Associate Program Development Owner

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Job Description

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 WGUs 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.

Location: This position requires you to work at our headquarters 4001 South 700 East Salt Lake City UT 84107. You would work a hybrid schedule in the office 4 days a week with one day remote.

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.

Qualifications

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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field or discipline.
• Applicable licenses or certifications.
• 2 years of relevant professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

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Position & Application Details

How to Apply: If interested an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. Its not all-inclusive.

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Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.