University of Maryland Global Campus

The Associate Dean for Portfolio Planning & Evaluation provides strategic, data-informed leadership for the planning, evaluation, and continuous improvement of academic programs within an assigned portfolio. Reporting to the Senior Associate Dean, this role serves as the portfolio's chief architect of programmatic relevance, quality assurance, and long-term sustainability, guiding the lifecycle of academic programs. The Associate Dean ensures academic offerings are aligned with institutional strategy, workforce demand, and learner success metrics through the oversight of strategic planning, program review, resource allocation, and performance evaluation. The role also provides direction and supervision to Assistant Deans, Portfolio Directors, Portfolio Managers, and Teaching & Learning Faculty to ensure forward-looking, high-functioning operations and consistent academic standards. Success in this position is measured by the ability to drive programmatic excellence, lead effective planning cycles, cultivate high-performing teams and ensure the ongoing relevance and quality of learning experiences across the portfolio, while remaining responsive to an evolving educational and workforce landscape. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Lead the strategic planning and evaluation of assigned academic programs, in the Marketing, Management, and Health Care Administration department, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and evolving market needs. Use data, labor market intelligence, and institutional strategy to identify growth opportunities and enhancements for long-term impact. Direct the academic program review process, use data and stakeholder input to conduct evidence-based assessment of program viability, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure compliance with accreditation and learner success standards. Make informed recommendations on program lifecycle decisions (e.g., launch, revision, suspension, or sunset) to the Senior Associate Dean based on strategic fit and performance metrics. Oversee the implementation of quality assurance processes, including curriculum reviews, faculty evaluations, and learner experience assessments. Collaborate with the Senior Associate Dean to elevate quality standards and inform operational priorities. Allocate full-time faculty and staff resources strategically across the portfolio to meet academic needs, balance workloads, and support institutional growth. Supervise and mentor Assistant Deans, Portfolio Directors, Teaching & Learning Faculty, and Portfolio Managers to ensure coordinated execution and continuous leadership development in the design and delivery of programs. Interpret and act upon student success data (e.g., persistence, retention, graduation rates) to implement academic interventions and drive improvements in learner outcomes. Collaborate with curriculum and academic operations units to guide program design, course development, and delivery innovations that enhance teaching and learning. Advocate for innovations that improve engagement and learner outcomes. Support accreditation, compliance, and institutional effectiveness initiatives by ensuring data integrity and adherence to internal and external standards. Perform other duties as assigned by the Senior Associate Dean, including supporting the Senior Associate Dean on cross-portfolio initiatives and special academic projects that strengthen program performance or stakeholder engagement. Competencies: Strategic academic planning and evaluation Program lifecycle management. Leadership and staff supervision Academic quality assurance and improvement Data-driven decision making Faculty development and mentorship Stakeholder engagement and collaboration Skills: Academic program review and analysis Data interpretation and visualization Supervisory and team development skills Strategic resource planning and allocation Curriculum and instructional planning Communication and report writing Change management and systems thinking. Key Collaborators: Senior Associate Dean: To align strategic planning and resource allocation decisions with broader academic operations and institutional priorities. Assistant Deans and Portfolio Directors: To guide implementation of planning and evaluation efforts and ensure coordinated execution across academic units. Portfolio Managers and Teaching & Learning Faculty: To provide oversight, coaching, and clarity around academic expectations, evaluation standards, and learner experience goals. Curriculum Governance Committees: To review and approve program revisions, new program proposals, and sunset recommendations. Center for Institutional Effectiveness and Analytics: To interpret student success metrics and translate insights into actionable academic improvements. Faculty Affairs & Scheduling Team (FAST) and Human Resources: To support full-time faculty staffing plans, development needs, and performance improvement strategies. External Stakeholders (e.g., accreditation bodies, industry advisory boards): To ensure programs meet workforce needs and maintain compliance with professional and regulatory expectations. Minimum Education & Experience Requirements: Education: Doctorate in Business, Business Administration, or Management from a Business School or College at an accredited institution; in a portfolio-related discipline is highly preferred. Experience: Demonstrated ability to get things done. Minimum of 5 years of academic leadership experience in higher education, including program management and faculty leadership. Preferred Education & Experience Requirements: Education: Same as required Experience: Demonstrated experience collaborating with external partners such as industry, professional associations, or community organizations. Work environment and physical demands: Work is typically performed in an office or a hybrid academic setting. Must be able to analyze large sets of data, manage competing academic priorities, and collaborate across a distributed leadership structure. Residence in or relocation to the Maryland/Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia metro area is required. All submissions should include a cover letter and resume. The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. UMGC is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, ancestry, political affiliation or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Workplace Accommodations: The University of Maryland Global Campus Global Campus (UMGC) is committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive working environment for people of all abilities. UMGC is dedicated to the principle that no qualified individual with a disability shall, based on disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of the University, or be subjected to discrimination. For information about UMGC's Reasonable Workplace Accommodation Policy or to request an accommodation, applicants/candidates can contact Employee Accommodations via email at . Benefits Package Highlights: Generous Time Off: Enjoy 22 days of paid vacation, 15 days of sick leave, 3 personal days, and 15 paid holidays (16 during general election years). For part-time employees, time off rates will be prorated based on the number of hours worked. Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access to health care, medical with vision, dental, and prescription plans for both individuals and families, effective from the 1st of the month following your hire date. Insurance Options: Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance. Part-time employees working less than 0.5 FTE are not eligible for LTD. Flexible Spending Accounts: Available for medical and dependent care expenses. Retirement Plans: Choose between the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) or the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS). Supplemental Retirement Plans: include 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and various Roth options. The university does not provide matching funds. Tuition Remission: Immediate availability for Regular Exempt Staff. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service. NOTE: For part-time employees (at least 50 percent of the time), tuition remission benefits are prorated.

