Reporting to the Vice Provost for Global Education and Academic Innovation, the Senior Director provides strategic and operational leadership across functions that advance Webster University's global academic mission, instructional quality, faculty development, and academic innovation.
The Senior Director provides leadership and coordination across Global Education and Planning, Study Abroad and WINS, the Online Learning Center, and the Faculty Development Center. The position translates institutional priorities into operational strategies, strengthens integration across functions, and ensures effective execution, resource stewardship, talent leadership, and organizational performance across Webster's global network and instructional modalities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND 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 that advance global education, student mobility, online learning, faculty development, instructional quality, and academic innovation across locations and modalities.
- Drive organizational effectiveness and continuous improvement by strengthening processes, accountability, service delivery, and implementation of change.
- Use data and performance measures to evaluate outcomes, identify opportunities and risks, and inform decision-making.
- Lead, develop, and manage assigned staff, establishing clear expectations and accountability for performance.
- Manage assigned budgets and resources to ensure effective financial stewardship and alignment with institutional priorities.
- Build effective partnerships with faculty, deans, academic leaders, global campuses, and administrative functions to advance shared priorities.
- Ensure appropriate policies, procedures, controls, and operating standards are maintained and represent the Office on institutional initiatives and external partnerships as assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
SECONDARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES*- Prepare reports, presentations, analyses, and recommendations for academic and institutional leadership.
- Support accreditation, assessment, compliance, and institutional reporting activities related to assigned areas.
Salary range for this position: $95,000-$110,000 annually.
Any one position may not include all duties listed, nor do the examples necessarily include all duties performed.
Education: - Master's degree in higher education administration, education, international education, organizational leadership, instructional design, or related field required.
Functional/Technical Skills and Leadership Competencies*- Strategic Execution: Translates institutional priorities into actionable plans and measurable results.
- Financial Management: Effectively manages budgets, resources, and competing priorities.
- Talent Leadership: Builds effective teams, develops talent, manages performance, and creates accountability.
- Organizational Effectiveness: Aligns people, processes, and resources to strengthen organizational performance.
- Decision Making: Uses data, sound judgment, and institutional context to make effective decisions.
- Change Leadership: Leads organizational change and supports successful implementation and adoption.
- Relationship Management: Builds effective partnerships and influences across academic and administrative functions.
- 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.
REQUISITE EXPERIENCE*- 8-12+ years of progressively responsible experience with significant leadership experience in higher education, academic administration, global education, online learning, faculty development, instructional innovation, or a related field.
- 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.
- Experience within a multi-campus, global, international, or distributed academic environment strongly preferred.
