, policies and practices, including departmental, institutional, local, state and federal requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.