Senior Manager, Career and Technical Education - Cape Cod Community College

Cape Cod Community College; Hyannis (MA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Cape Cod Community College is seeking a dynamic Senior Manager of Career and Technical Education to expand open enrollment training across the region. You will lead development and management of CCAPE's portfolio, partnering with libraries, senior centers, and workforce partners to meet industry demand.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to align curricula with labor market needs, supervise staff across modalities, and drive outcomes, accessibility, and community impact through

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three years of related experience in training program development or management.
• Ability to work effectively in a flexible, hybrid team environment with virtual collaboration tools (e.g., Zoom, MS Teams).
• Excellent organizational, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Experience with labor market and business assessments to shape curriculum and trainings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage CCAPE's open enrollment portfolio, including short- to long-term training, credentialing, and grant-funded programming.
• Cultivate open enrollment initiatives with community partners to broaden access region-wide.
• Oversee open enrollment staff and program progress, registrations, and reporting.
• Coordinate articulation agreements with academic programs and collaborate with program directors.
• Generate program revenue to meet CCAPE's annual goals and ensure responsive staffing across teams.

Skills

3+ years experience

Collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Jenzabar

Salesforce

CourseStorm

Job description

Senior Manager, Career and Technical Education

Department: Center for Community and Professional Education

Locations: Hyannis, MA

Posted: Sep 18, 2026

Closes: Open Until Filled

Type: Full-time

PositionID: 204933

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About Cape Cod Community College:

Cape Cod Community College is a place of personal discovery, enrichment, and professional development for those just beginning the quest and for those at many points along the path of higher education throughout life. It is a caring, comprehensive institution that belongs to the people it serves and responds to their individual and community needs. Students attending Cape Cod Community College are striving for personal excellence, and are finding it, day after day. Graduates of the College can be found in all levels of private business, the professions, and public service, and they excel at what they do.

For students seeking to lay a foundation for further study, there is no better place to begin than at Cape Cod Community College. In today's highly competitive market place, the well prepared transfer student is the most aggressively recruited person in higher education. For many Cape Cod Community College graduates, that Associate Degree opens the door to institutions that were just not an option after high school. And, when you consider the savings in the overall cost of a four-year degree at either a public or a private university, starting at Cape Cod Community College becomes an incredible bargain that blends quality with unmatched value.

The students' education is the first priority at Cape Cod Community College. As a learning-centered community, we value the contributions of a diverse population, welcome open inquiry, and promote mutual respect. The College offers a strong educational foundation of critical and creative thinking, communication competency, and a global, multicultural perspective that prepares students for life and work in the 21st century. Our liberal arts, sciences, and career programs provide educational pathways that serve the varied social, economic, and demographic characteristics of our community with a distinctive focus on sustainability. We honor our past, celebrate our present and imagine our future.

Job Description:

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

Cape Cod Community College's Center for Community and Professional Education (CCAPE) is seeking a dynamic, community-minded leader to serve as Senior Manager of Career and Technical Education. This is a unique opportunity to expand access to career and technical training across the region ? building the pathways that help individuals gain credentials, change careers, and step into in-demand jobs, while strengthening the community partnerships that make that access possible. If you are passionate about connecting people to opportunity and building programs that meet real workforce gaps, this is your chance to shape how Cape Cod residents train for the future.

In this role, the Senior Manager of Career and Technical Education will lead the development, implementation, and management of CCAPE's open enrollment training portfolio ? from short-term credentialing to stackable, grant-funded programming ? in close partnership with community organizations, libraries, senior centers, and regional workforce partners. The Senior Manager will work hand-in-hand with the Senior Manager of Employer Engagement and Workforce Partnerships and the Director/Chief Workforce Development Officer to ensure CCAPE's programming reflects both industry demand and community need, and requires strong judgment, initiative, and a collaborative approach to carry out responsibilities effectively.