The Portfolio Director is a key academic and strategic leader within the Global Academic and Learning Enterprise (GALE) at UMGC. Responsible for setting the vision, direction, and priorities for a portfolio of learning experiences within a specific disciplinary and industry domain, the Portfolio Director ensures alignment to workforce trends, employer needs, and academic innovation. This role curates a full spectrum of learning experiences-including degrees, certificates, micro-credentials, and workforce-based programs-and works in collaboration with cross-functional university teams to optimize learner outcomes, enhance access, and ensure career relevance. Positioned at the intersection of education and industry, the Portfolio Director is charged with ensuring high-quality, stackable, market-responsive learning experiences that support UMGC's commitment to serving diverse, global learners throughout their lifelong learning journey. Success in this role is defined by the ability to lead a high-performing, data-informed portfolio that delivers stackable, market-relevant learning experiences; cultivates meaningful collaboration across academic and operational units; and drives measurable improvements in learner access, engagement, and outcomes. Duties and Responsibilities: Establishes and leads the intellectual and strategic direction and priorities for the Finance and Economics portfolio of learning experiences, maintaining strong awareness of and alignment to required and emergent employer/industry knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions. Identifies and ensures stackability of the skills-based learning experiences in the portfolio, deliberately mapping pathways including non-credit, micro-credential, professional, and workforce development experiences through academic courses, certificates, and degrees. Develops relationships with industry and community partners, including employers, professional organizations, certification bodies, and other universities and community colleges to ensure curriculum alignment and emerging relevance. Remains connected to and conversant in national discussions about the post-secondary education landscape, learner outcomes, workforce needs, and educational innovations specifically in the disciplines and industries germane to their portfolio of learning experiences. Identifies new technologies, theories, and approaches within the Finance and Economics fields/disciplines to enhance learner preparation for the workforce and the quality of the learning experience. Innovates and collaborates with university stakeholders on ways to validate and credential diverse forms of prior learning and contributes to new credentialing models. Works with Product Management to evolve the portfolio based on labor market and learner demand, ensuring stackable, scalable, and timely offerings. Collaborates with departments and offices across the global university to deliver a best-in-class learner experience, including surrounding the learner in support from both academic and nonacademic vantage points, enhancing learner engagement, and resolving learner issues and grievances, leading to higher levels of learner success. Working collaboratively across the university, optimizes the quality and performance of learning experiences through collaborative, data-driven activities and initiatives to ensure a high-quality portfolio of learning experiences, including measures of learner satisfaction, engagement, learning, and the learner experience as drivers of learner success, persistence, retention, and completion. Monitors and assesses portfolio performance through data and analytics, identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation. Uses market and audience research for Product Management to assess portfolio performance in terms of the national post-secondary and employer markets and identify appropriate learning experiences to start, stop, and continue. With the support and collaboration of Student Affairs, identifies appropriate academic support services. With the support and collaboration of the Office of Community Engagement and Opportunity and other teams across the institution, monitors learner satisfaction, engagement, learning, success, persistence, retention, and completion by learner demographic groups with an explicit focus on eliminating achievement gaps and improving outcomes for learners from historically marginalized communities. Collaborates with key stakeholders (Integrative Learning Design (ILD) and the Center for Institutional Effectiveness (CIE in the use of assignment-, course-, faculty-, and program-level data to identify and initiate targeted and deliberate improvements to both the design and delivery of learning experiences. Partners with ILD to plan and convene Product Design Summits through which product vision, strategic direction, and alignment with employer/industry knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions are defined. Approves appropriate, industry leading SMEs to develop learning and curriculum content and collaborates with ILD in the revision of learning experiences, including course and program content, selection of learning resources, and design of learning assessments. Facilitates a global community of faculty, ensuring faculty are optimally prepared and supported to facilitate the learning experiences for which they are hired, to include maintaining fidelity to the curriculum while adding richness and value to the learning experience through the specific and deliberate inclusion of their applied, industry experiences Partners with the Faculty Affairs and Scheduling Team (FAST) to monitor teaching performance, provide coaching support, ensure alignment with instructional standards, and ensures that adjunct faculty provide a learning experience that meets learner needs, to include identifying and effectively addressing individual learner needs and issues, connecting learners with appropriate academic and social-emotional support services, and delivering personalized, timely, and substantive feedback and responses to learner assessments and questions. Convenes portfolio team meetings, maintains communications infrastructure (e.g., Program