Associate Dean - Cyber Security

Western Governors University•Salt Lake, UT

3d•Remote

About The Position

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in field of IT, Computer Science or related field
5 years of relevant experience
5 years of leadership experience, including hiring, managing, and scaling significant teams
Customer and student obsession with a focus on driving successful outcomes for them
Industry or academic leader in the discipline
Understanding of the industry trends, job opportunities, and educational market trends in the discipline
Credible voice of the department in external partnerships and presentation opportunities
Execution focus, with the ability to dive deep and live in the details with a fast-paced weekly execution cadence
Ability to organize and coordinate activities and results across cross-functional teams
Ability to coach and develop direct reports
Ability to collaborate with and manage teams, including those in a remote environment, while demonstrating excellence, integrity, and respect
Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed organization
Ability to build relationships and influence at all levels, both internally and externally
Ability to be an agent of change in a rapidly changing environment
Proven ability to analyze data to identify trends and drive innovation
Sound judgment and decision-making skills
Strong oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

PhD in a related field
Experience in higher education
Experience in developing online education programs and/or developing and scaling rapidly changing organizations/programs
Experience in developing curriculum and/or high-stakes assessments
Demonstrated success in change-management, and bringing order and structure to complex situations

Responsibilities

Functions as a subject matter expert and a respected academic business leader in driving the education and successful outcomes of students in their field.
In collaboration with college and university leadership, other departments, and other university organizations, has end-to-end responsibility of growing programs with new, market relevant and innovative competency based program offerings.
Identifying and supporting the implementation of industry partnerships and go-to-market strategies to bring the right students and employers to these programs.
Delivering great educational outcomes for these students by directly managing the instructional faculty and leveraging the coaching and mentoring faculty to drive student success.
Provides P&L ownership by managing budget and P&L with a focus on achieving university contribution margins and net new student growth.
Launches new and revised programs into the education market and operating programs using data, insights and experience in program management and program marketing.
Drives a culture of continuous experimentation, measurement, and learning from data to rapidly improve the quality and delivery to students.
Provides strong people-leadership to directly or indirectly lead a diverse team of people, including program managers, instructional faculty, student coaches, and mentors.
Utilizes deep understanding of how students learn and combines with innovative curriculum and student support strategies to drive student success and employability.
Influences others and communicates effectively to improve and promote teamwork, decision-making, and problem solving.
Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives and partners to get the work done.
Deals constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes and can decide to act without the total picture.
Maintains responsibility for creating workforce and staffing plans and forms teams with the appropriate diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and experiences.
Learns quickly and extracts lessons learned from failures and mistakes.
Expands knowledge base through ongoing curiosity.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.