Strategic AVP, Academic Programs — Remote Leadership

Southern New Hampshire University; Maryland City (MD); Remote; USD 142,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free tuition program

5 weeks paid time off

Employer-funded retirement

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University seeks an Academic Associate Vice President for its Global Campus to provide strategic, operational, and cultural leadership for online programs, ensuring high-quality learner experiences, engaged faculty, and strong teams aligned with institutional priorities.

This role drives enterprise-level transformation, fosters cross-functional collaboration, and champions data-informed decisions to improve learner outcomes and academic program performance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive higher education leadership experience.
• Doctoral degree or equivalent terminal degree.
• Experience with online education at large scale, including modalities, faculty and course design models.
• Experience with development of policies and standard operating procedures.
• Systems thinking and outcomes-based design.
• Enterprise leadership with strategic prioritization and shared accountability.
• Change leadership: strategy, sequencing, stakeholder mobilization and adoption.
• Data literacy and evidence-based decision making.
• Organizational design and process simplification for efficiency.
• Talent development and capability building, with succession planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and enterprise leadership for assigned academic portfolios, ensuring alignment with institutional objectives and learner outcomes.
• Lead development and execution of portfolio strategy using insights to identify priorities and risks.
• Promote enterprise mindset across Academic Programs and partners.
• Ensure academic integrity, quality, governance, and compliance with accreditation requirements.
• Advance organizational agility and talent fluidity across portfolios and teams.
• Lead strategic initiatives and organizational transformation across operating models, tech, and policies.
• Develop leadership and organizational capability by coaching deans and directors.
• Strengthen data-to-insight-to-action, establishing evidence-based decision processes.
• Champion operational excellence and simplify processes across functions.
• Promote responsible technology and AI enablement with human-centered oversight.
• Build trusted enterprise partnerships and influence across the university.
• Create a culture of accountability, learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Enterprise leadership

Data-to-insight-to-action

Change leadership

Strategic execution

Systems intelligence

AI fluency

Talent development

Education

Doctoral degree or equivalent terminal degree

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University seeks an Academic Associate Vice President for its Global Campus to provide strategic, operational, and cultural leadership for online programs, ensuring high-quality learner experiences, engaged faculty, and strong teams aligned with institutional priorities.

This role drives enterprise-level transformation, fosters cross-functional collaboration, and champions data-informed decisions to improve learner outcomes and academic program performance.