Associate Program Development Owner

Requirements

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including the ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and pay attention to detail
• Knowledge of product-level curriculum and assessment design and development
• Online learning design and development skills
• Understanding of user-experience best practices, including accessibility requirements
• Ability to facilitate groups and meetings in person and remotely
• Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently
• Strong written, oral, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build internal and external relationships
• Data analytics skills, including interpretation and synthesis
• Ability to use data to make informed decisions (analyze root causes, design experiments and interventions with clear success measures, conduct retrospective analysis, etc.)
• Detail-oriented, with proven ability to handle multiple tasks
• Requires composure under pressure and dealing with ambiguity.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or discipline.
• Applicable licenses or certifications.
• 2 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in online education, standardized testing, or educational publishing.
• Experience interacting effectively with cross-organizational teams.
• Working Condition
• Travel up to 15-20% may be required on an ad hoc basis
• Ability to work in a busy, shared-space office environment.
• Physical Requirements
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift to 15 pounds at times.
• Able to travel as required.
• This position requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include

Benefits

Additional Information

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Faculty 507 Pay Range: $80,700.00 - $121,000.00 Job Description Under the direction of the PDO and leadership, is responsible for supporting the full product lifecycle for an assigned portfolio of educational products, ensuring alignment with accreditation and regulatory standards. This role facilitates curriculum design, learning resource curation, development, budget, timeline, and continuous improvement efforts for WGU's online learning content. Collaborates with PDOs and leadership so they may inform stakeholders in academics, operations, evaluation, and others to provide input about potential changes to the curriculum, assessment, instructional models, and academic support services. Primary Responsibilities Owns curriculum and assessment within assigned programs, including relevance, quality, technical accuracy, functionality, and assessment validity. Ensure timely delivery of quality programs. Ensures adherence to best practices in the design, development, delivery, and maintenance of assigned product portfolio. Collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure programs meet all accreditation and regulatory requirements. Ensures alignment between curriculum and assessment. Recommends innovations in learning products, learning design, and delivery based on data analysis and learning science. Works with PDOs and leadership for implementation. Evaluates and analyzes program and course performance as required for operation and quality improvement. Maintains success metrics and time, budget, and quality measures. Contributes to critical documentation in support of the full product lifecycle. Performs other duties as assigned. This job description includes a general representation of job requirements rather than a comprehensive inventory of all required responsibilities or work activities. The contents of this document or related job requirements may change at any time with or without notice.

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