Executive Director – Competency-Based Education, Delivery Model Integration

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. Ensure that competency-based education optimization and academic delivery strategies align with institutional goals, and standards .

Posted 3/11/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $113,908 - $182,287 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure that competency-based education optimization and academic delivery strategies align with institutional goals, and standards
Plan and implement integration roadmaps that allow for the successful transition of newly validated models to the appropriate academic unit, including all related processes, technologies, services, and teams into the operationalized Academic ecosystem
Foster progress as a structured discipline through the appropriate use of planning, tools, techniques, and formalized innovation cycles
Contribute to environmental scanning capabilities that capture market, employer, and internal data and turn that data into usable intelligence that indicates where delivery or improvement is appropriate
Support the strategy for integrating industry credentials, digital credentials, and flexible pathway options as part of our academic product strategy
Manage academic delivery outcomes using measurements, and established performance targets
Cultivate relationships with partners across SNHU to ensure transparency in the work, its purpose, and projected outcomes; alignment of expectations and resources; and clarity of performance and results
Support the strategic vision for academic delivery development and the integration of new delivery models and practices
Support the strategy for the development, piloting, and implementation of adaptable educational models, collaborating with innovation and testing teams to pilot new technology solutions (such as AI), faculty models, and learning design approaches.
Lead the optimization of existing non-traditional, competency-based educational models, to ensure long-term viability.
Lead a team of motivated, passionate, focused employees, including CBE Academic Deans and Reviewers

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master's degree from a regionally accredited university
5+ years of experience in higher education leadership
Leadership development toward building leaders who model university shared values, cultural norms, and behaviors
Experience with the higher-education landscape, future signals and opportunities that present promising strategies for the future
In-depth understanding of learning delivery models, which might include Competency-based Education; Experiential Learning; Project-Based Learning; Self-Paced learning
Understanding of the possible effects of learning design on delivery model implementation
The ability to translate a vision into concepts; practical roadmaps for design teams; and sustainable, implementable delivery models
Design thinking, analytical, and practical design process skills
Use team member capability and strength to maximize achievement
Align and mobilize teams through shared vision and common purpose to achieve strategic and operational outcomes

Benefits

Comp & perks

High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
Employer-funded retirement
Free tuition program
Parental leave
Mental health and wellbeing resources

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Hard Skills & Tools

competency-based educationlearning delivery modelsexperiential learningproject-based learningself-paced learningdesign thinkinganalytical skillspractical design process skillsacademic delivery outcomes measurementintegration of new delivery models

Soft Skills

leadership developmentrelationship cultivationteam mobilizationvision translationstrategic alignmentinnovation collaborationcommunicationorganizational skillstransparencyadaptability

Certifications

Master's degree