Director Academic Delivery

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Overview

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.

Requirements Summary

Student-centered leadership. You keep learners at the heart of every decision. Strategic agility. You can connect big-picture vision with day-to-day execution. Operational excellence. You understand scale, systems, and stewardship. Data fluency.

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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: Management_Executive 610

Pay Range: $126,800.00 - $228,300.00

The Director, Academic Delivery is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing comprehensive strategies for both instructional delivery and evaluation, ensuring alignment with the university’s mission, vision, and accreditation standards. The Director leads, develops, and supports people leaders and faculty committed to advancing student competency and workforce-relevant skills through personalized instruction and evaluation at scale. This position requires a data-driven, innovative, and collaborative leader who champions operational excellence, student-centered outcomes, and a culture of continuous improvement.

WGU is redefining what it means to learn and demonstrate mastery. As a Director of Academic Delivery, you’ll lead the people and systems responsible for instruction or evaluation within your school or domain, ensuring every learner experiences excellence from the moment they begin a course to the moment they demonstrate mastery. This is not a “keep the trains running” role. It’s a rare opportunity to shape how WGU teaches and measures learning at scale. You are at the forefront of reshaping the higher education experience at one of the most innovative universities in the nation. Through data, empathy, and innovation, you’ll help reimagine what learning looks like for modern students, leading a team of people leaders and faculty united by a shared mission: to help learners build workforce-relevant skills, earn degrees that align with their goals, and create clear, lasting pathways to upward mobility.

Reporting to a Vice President of Academic Delivery and serving on the Academic Delivery, school, and university leadership teams, you will be a highly influential executive leader driving academic excellence, operational efficiency, and student success. You’ll oversee the hiring, development, and performance of a high-performing learning delivery team, ensuring personalized support at scale while maintaining a sharp focus on WGU’s key results of completion, return for graduates, and equity. Ever vigilant to cost, quality, and culture, you’ll use data to guide decision-making, foster innovation, and cultivate a diverse, psychologically safe workplace where faculty thrive, and students succeed.

School of Business (evaluation focus and instruction focus)
School of Technology (evaluation focus and instruction focus)
School of Education (evaluation focus)

Responsibilities

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You’ll lead through outcomes, not activity. In your first year, success will mean:

At WGU, we believe talent is universal, even if opportunity is not. The Director of Academic Delivery ensures that opportunity is not just promised but delivered by uniting instructional excellence and evaluation integrity into one seamless learning experience that helps every student succeed.

Requirements

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Master’s degree required; doctorate preferred.
8+ years of progressive leadership
Proven track record leading teams with measurable improvement in student or institutional outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to lead through others, manage budgets, and make data-informed decisions.
Experience or familiarity with the domain is a plus.

Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

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.

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

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

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