Academic Program Manager

University of Wisconsin Madison•Madison, WI

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The Wisconsin School of Business is recruiting for an Academic Program Manager (APM) to support the Finance, Investment, and Banking Department. The APM plays a key leadership role in supporting their department’s academic and administrative operations, overseeing academic program planning, course scheduling, and instructor assignments, while providing comprehensive administrative and operational support. The APM will lead academic program initiatives and events; support faculty activities—including promotion and review processes; and manage critical administrative functions such as curriculum updates, expense processing, financial coordination, and other departmental procedures. Working closely with the Department Chair, the APM ensures the smooth functioning of the unit through effective communication, streamlined processes, and strong coordination of information, resources, and activities.

Requirements

A minimum of 1 year of professional experience in an office environment.
H.S. Diploma required

Nice To Haves

High degree of attention to detail.
Excellent planning and organizational skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
Excellent time management skills.
Ability to identify, develop, and implement effective processes and procedures affecting a variety of stakeholders.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to relate complex information in an understandable fashion to a variety of people with various levels of knowledge on the topic.
Ability to manage a varied workload across diverse tasks independently.
Ability to process information and learn in a complex campus environment and work proactively, creatively, and flexibly to solve problems.
Experience using spreadsheets for managing projects, tracking expenditures, and similar functions.
Ability to work in close collaboration and cooperation with others.
Experience working in higher education.
Willingness and ability to acquire knowledge of policies and procedures relating to human resources, payroll, purchasing, and accounting services.
Proficient in MS Office Suite
Bachelor's Degree preferred

Responsibilities

May exercise 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 FTE or equivalent employees
Serves as the liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups to identify and maintain academic program-related partnerships
Identifies, proposes, and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and academic program objectives
Evaluates existing academic program strategy and makes recommendations to unit leadership for program enhancement
May manage the unit budget and approve unit expenditures
Assists stakeholders with preparing and/or maintaining documentation, financial management, and/or reporting requirements related to sponsored grants, contracts, or agreements
Manages degree programs and/or certificates, high impact practice programming and events, and curriculum development and implementation
Provides full service advising resources and services, provides information about educational options and academic requirements, and communicates directly with students regarding all aspects of the advising process
Leads the development and implementation of academic program initiatives