Job Summary:
Provides leadership and managerial responsibility for the Full-Time MBA & Master's Programs, ensuring alignment with the university mission. Provides administrative oversight and directs academic curriculum development, ensuring optimal integration of student and faculty activities. Brings together peers from career management, student affairs and engagement and admissions to assure program and school goals are met. Works with Assistant Dean to ensure resources allocation supports the program's primary objectives. Manages a team of professionals who support the program(s). This role will be largely on-site with some remote opportunities during summer, and winter break with approval.
Responsibilities:
Provides leadership and managerial responsibility for one or more academic program(s), ensuring alignment with the university mission. Directs administrative oversight and academic curriculum development, ensuring optimal integration of student and faculty activities. Ensures resource allocation supports the program's primary objectives. Manages a team of professionals who support the program(s).
- 5% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
- 10% Collaborates with faculty members to develop student academic programs and agendas, directs implementation, and creates curricular structure including operational and logistical arrangements
- 20% Formulates program strategies and goals, directs long-term planning, develops policies and procedures, and establishes and maintains new and emerging program materials
- 10% Evaluates operations and outcomes to ensure alignment with organizational goals
- 5% Serves as the principal liaison between the program, University leadership, and outside entities
- 5% May provide guidance to faculty regarding funding, staffing, and space implications
- 10% Develops the unit budget and approves unit expenditures
- 20% Manages student academic program(s)
- 15% Manage and coordinate student engagement activities across FT MBA & Master's programs
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Education:
Required
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred
Master's Degree
Qualifications:
Required minimum years of experience:
- 5 years of higher education experience in a college/university setting
- 3 years of experience in student services and/or academic programs
- 1 year of supervisory experience
- 2 years of budget management experience
Preferred:
- Experience working in a business school
- Use of data to inform decision making and improve organizations and processes
- Demonstrated leadership in creating a positive team culture
- Exceptional administrative skills
- Experience working with campus partners and stakeholders
- Experience responding to students in crisis situations
- Experience managing, interpreting, and writing academic policy
- Knowledge and or experience in career management and/or admissions
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum $87,112 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The employee in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.
Additional Information:
Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.
Diversity and inclusion are primary values for the Wisconsin School of Business and are integral to achieving our strategic goals. Our school is committed to continuously increasing the cultural competence of its staff and faculty members through school-wide forums and professional development opportunities.
How to Apply:
Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter addressing your qualifications and experiences specifically relating to the responsibilities of this position as described along with a comprehensive resume.
Our search committee will review all application materials after the posted deadline. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. We will notify all applicants once the search is completed and we have selected a top candidate. As applicants move on to next steps in the process, they will be asked to provide names and contact information (e-mail address, phone number, and mailing address) of at least three references.
Contact:
Se Yang
se.yang@wisc.edu
608-263-2975
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.
Official Title:
Academic Program Director (B)(AE127)
Department(s):
A12-WISCONSIN SCH OF BUSINESS/MBA & MASTER'S PROGRAMS
Employment Class:
Limited
Job Number:
301611-LI
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