Cleary University invites candidates to apply for the contract position of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Subject Matter Expert (SME). The academic team at Cleary University seeks a dynamic student-focused expert possessing a successful academic and professional record of championing a strong, vibrant, and relevant graduate educational experiences of exceptional quality. In particular, the DBA SME will possess extensive expertise and professional experience in: Strategic Innovation and Emerging Technology Leadership, Digital Transformation, and Strategic Influence. Fulfilling Cleary University's Mission to "provide an intimate and inclusive, student-centered business education that instills the values of The Cleary Mind in our community", the DBA SME works closely with academic leadership, instructional design personnel, and emerging technology SMEs to design and create courses to be offered to our DBA student population. The DBA SME position creates engaging asynchronous/synchronous online courses for Cleary's DBA student population, which includes experienced professional students from a variety of corporate and organizational backgrounds. These students comprise professionals from public safety (including police, fire, emergency medical services, and corrections), public service, community, military, and corporate backgrounds. Students pursue their degrees while balancing full-time employment and family responsibilities. Instruction for this group emphasizes practical application of course content, accelerated course formats, and flexibility in delivery. The DBA SME prioritize real-world problem-solving and the integration of students' professional experiences into doctoral-level class discussions and projects. Cleary University's DBA program has been submitted to its accreditor and is pending HLC review. The DBA SME combines their formal education, professional knowledge, and real-world experience to design content development in the course design process. Working closely with academic leadership, instructional designers, and emerging technology SMEs, the DBA SME designs, creates, and selects the following course elements: Course materials (e.g., textbooks, articles, videos, and online course curations), Course assignments (e.g., discussion questions, presentations, applied analyses, and culminating projects). With the course offered online, course materials and assignments must also be accessible to students and faculty online. With the assistance of an instructional designer and in collaboration with the emerging technology SMEs (who bring knowledge and expertise from the areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, and data analytics), the DBA SME will ensure Cleary students explore appropriate content and apply their knowledge to meet course-level outcomes and create weekly learning objectives branched out from the main course objectives. The DBA SME will consult with leadership, faculty, and instructional designers to ensure consistency of new development with existing Cleary programs and courses, along with key elements of Cleary's plan for the assessment of student learning. The contract position can be remote or based in the Howell, MI, area. Applications will be reviewed immediately upon receipt and will continue to be accepted until the contract position is filled.