Director, Web Strategy & Development

West Coast University, Inc.

$123K — $179K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-12+ years leading enterprise websites or digital platforms
  • Prior experience in Director or Head-of-Web roles
  • Strong CMS experience, preferably in Drupal
  • Proven success in migrating from legacy or custom CMS platforms
  • Deep knowledge of website-to-CRM integrations, analytics, and CRO frameworks
  • Understanding of security, privacy, and compliance standards
  • Executive-level communication and stakeholder management abilities
  • Preferred experience in higher education or regulated sectors.

Responsibilities

  • Provide enterprise-level leadership for institutional web properties during modernization
  • Stabilize website operations and mitigate single-point-of-failure risks
  • Enforce governance standards across web platforms
  • Collaborate with external agencies on next-gen CMS design and delivery
  • Ensure web platforms are secure, compliant, and scalable
  • Align web platforms with enrollment, branding, and student experience goals

Benefits

  • Bonus eligibility based on performance
  • Opportunity to lead significant modernization projects
  • Engagement in high-level decision-making
  • Potential for professional development in a dynamic environment
  • Work within a regulated and impactful sector.
Full Job Description
You will make an impact by:
  • Providing enterprise-level leadership, governance, and technical oversight for all institutional web properties during a period of modernization and transition.
  • Stabilizing website operations, eliminating single-point-of-failure risk, enforcing governance standards, and partnering with external agencies on the design and delivery of a next-generation CMS platform
  • Ensuring that web platforms are secure, compliant, scalable, and aligned with enrollment, brand, and student experience objectives

Your experience includes:
  • 8-12+ years leading enterprise websites or digital platforms
  • Prior experience in Director or Head-of-Web roles
  • Strong CMS experience (Drupal preferred)
  • Proven success transitioning organizations off legacy or custom CMS platforms
  • Deep understanding of:
  • Website-to-CRM integrations
  • Analytics and CRO frameworks
  • Security, privacy, and compliance standards
  • Demonstrated ability to document systems and operationalize governance
  • Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Experience in higher education or regulated environments strongly preferred.


Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Web Development, Business, or related field required.


CA Salary Range

USD $123,478.46 - USD $179,098.46 /Yr.

Bonus Eligible

Yes

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