This position is ideal for a relationship-driven professional who thrives on building partnerships, designing programs that open doors for learners, and navigating the intersection of higher education, workforce development, and community impact.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Develop and manage CCAPE's Career and Technical Education open enrollment portfolio, including but not limited to: short- to long-term training, professional development, credentialing and digital badges, Credit for Prior Learning based projects, stackable credentials, bridging to credit bearing certificates and programs, grant-funded programming, career training programs, contract open enrollment programs, and other programs/projects as assigned.
• Cultivate and expand open enrollment training initiatives with community partners (including libraries, senior centers, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and municipal partners) to broaden public access to CCAPE programming across the region.
• Develop and maintain a CCAPE instructor talent bench in adherence with College policies and procedures that provides staffing for a wide range of course topics and programs via various modalities, such as virtual, hybrid, HyFlex, and in-person.
• Compile and maintain comprehensive information regarding instructors, clients, students, funders, and program partners.
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager of Employer Engagement and Workforce Partnerships to conduct assessments to evaluate labor market information and analyze workforce trends to ensure the Career and Technical Education program open enrollment portfolio and Employer Contract Training portfolio meets market demand and specific market and partner needs, and to collaborate on special partnerships and projects that benefit both areas.
• Work collaboratively with the Senior Manager of Employer Engagement and Workforce Partnerships to coordinate and share program coordinator staff supporting both areas, ensuring coordinators can be flexibly reallocated between teams during periods of high demand so that both Career and Technical Education and Employer Engagement/Workforce Partnerships programming remain adequately staffed and supported.
• Oversee CCAPE open enrollment student/participant management, including but not limited to registration, attendance monitoring, reporting, and participant and program progress and outcomes.
• Facilitate the development of articulation agreements with the academic programs, in collaboration with the Assistant Director and Director/Chief Workforce Development Officer.
• Collaborate and manage outreach to external partners and community, including but not limited to, industry/private sector businesses, economic development and workforce organizations, and educational institutions.
• Review and update the existing Career and Technical Education open enrollment portfolio and utilize formative and summative evaluations for constant review of course materials and instructor quality.
• Identify and develop grant and funding proposals in partnership with the Director/Chief Workforce Development Officer and Director of Grants Administration.
• Coordinate and partner with CCAPE's Employer Training team to explore partnership programs between existing corporate curriculum and corporate instructors.
• Manage, process, and access open enrollment reports (enrollment, revenue, contact hours) for the College as requested, and annually/semiannually/quarterly reports (or as requested) for the Department of Higher Education and other partners/funders as requested. Manage CCAPE's open enrollment grant reporting requirements and compliance.
• Generate program revenue through open enrollment portfolio to meet or exceed 50% of CCAPE's revenue goal set forth each year.
• Focus on customer service best practices when working with Cape Cod Community College members, including faculty, staff, and students.
• Promote a positive and inclusive work environment that supports the professional growth of staff while fostering a commitment to service excellence.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three years of related experience which may include development of training programs and management of training schedules or instructors.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a flexible, hybrid team environment, including comfort with virtual collaboration and communication tools (e.g., Zoom, MS Teams), and the flexibility to support colleagues across team schedules as program needs require.
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to manage work priorities and assignments in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a team and perform duties with minimal direction, including effective problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience with labor market and business assessments to shape curriculum and trainings.
• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with external organizations, businesses, and the public, and work effectively with the campus community.
• Demonstrated understanding of underserved, vulnerable, and minority populations such as migrant and immigrant populations in the Cape and Islands region.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office applications, e.g., database maintenance, spreadsheet applications, and graphics. Must be an advanced user of the Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative team model, including partnering effectively with peer managers to coordinate and share staff resources across program areas as needs arise.
• Reliable transportation to travel to and from meetings, trainings, or campus and community locations as required.
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to education, business, and/or management.
• Three years of experience in the development of career and technical trainings, professional development and special training programs, management of multiple diverse training schedules, and/or management of multiple part-time instructors with diverse portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience with the development of training programs in partnership with business leaders in private, public, and nonprofit organizations.
• Demonstrated experience developing future projected career pathways, with a focus on underserved populations.
• Demonstrated experience working in higher education, with a preference for community college experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Jenzabar, Salesforce and CourseStorm, as well as various Customer Relations Management (CRM) platforms and project management platforms, such as Trello.
• Demonstrated knowledge and consistent experience in using varied social media outlets on behalf of a business or organization.
• Robust understanding and demonstrated inclusion of access, equity, and student success practices.
• Ability to speak a language in addition to English.

Equivalency Statement

Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as noted above are encouraged to upload a separate statement to define precisely how your background and experience haveprepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

Additional Information:

COMPENSATION: Annual Salary Range of $82,000 - $87,000, dependent upon qualifications and experience. Full-time, Non-unit Professional Position that includes participation in a comprehensive employee benefits program and the option for membership in the Massachusetts State Employees' Retirement System.

Please visit our website at www.capecod.edu for information on Cape Cod Community College.

This appointment is subject to the FY2027budget appropriations.

Appointment subject to SORI (Sex Offender Registry Information), publicly accessible Massachusetts CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) and national background checks.

The College cannot consider candidates who do not have unrestricted authorization to workin the United States .

Cape Cod Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunityemployer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity orsexual orientation inits programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes andCollege policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affordative Action/Title IX Coordinator, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.