Online Department Chair, Management, Project Management

American Military University

Department Chair managing academic programs and faculty within online department at American Public University System. Focusing on student success and quality assurance in project management education.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Execute Strategic Market Rationalization: Continually evaluate the "why" of program portfolios, making data-informed recommendations for expansion or courageous decisions regarding program inactivation/teach-outs.
Champion ACBSP Standards: Own the systematic assessment of program learning outcomes (PLOs) and student artifacts to ensure departmental quality consistently exceeds specialty accreditation benchmarks.
Navigate Institutional Boundary Management: Act as the primary author of departmental time; triage competing priorities from external stakeholders through the lens of the school’s strategic goals.
Lead Data-Driven Success: Collaborate with the school’s Director of Intelligence and other stakeholders to measure instructional efficacy and student persistence, grounding all operational choices in the student’s best interest.
Manage Departmental Stewardship: Contribute to strategic planning and budgeting by articulating the specific needs required to advance the department’s market position.
Dismantle Top-Down Management: Foster a culture of "Ownership" among faculty by modeling transparency, candid communication, and the empowerment to take informed risks.
Mentor for Professional Vitality: Provide strategic mentorship to full-time and part-time faculty that transcends administrative scheduling, aligning every instructor with the school’s "student-first" mission.
Orchestrate High-Performing Teams: Hire and develop a blended faculty model where instructors operate as strategic partners in the delivery of industry-informed curricula, to include alignment with global project management frameworks (e.g., PMI/PMBOK standards).
Drive Institutional Progress: Transition from a culture of passive execution to one of active leadership, where success is defined by driving change rather than avoiding errors.
Uphold Academic Integrity: Lead curriculum innovation and academic rigor—including the end-to-end design and modernization of project management programs—
ensuring that the courses in the portfolio provide measurable value to the student and the industry.
Center the Student-First Ethos: Use the student-first framework as the primary filter for all departmental choices, fostering an environment where inclusive, high-quality learning is the baseline.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Earned doctoral degree from a regionally accredited institution in business, management, organizational leadership, or a closely related field.
Current Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification in good standing with the Project Management Institute (PMI)®.
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and launching project management curriculum or academic programs anchored in the PMBOK® Guide framework.
Five or more years of academic or organizational leadership experience (e.g., Department Chair, Program Director, or senior enterprise PMO leadership).
Experience with ACBSP or similar specialty programmatic accreditation processes (strongly preferred, given accountability for PLO and artifact assessment).
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, project management software, or contemporary educational technologies.
Physical capacity for sitting or standing and extensive use of communications, assisted, and classroom technologies.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attendance at in-person University events (i.e., Commencement, Deans and Department Chairs meetings)
Regular participation in and accountability for information conveyed at virtual meetings and University events

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementcurriculum designprogram developmentdata analysisstrategic planningbudgetinginstructional efficacy measurementacademic rigorproject management frameworksPMBOK

Soft Skills

leadershipmentorshipcommunicationtransparencycollaborationempowermentstrategic thinkingteam buildingproblem-solvingcultural change

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)