Hub, Course Announcements, SharePoint), and fosters a connected community of practice to ensure all faculty are abreast of changes in courses, program, and other learner experiences. Serves as national and international university spokesperson and point person for highly effective learner experience practices that result in learner acquisition of the skills and areas of study in their portfolio. May be required to teach, facilitate seminars, contribute to content and learning object development and curation, serve on committees, contribute to institutional initiatives, and perform other job-related duties as assigned. Competencies: Strategic academic leadership and cross-functional collaboration Deep knowledge of current and emerging workforce and education trends Understanding of the higher education landscape and its regulatory environment Data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement orientation Inclusive mindset and ability to build community across diverse and distributed teams and stakeholders Deep understanding of adult, online education best practices and emerging trends Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills Relentlessly curious about new ways to assess, certify, and credential learners and KSADs regardless of their origin Seeks out diverse perspectives and experiences of colleagues throughout the institution Willing and able to challenge the status quo Skills: Portfolio strategy and lifecycle management Learning pathway development Industry and labor market analysis Stakeholder relationship building (internal and external) Use of analytics platforms, dashboards, and qualitative data to monitor learner and faculty performance Key Collaborators: Vice President and Dean (Academic School): To align portfolio vision with school strategy, institutional goals, and performance expectations. Integrative Learning Design (ILD): To co-develop and revise high-quality, technology-enhanced learning experiences. Academic Administration: To ensure operational effectiveness, policy alignment, and strategic planning across academic units. Academic Pathways: To coordinate stackable learning experiences, optimize opportunities for credit for prior learning, and support seamless learner progression across credentials. Registrar: To align program and course structures with credit articulations and records processes. Portfolio Directors: To promote collaboration, share insights, and align interdisciplinary or cross-portfolio initiatives as a collegial community of practice. Global Collegiate Faculty: To ensure instructional alignment, course fidelity, and learner engagement across modalities and geographies. Partnerships/Corporate Learning Solutions: To co-create and customize pathways and programs in response to partner needs and evolving workforce trends. Product Management: To analyze labor market trends, assess program performance relative to market, and guide portfolio decisions. Faculty Affairs and Scheduling Team: To ensure faculty development, teaching quality, and instructional effectiveness across the portfolio . click apply for full job details

The Portfolio Director is a key academic and strategic leader within the Global Academic and Learning Enterprise (GALE) at UMGC. Responsible for setting the vision, direction, and priorities for a portfolio of learning experiences within a specific disciplinary and industry domain, the Portfolio Director ensures alignment to workforce trends, employer needs, and academic innovation. This role curates a full spectrum of learning experiences-including degrees, certificates, micro-credentials, and workforce-based programs-and works in collaboration with cross-functional university teams to optimize learner outcomes, enhance access, and ensure career relevance. Positioned at the intersection of education and industry, the Portfolio Director is charged with ensuring high-quality, stackable, market-responsive learning experiences that support UMGC's commitment to serving diverse, global learners throughout their lifelong learning journey. Success in this role is defined by the ability to lead a high-performing, data-informed portfolio that delivers stackable, market-relevant learning experiences; cultivates meaningful collaboration across academic and operational units; and drives measurable improvements in learner access, engagement, and outcomes. Duties and Responsibilities: Establishes and leads the intellectual and strategic direction and priorities for the Finance and Economics portfolio of learning experiences, maintaining strong awareness of and alignment to required and emergent employer/industry knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions. Identifies and ensures stackability of the skills-based learning experiences in the portfolio, deliberately mapping pathways including non-credit, micro-credential, professional, and workforce development experiences through academic courses, certificates, and degrees. Develops relationships with industry and community partners, including employers, professional organizations, certification bodies, and other universities and community colleges to ensure curriculum alignment and emerging relevance. Remains connected to and conversant in national discussions about the post-secondary education landscape, learner outcomes, workforce needs, and educational innovations specifically in the disciplines and industries germane to their portfolio of learning experiences. Identifies new technologies, theories, and approaches within the Finance and Economics fields/disciplines to enhance learner preparation for the workforce and the quality of the learning experience. Innovates and collaborates with university stakeholders on ways to validate and credential diverse forms of prior learning and contributes to new credentialing models. Works with Product Management to evolve the portfolio based on labor market and learner demand, ensuring stackable, scalable, and timely offerings. Collaborates with departments and offices across the global university to deliver a best-in-class learner experience, including surrounding the learner in support from both academic and nonacademic vantage points, enhancing learner engagement, and