Sr. Director, Office of Global Education and Academic Innovation
About The Position
The Senior Director provides strategic and operational leadership across Webster University’s Global Education and Planning, Study Abroad and WINS, Online Learning Center, and Faculty Development Center. Reporting to the Vice Provost for Global Education and Academic Innovation, the role translates institutional priorities into operational strategies, strengthens integration across functions, and supports effective execution, resource stewardship, talent leadership, and organizational performance across Webster’s global network and instructional modalities. The position advances global education, student mobility, online learning, faculty development, instructional quality, and academic innovation. It leads assigned staff and manages budgets and resources, uses data and performance measures to inform decisions, and partners with faculty, deans, academic leaders, global campuses, administrative functions, and external partners. The Senior Director also supports accreditation, assessment, compliance, and institutional reporting activities related to assigned areas.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in higher education administration, education, international education, organizational leadership, instructional design, or a related field.
- 8–12+ years of progressively responsible experience, including significant leadership experience in higher education, academic administration, global education, online learning, faculty development, instructional innovation, or a related field.
- Demonstrated knowledge of higher education academic operations and administration.
- Strong strategic planning, analytical, project management, and process-improvement capabilities.
- Ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization.
- Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated experience leading multiple functions, complex programs, or significant organizational initiatives.
- Experience leading and developing managers and professional staff.
- Demonstrated budget and resource management experience.
- Experience leading strategic execution, organizational change, and process improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior leaders, faculty, academic leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Competence in strategic execution, financial management, talent leadership, organizational effectiveness, decision-making, change leadership, and relationship management.
Nice To Haves
- Experience within a multi-campus, global, international, or distributed academic environment is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across Global Education and Planning, Study Abroad and WINS, the Online Learning Center, and the Faculty Development Center.
- Partner with the Vice Provost to translate institutional priorities into strategies, operating plans, and measurable outcomes.
- Lead initiatives advancing global education, student mobility, online learning, faculty development, instructional quality, and academic innovation across locations and modalities.
- Strengthen processes, accountability, service delivery, and change implementation to drive organizational effectiveness and continuous improvement.
- Use data and performance measures to evaluate outcomes, identify opportunities and risks, and inform decisions.
- Lead, develop, and manage assigned staff, setting clear expectations and performance accountability.
- Manage assigned budgets and resources in alignment with institutional priorities and sound financial stewardship.
- Build partnerships with faculty, deans, academic leaders, global campuses, and administrative functions.
- Maintain appropriate policies, procedures, controls, and operating standards; represent the Office on institutional initiatives and external partnerships as assigned.
- Prepare reports, presentations, analyses, and recommendations for academic and institutional leadership.
- Support accreditation, assessment, compliance, and institutional reporting activities related to assigned areas.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
