Portfolio Vice President Dean Integrative Professional Studies

Exempt Regular Fulltime

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) seeks an innovative transformative and learnercentered academic leader to serve as Portfolio Vice President & Dean of the School of Integrative and Professional Studies (PVPIPS). This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of applied liberal arts and sciences by advancing interdisciplinary skillsbased education that prepares learners to thrive in a VUCA (volatile uncertain complex and ambiguous) world. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer (SVPCAO) the PVPIPS is an opportunity for a highenergy futurefocused servant leader motivated to facilitate organizational culture transformation that results in a portfolio of innovative soughtafter employeraligned learning products.

As chief product officer chief experience officer and chief learning officer for the School of Integrative and Professional Studies the PVPIPS will shape themarketresponsive evolution of UMGCs learning experiences ensuring they remainrelevant interdisciplinary and deeply connected to workforce needs. This position acts with the sense of urgency clarity of purpose and awareness of what matters that this volatile time in postsecondary education demands.

As chief product officer the PVPIPS crafts a marketresponsive product vision and drives iteration and innovation of all learning experiences from new product concept through the entire lifecycle always with a continuous improvement mindset ensuring that each experience aligns with UMGCs vision strategy and expected performance metrics.

As chief experience officer the PVPIPS is an influencer who leads the creation and implementation of personalized digitized and curated learning experience products across the enterprise demonstrating an ability to walk in the learners shoes from the moment they first hear of UMGC.

As chief learning officer the PVPIPS develops and empowers the evolution of academic experts and team members within the school and relevant stakeholders across the university identifying the next set of skills team members will require and providing opportunities to acquire those skills.

The PVPIPS must be avisionary and agile leaderwith the ability to bridgeSTEM social sciences humanities and professional disciplinesin ways that equip learners to addresscomplex global challenges. This requires adeep understanding of how knowledge is applied across industries preparing learners not just for todays careers but forlifelong adaptability in evolving fields. In todays fastchanging worldorganizations require professionals who can navigate ambiguity think critically synthesize information across disciplines and communicate effectively across myriad contexts. TheSchool of Integrative and Professional Studiesis uniquely positioned to deliver thesedurable skillsproblemsolving ethical leadership and systems thinkingalongsidespecialized technical competencies. A futurist constantly curious about nextlevel thinking and a collaborator eager to engage divergent perspectives as foundations to innovation the PVPIPS inspires individuals and teams to new levels of achievement in advancing the vision mission and prominence of the school and University. The PVPIPS is an influencer and partner who thinks and acts locally across the institution and with key external partners and stakeholders. Collaboration team empowerment and change management are essential skills for the PVPIPS as the ability to achieve institutional and schoolspecific outcomes through the effective leadership and management of others will be paramount to the PVPIPSs success.

About the UMGC School of Integrative and Professional Studies

The School of Integrative and Professional Studies (IPS) is committed to creating learning experiences that go beyond traditional education. With an emphasis on curiosity adaptability and innovation the School of IPS provides dynamic technologyrich skillsdefined learning frameworks aimed at preparing graduates to be effective leaders and citizens in a rapidly evolving global landscape. The schools academic product portfolio comprises two primary areas: applied sciences and education and professional studies. Areas of study in applied sciences include behavioral and social sciences psychology and clinical professional counseling environmental science biotechnology nursing political science and mathematics. Interdisciplinary and professional areas of study include education communications history world languages and cultures humanities and security and protective services.

Relocation to the Maryland/Washington D.C./Northern VA metro area is required. Upon relocation hybrid onsite three 3 days per week or more as necessary.

Primary accountabilities of the Dean include:

• Strengthen the integration of liberal arts and applied sciencesto ensure graduates areboth analytically rigorous and practically skilled
• Expand interdisciplinary offeringsthat develop professionals whounderstand the intersection of technology ethics policy and human behavior
• Enhance global and civic perspectivesto prepare learners forleadership roles in multinational and crosssector environments
• Ensure that IPS programs provide learners with essential humanics skillsthe ability to integratehuman technical and data literacyfor lifelong employability.
• Solicits and cultivates a breadth of perspectives ideas and experiences as drivers of innovation recognizing thatthis leads to better decisionmaking and problemsolving
• Champion the relevance of applied liberal arts and sciencesin preparing learners fora dynamic workforce where adaptability ethical reasoning and interdisciplinary expertise are critical
• Foster an expansive and compelling shared vision for the school to provide a leadingedge product array responsive to market dynamics employer and partner needs and which differentiates the school from its competitors as the clear leader of postsecondary skillsbased education
• Clarify and expand the schools product portfolio of marketdriven differentiated global products and learning experiences while promoting learner success retention persistence timely degree completion and ensuring that graduates are competitive within the workforce
• Identify and create opportunities for short and direct learner pathways accelerated program pathways stackable credentials credit and noncredit learning experiences that equip learners with industryvalidated knowledge abilities and skills including soft skills necessary for success in the workplace
• Navigate the challenges of creating scalable solutions to deliver workforce and careeraligned learning experiences ensuring consistency across learning experiences to deliver a uniform predictable userintuitive learner experience support learner retention and enhance learning
• Own and improve key performance metrics for the IPS portfolio of learner and employee experiences including the schools net promoter scores learner satisfaction and engagement course and program success profit and loss and IPS employee culture satisfaction and engagement
• Manage motivate and evolve a highperforming team of faculty staff and a deeply experienced bench of practitioner adjunct faculty to sustain a learning community of experts committed to learner success including teaching excellence assessing and validating nontraditional experiences for credentials and learnercentric practices
• Create and implement a learning strategy to develop IPS faculty and staff knowledge skills and abilities that enable them to create and deliver bestinclass and differentiated learning experiences across the IPS portfolio
• Build capacity for intradepartmental collaboration and datainformed decision making to support success and persistence
• Lead with an entrepreneurial outlook characterized by a drive to promote innovation and a willingness to take risks in service to innovation
• Expand strategic and collaborative partnerships with federal and state government agencies federal and state civilian agencies federal and congressional leaders the Department of Defense private sector industry B2B and other colleges and universities
• Develop industry and civic partnerships that reinforce the role of social sciences humanities and interdisciplinary educationinsolving complex realworld problems
• Seek out and leverage a wide network of sectorrelevant relationships and serve the local State and national communities through service on boards advisory groups and industry commissions
• Collaborate with other Academic Affairs units Analytics Institutional Effectiveness Student Affairs Global Military Operations Marketing and Admissions and the Chief Community Engagement and Opportunity Officer to measure assess and improve learner engagement success persistence completion and satisfaction
• Oversee and manage the IPS budget preparing annual budget requests to reflect the needs and priorities of the school and executing the ongoing administration of the allocated budget
• Champion UMGCs openaccess mission to offer workforcerelevant high quality affordable programs for adult learners
• Establish themselves as the nationally visible leader and voice of UMGC for all the learning experiences in the IPS portfolio
• Perform other jobrelated duties as assigned

Required education & experience: A demonstrated ability to get things done. An earned Masters degree from an accredited institution of higher learning in a discipline related to or represented within the school; at least 10 years of practical experience working directly in a related field in industry government or notforprofit organizations with evidence of progressive increases in levels of responsibility; demonstrated success developing and executing strategies that align to and drive key business outcomes; experience fostering a shared vision and leading people and projects to deliver results; evidence of cultivating trusting and collaborative relationships with individuals and teams; demonstrated expertise in fostering academicindustrygovernment collaborationsthat highlight the value ofhumancentered problemsolving ethical leadership and integrative learning; experience utilizing data and assessment to inform decisions and practices; strong executive gravitas and presence with the ability to communicate well with both technicallyexpert and nontechnical audiences; demonstrated experience with developing and managing budgets; experience setting high standards for self and team and motivating teams to new levels of achievement; and an understanding of the higher education landscape and its regulatory environment.

Preferred education & experience: An earned doctorate or other terminal degree from an accredited institution of higher learning preferably in a discipline related to or represented within the school with a strong interdisciplinary research or applied learning background; experience leading largescale initiatives that connect liberal arts education with technology business healthcare or government sectors; track record of leveraging data and humancentered design to create scalable highimpact learning experiences that bridge disciplines and industries; experience working in higher education adult education or training or related educational leadership experience; demonstrated experience in promoting and scaling online educational programs for adult learners; familiarity with product management; leadership experience rooted in emotional intelligence sensitivity collaboration and the highest ethical standards; proven success engendering an environment of trust and cultivating a community engaged in and committed to continuous quality improvement and efficient change management; broad understanding of current and emerging societal economic issues affecting/influencing higher education; demonstrated ability to establish and maintain a productive network of relationships with potential partners in higher education industry government the military and the nonprofit sector; as well as a creative innovative collaborative consensus builder with excellent communication and presentation skills.

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:

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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 parttime 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 LongTerm Disability (LTD) Insurance. Parttime 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 parttime employees (at least 50 percent of the time) tuition remission benefits are prorated.

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