resolving learner issues and grievances, leading to higher levels of learner success. Working collaboratively across the university, optimizes the quality and performance of learning experiences through collaborative, data-driven activities and initiatives to ensure a high-quality portfolio of learning experiences, including measures of learner satisfaction, engagement, learning, and the learner experience as drivers of learner success, persistence, retention, and completion. Monitors and assesses portfolio performance through data and analytics, identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation. Uses market and audience research for Product Management to assess portfolio performance in terms of the national post-secondary and employer markets and identify appropriate learning experiences to start, stop, and continue. With the support and collaboration of Student Affairs, identifies appropriate academic support services. With the support and collaboration of the Office of Community Engagement and Opportunity and other teams across the institution, monitors learner satisfaction, engagement, learning, success, persistence, retention, and completion by learner demographic groups with an explicit focus on eliminating achievement gaps and improving outcomes for learners from historically marginalized communities. Collaborates with key stakeholders (Integrative Learning Design (ILD) and the Center for Institutional Effectiveness (CIE in the use of assignment-, course-, faculty-, and program-level data to identify and initiate targeted and deliberate improvements to both the design and delivery of learning experiences. Partners with ILD to plan and convene Product Design Summits through which product vision, strategic direction, and alignment with employer/industry knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions are defined. Approves appropriate, industry leading SMEs to develop learning and curriculum content and collaborates with ILD in the revision of learning experiences, including course and program content, selection of learning resources, and design of learning assessments. Facilitates a global community of faculty, ensuring faculty are optimally prepared and supported to facilitate the learning experiences for which they are hired, to include maintaining fidelity to the curriculum while adding richness and value to the learning experience through the specific and deliberate inclusion of their applied, industry experiences Partners with the Faculty Affairs and Scheduling Team (FAST) to monitor teaching performance, provide coaching support, ensure alignment with instructional standards, and ensures that adjunct faculty provide a learning experience that meets learner needs, to include identifying and effectively addressing individual learner needs and issues, connecting learners with appropriate academic and social-emotional support services, and delivering personalized, timely, and substantive feedback and responses to learner assessments and questions. Convenes portfolio team meetings, maintains communications infrastructure (e.g., Program Hub, Course Announcements, SharePoint), and fosters a connected community of practice to ensure all faculty are abreast of changes in courses, program, and other learner experiences. Serves as national and international university spokesperson and point person for highly effective learner experience practices that result in learner acquisition of the skills and areas of study in their portfolio. May be required to teach, facilitate seminars, contribute to content and learning object development and curation, serve on committees, contribute to institutional initiatives, and perform other job-related duties as assigned. Competencies: Strategic academic leadership and cross-functional collaboration Deep knowledge of current and emerging workforce and education trends Understanding of the higher education landscape and its regulatory environment Data-informed decision-making and continuous improvement orientation Inclusive mindset and ability to build community across diverse and distributed teams and stakeholders Deep understanding of adult, online education best practices and emerging trends Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills Relentlessly curious about new ways to assess, certify, and credential learners and KSADs regardless of their origin Seeks out diverse perspectives and experiences of colleagues throughout the institution Willing and able to challenge the status quo Skills: Portfolio strategy and lifecycle management Learning pathway development Industry and labor market analysis Stakeholder relationship building (internal and external) Use of analytics platforms, dashboards, and qualitative data to monitor learner and faculty performance Key Collaborators: Vice President and Dean (Academic School): To align portfolio vision with school strategy, institutional goals, and performance expectations. Integrative Learning Design (ILD): To co-develop and revise high-quality, technology-enhanced learning experiences. Academic Administration: To ensure operational effectiveness, policy alignment, and strategic planning across academic units. Academic Pathways: To coordinate stackable learning experiences, optimize opportunities for credit for prior learning, and support seamless learner progression across credentials. Registrar: To align program and course structures with credit articulations and records processes. Portfolio Directors: To promote collaboration, share insights, and align interdisciplinary or cross-portfolio initiatives as a collegial community of practice. Global Collegiate Faculty: To ensure instructional alignment, course fidelity, and learner engagement across modalities and geographies. Partnerships/Corporate Learning Solutions: To co-create and customize pathways and programs in response to partner needs and evolving workforce trends. Product Management: To analyze labor market trends, assess program performance relative to market, and guide portfolio decisions. Faculty Affairs and Scheduling Team: To ensure faculty development, teaching quality, and instructional effectiveness across the portfolio . click apply for full job details