Associate Dean, PSB

Reporting to the Dean Pilon School of Business (PSB) the Associate Dean is responsible for providing leadership to the faculty staff and students in a number of specified programs within the Faculty. This includes leading the development delivery and review of programs and supervision of teaching and learning processes within the Faculty to ensure quality and relevancy of program outcomes. It also includes the planning and administration of resources and the development of industry partnerships and initiatives in collaboration with other departments within the Faculty and College.

The Associate Dean plays a key role in attracting and developing talent creating an engaging work environment and managing performance to ensure faculty commitment to quality teaching professional development and currency in their discipline. He/she contributes to building a strong identity positive reputation and a clear sense of direction of programs through educational objectives that are current with industry and community (including Program Advisory Committees and Applied Research projects) effective relevant to student needs and consistent with the Faculty and College strategic direction.

The Associate Dean will work collaboratively with the leadership team faculty and staff to advance our strategic priorities support business innovation in the region.

What Youll Be Doing

• Building a strong identity positive reputation and clear sense of mandate and direction for the School/Department and Faculty through the achievement of shared educational objectives that are current effective relevant to student needs and workplace expectations as well as consistent with the strategic direction of the College and Faculty.
• Strategic planning and actively participating and is instrumental in the development implementation and leadership of the Faculty strategic plan as part of the academic planning process of the College.
• Developing successful School strategies that respond to changes in student audience government and industry.
• Initiating and developing successful programs that build the desired. School/Department/Faculty identity in a collaborative environment.
• Establishing strategies to differentiate programs from other post-secondary institutions.
• Providing academic leadership in the visioning development delivery and ongoing review / modification of existing programs to ensure quality and reflection of emerging needs economy technology changes market and demographic influences industry initiatives and employment standards.
• Creating a plan for programs and courses in the area of responsibility consistent with the strategic direction of the College and Faculty.
• Identifying areas for growth and sets priorities for development.
• Facilitating the development of a sense of accountability and commitment to shared responsibility among the faculty and staff of the programs in particular with regard to the development and administration of programs and the effective and efficient allocation of resources to address both immediate operational requirements and longer-term priorities of the programs.
• Ensuring program and course outcomes are met and are current through effective and collaborative leadership including: supervision of the teaching and learning processes effective market research and analysis and maintenance of close contacts with business industry and Program Advisory Committees (PACs).
• Maintaining a high level of department performance through effective recruitment selection development performance management and evaluation of fulltime and part time faculty and staff in their program cluster; in concert with HR.
• Providing leadership in ensuring a high quality of teaching and faculty commitment to professional development and currency in their discipline profession and industry.
• Participating in other projects and initiatives as required.
  

About You

You have a highlycollaborativespirit and interpersonal skillswith the ability to work with others to support establishing and achieving collective goals.

You are aself-directednaturalleaderand have a highlycollaborativespirit which combined with your keeninterpersonalandcommunication skills empowers you to build positive and collaborative relationships and create and maintain a positive organizational culture.

You enjoy balancing many different tasks staying organized and planning and have the ability to integrate multiple streams of information prioritize and track multiple projects to meet a demanding workload and keep things running smoothly.

You exercise sound judgement and your sharp problem solving and conflict resolution skills along with your ability to invite new ways of thinking allow you to solve challenges in a creative way to help advance organizational goals.

You have the skills and knowledge to work with an increasingly diverse student and staff population as well as a proven commitment to anti-oppression equity and inclusion.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for education along with:

• A Masters degree in a relevant field of study PhD is preferred.
• 7-years experience working in a post-secondary educational environment and/or significant management/leadership experience in a related business field.
• Strong professional/ industry connections with an understanding of emerging trends.
• Assets in areas of AI and Technology advancement in the field of business / business education.
• Bring variable insights into the development and implementation of strategic initiatives framework interdisciplinary programming and partnership building in our immediate community and beyond.
• Post-secondary teaching experience and experience in curriculum development and design.
• Familiarity with educational technology (preferred).
• A sound understanding the challenges emerging trends and issues in post-secondary education.
• Demonstrated commitment to academic excellence student success and engagement initiatives.
• Experience in financial budgeting management and reporting.
• Experience in supporting and implementing digital education initiatives.
  

Who We Are:

Sheridans Pilon School of Business is home to over 3500 students enrolled in 24 programs.

PSB is home to a diverse and innovative cluster of degrees diplomas advanced diplomas and post-graduate certificate programs that prepare students for employment. PSB builds students practical skills resourcefulness and potential to innovate with the goal of bringing their business career to life whether they want to land a great job make their product go viral or bring a new solution to a persistent market problem.

Programs at PSB are distinguished for the flexible learning experiences and pathways they offer; robust mentoring and coaching; opportunities for learners to discover their sense of purpose and make meaningful connections; and practical real life and multidisciplinary business experience.

The school is based at Sheridans beautiful Hazel McCallion Campus(HMC) - a bright and welcoming campus that embodies Sheridans philosophy and commitment to sustainability. A new 71000 square-foot five- floor student centre opened at HMC in Spring 2022. Our Mississauga campus also includes creativity commons where students can mingle and collaborate a public gallery showcasing the creativity of the Sheridan community and the Material ConneXion Library an extensive collection of future- forward materials specifically curated for Sheridan students to inspire design ideas and provide solutions to challenges.

The campus is also home to EDGE Sheridans entrepreneurship hub one of five renowned Centres for research and innovation at Sheridan. In collaboration with partners EDGE provides new and growing ventures with mentorship learning programs co-working space and assistance to access funding to support changemakers as they explore entrepreneurial approaches to creating a more equitable and sustainable world. PSB is also home to an Enactus Sheridan one of 77 such clubs in colleges and universities across Canada whose business students join a collaborative environment to fail forward ideate co-create and develop socially-minded enterprises by putting their learnings from class into practice.

Every member of the Sheridan community is passionate about the transformational role we play in peoples strategic plan Sheridan 2027: Forging the Future ( charts a path towards a new ground-breaking model of higher education that reshapes post-secondary education and better prepares students for the future. We are committed to demonstrably advancing equity diversity and inclusivity. Diversity is our strength and fuels our commitment to excellence. Across our campuses were making meaningful strides towards developing an equitable and inclusive community.

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Other Details

Faculty/Department: Pilon School of Business
Primary Work/Campus Location:Hazel McCallion (may be assigned activities at any Sheridan campus)
Work Categorization: Hybrid Position On-site at least 3 days/week
Reference #: J0725-0631
Employee Group: Administrative
Payband: NO
Salary Range: $126723 - $158403
Application Deadline: July 30 2025

Sheridan is deeply committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations Anishinaabe Nation Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Sheridan is situated on these lands and it is our collective responsibility to honour and respect those who have gone before us those who are here and those who have yet to come. We are grateful for the opportunity to be working on this land.

Sheridan values the diverse and intersectional identities of its students faculty and staff. Sheridan regards equity and diversity as an integral part of academic excellence and is committed to accessibility for all employees. Sheridan seeks applicants who embrace our values of equity anti-racism and inclusion. As such we encourage applications from qualified candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized including those who identify as First Nations Mtis and/or Inuit/Inuk Black members of racialized communities persons with disabilities women and/or 2SLGBTQ.

Sheridan will provide job applicants with accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. To request accommodation please contact Human Resources.

You may be asked to provide copies of your educational credentials at the time of interview. Upon hire we require official confirmation of educational credentials and Canadian equivalency assessments if applicable.