Senior Associate VP, Academic Programs & Strategy

Southern New Hampshire University; Baton Rouge (LA); Remote; USD 142,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Free tuition program

Employer-funded retirement

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking an Academic Associate Vice President for the Global Campus to provide strategic, operational leadership across online academic programs. The role aligns portfolio health with learner outcomes, governance, and enterprise priorities, while building leadership capacity among Academic Deans and Directors.

You will drive portfolio strategy, coordinate cross-unit initiatives, and advance organizational transformation with emphasis on learner persistence,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive higher education leadership experience successfully leading cross-divisional initiatives with enterprise impact.
• Doctoral degree or equivalent; equivalent experience acceptable.
• Experience with online education at large scale, multiple modalities, learner experience development, and faculty management.
• Systems intelligence, enterprise leadership, change leadership, and strategic execution capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic and enterprise leadership for assigned academic portfolios.
• Leads portfolio strategy development and execution using portfolio health, learner, operational, market, and fiscal insights.
• Promotes an enterprise mindset across Academic Programs and institutional partners.
• Provides enterprise leadership for academic integrity, quality, and governance.
• Advances agility and talent fluidity across portfolios, disciplines, and teams.
• Leads strategic initiatives and organizational transformation with cross-functional coordination.
• Coaches Academic Deans and Executive Directors to build leadership capability.
• Strengthens data-to-insight-to-action flow to inform decisions and actions.
• Champions process excellence by reducing complexity and clarifying accountability across functions.
• Promotes responsible technology and AI enablement with human judgment considerations.
• Builds enterprise partnerships and aligns stakeholders around common outcomes.
• Fosters a culture of accountability, learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Stewards resources and balances near-term operational needs with long-term priorities.
• Anticipates changes in higher education, workforce, and technology to guide strategy.
• Measures and communicates portfolio performance with meaningful metrics.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Enterprise leadership

Change leadership

Strategic execution

Data-to-Insight-to-Action

Systems thinking

Process design

Digital & AI fluency

Talent development

Stakeholder management

Education

Doctoral degree or equivalent

Equivalent experience in lieu of degree acceptable

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking an Academic Associate Vice President for the Global Campus to provide strategic, operational leadership across online academic programs. The role aligns portfolio health with learner outcomes, governance, and enterprise priorities, while building leadership capacity among Academic Deans and Directors.

You will drive portfolio strategy, coordinate cross-unit initiatives, and advance organizational transformation with emphasis on learner persistence,