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Benefits:
*Medical
*Dental
*Vision
FSA/HSA
Tuition Assistant Program
Long/Short Term Disability
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
401K Match
Paid Time Off
12 Paid Holidays
* includes domestic partner coverage
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Director of Academic Operations is an embedded academic systems and workflow specialist within the PA Department, responsible for designing, integrating, documenting, training, and sustaining academic operations systems that directly support curriculum delivery, assessment, program evaluation, and accreditation alignment. This individual partners with faculty, staff, and leadership to identify workflow needs, pain points, and success criteria within the PA Department and all PA program locations to ensure operational efficiency. The Director owns and evolves program academic operations systems that support curriculum delivery, assessment execution, program evaluation, and accreditation readiness. The individual p rovides support for specific academic systems and automations (e.g., troubleshooting workflow failures, resolving data issues, supporting faculty/staff during high-stakes assessment windows), escalating infrastructure or enterprise issues as appropriate. Iterate solutions based on stakeholder feedback and evolving program requirements. The Director works independently and coordinates project activities, including system testing as needed technology innovation.
Incumbent must assure that the University philosophy: quality services to students and colleagues; development, growth, involvement, and recognition of employees; sound economic principles; and environment which is conducive to innovation, positive thinking and expansion - is considered in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of this position.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Design and maintain specific workflow automations across core academic processes (e.g., curriculum mapping updates, assessment reporting pipelines, accreditation evidence capture, meeting documentation workflows).


