Director of the Learning Exchange

Indiana Tech • Fort Wayne, IN

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About The Position

Indiana Tech is seeking a strategic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative leader to serve as its Director of the Learning Exchange. Reporting to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Director will provide operational and business leadership for the Learning Exchange, Indiana Tech’s coordinated enterprise for workforce learning, executive and leadership education, professional development, academic readiness, student success, and academic pathways. The Director will also lead NIAIC Connect, a five-institution regional initiative supported by the Lilly Endowment-funded AI in Higher Education grant. The Director will set the strategic direction for the Learning Exchange portfolio, balancing revenue, enrollment, and mission-focused outcomes. This position will lead the Learning Exchange Operations team, establish pricing and revenue-allocation frameworks for non-credit offerings, manage the portfolio’s financial performance, and develop corporate training contracts and learning subscriptions. The Director will convene a cross-functional steering committee involving Academic Affairs, Information Technology, Finance, Marketing and Enrollment, and Institutional Effectiveness to establish priorities and address issues that span university departments. As principal administrator for NIAIC Connect, the Director will oversee grant administration, budget management, milestone tracking, funder reporting, and coordination among the consortium’s partner institutions. The Director will guide the initiative’s institution storefronts, faculty training, connection and project platform, guided mentoring and evaluation, and employer portal. This role will also cultivate regional employer partnerships, staff the NIAIC Advisory Board, lead the NIAIC Connect Operations team, collaborate with the initiative’s independent evaluator, and develop a sustainable operating model that extends beyond the grant period. The Director will play an important role in connecting credit and non-credit learning experiences across the Learning Exchange and NIAIC Connect. This includes helping build a unified learner identity and record, along with shared services supporting registration, payment, credentialing, and analytics. The Director will also support the hiring, onboarding, and performance management of staff and contribute to the mission, vision, and strategic plan of Indiana Tech.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in higher education administration, business, educational technology, or a related field.
• At least seven years of progressively responsible leadership experience in higher education, workforce development, or continuing or professional education.
• Experience including the supervision of professional staff.
• Demonstrated success building or scaling a workforce-learning, professional development, or continuing-education enterprise, including responsibility for business-model development and portfolio management.
• Experience administering large, grant-funded, multi-institution initiatives, including budget oversight, milestone management, compliance, and funder reporting.
• Experience developing employer or industry partnerships.
• Experience negotiating corporate training, subscription, or licensing agreements.
• Strong understanding of consortium coordination and employer-facing partnership development.
• Excellent strategic, financial, organizational, and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to lead complex initiatives involving academic leaders, university departments, external partners, employers, and multiple institutions.
• Outstanding written, verbal, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to build consensus and move work forward among stakeholders with differing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Doctoral degree in higher education administration, business, educational technology, or a related field.
• Experience working with online learning platforms.
• Experience with customer relationship management systems.
• Experience with digital credentialing.
• Experience with learner records.
• Experience with enterprise learning services.
• Experience with multi-institution consortium or governance structures.
• Demonstrated success developing sustainable revenue models for education or workforce-learning programs.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience building regional employer partnerships.
• Experience using enrollment, revenue, learner-outcome, and employer-engagement data to guide decisions.
• Experience supporting artificial intelligence education.
• Experience supporting applied-learning initiatives.
• Experience supporting digital transformation.
• Experience supporting regional workforce-development partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and business leadership for the Learning Exchange.
• Lead NIAIC Connect, a five-institution regional initiative supported by the Lilly Endowment-funded AI in Higher Education grant.
• Set the strategic direction for the Learning Exchange portfolio, balancing revenue, enrollment, and mission-focused outcomes.
• Lead the Learning Exchange Operations team.
• Establish pricing and revenue-allocation frameworks for non-credit offerings.
• Manage the portfolio’s financial performance.
• Develop corporate training contracts and learning subscriptions.
• Convene a cross-functional steering committee involving Academic Affairs, Information Technology, Finance, Marketing and Enrollment, and Institutional Effectiveness to establish priorities and address issues that span university departments.
• Oversee grant administration, budget management, milestone tracking, funder reporting, and coordination among the consortium’s partner institutions as principal administrator for NIAIC Connect.
• Guide the initiative’s institution storefronts, faculty training, connection and project platform, guided mentoring and evaluation, and employer portal.
• Cultivate regional employer partnerships.
• Staff the NIAIC Advisory Board.
• Lead the NIAIC Connect Operations team.
• Collaborate with the initiative’s independent evaluator.
• Develop a sustainable operating model for NIAIC Connect that extends beyond the grant period.
• Connect credit and non-credit learning experiences across the Learning Exchange and NIAIC Connect.
• Help build a unified learner identity and record, along with shared services supporting registration, payment, credentialing, and analytics.
• Support the hiring, onboarding, and performance management of staff.
• Contribute to the mission, vision, and strategic plan of Indiana Tech.

Benefits

• Indiana Tech has big plans for its future.

What This Job Offers

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