Academic Strategic Initiatives & Project Manager

Indiana Tech • Fort Wayne, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Indiana Tech is seeking a highly organized, strategic, and results-driven professional to serve as our next Academic Strategic Initiatives & Project Manager. This newly created leadership position will play a critical role in advancing the university's strategic priorities by overseeing the planning, implementation, coordination, and successful completion of high-impact initiatives across Academic Affairs. The Academic Strategic Initiatives & Project Manager serves as the division's primary project management professional, leading complex projects from concept through execution. This position works collaboratively with faculty, administrators, staff, and external partners to develop implementation plans, establish timelines and milestones, monitor progress, mitigate risks, and ensure accountability for key institutional initiatives. The successful candidate will manage multiple concurrent projects while providing executive-level reporting, strategic analysis, and recommendations that support informed decision-making. Primary areas of responsibility include coordinating initiatives related to the Academic Affairs Strategic Plan, new academic program development, academic pathway enhancement, artificial intelligence implementation, executive education initiatives, accreditation support, curriculum innovation, and grant-funded projects. The position also supports compliance efforts, facilitates cross-functional collaboration, develops project dashboards and reporting tools, and drives continuous improvement initiatives that enhance organizational effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, higher education administration, organizational leadership, project management, public administration, or a related field.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience managing projects, strategic initiatives, or organizational improvement efforts.
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience coordinating diverse stakeholder groups and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence technologies and ethical use in workplace environments is essential.

Nice To Haves

• Doctoral degree.
• Seven or more years of project management experience in higher education, nonprofit, government, or similarly complex organizations.
• Experience supporting academic affairs operations, accreditation, strategic planning, grant administration, or institutional effectiveness initiatives.
• Expertise with artificial intelligence, technology implementation, or digital transformation efforts.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, CAPM, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, or Change Management credentials.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the planning, implementation, coordination, and successful completion of high-impact initiatives across Academic Affairs.
• Serving as the division's primary project management professional, leading complex projects from concept through execution.
• Developing implementation plans, establishing timelines and milestones, monitoring progress, mitigating risks, and ensuring accountability for key institutional initiatives.
• Managing multiple concurrent projects while providing executive-level reporting, strategic analysis, and recommendations.
• Coordinating initiatives related to the Academic Affairs Strategic Plan, new academic program development, academic pathway enhancement, artificial intelligence implementation, executive education initiatives, accreditation support, curriculum innovation, and grant-funded projects.
• Supporting compliance efforts.
• Facilitating cross-functional collaboration.
• Developing project dashboards and reporting tools.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance organizational effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level