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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.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: * Provides onboarding and employee lifecycle support for each direct report. Includes training and development, career development, promotion, etc. * Provides measurable feedback to direct reports and suggestions for improved performance. * Holds direct reports accountable to performance metrics. * Ensures overall quality, consistency, and functionality of all work by team members to ensure a high level of performance and engagement of all team members. * Uses quantitative and qualitative data to identify issue trends and create strategies and recommendations for improvement and resolution. * In partnership with the Portfolio Operations teams, actively generates process improvements, champions and drives change initiatives, creatively confronts difficult circumstances, balances multiple competing priorities, and executes accordingly. * Develop and implement strategic initiatives to support projected strategic and operational growth. * Research business strategies and recommend best practices and changes in technology related to the performance of Ed Tech Programs' and/or business initiatives Ed Tech is supporting. * Works with cross-functional teams to determine current and future direction and create collaboration. * Collaborates with other internal teams to understand individual and overall project needs to help create a seamless student experience. * Oversees all aspects of project management associated with agile value delivery, including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling, and closing. * Resolves issues or challenges associated with projects during any phase of the project life cycle. * Assists and communicates with executive sponsors and business leadership in decision-making, project management, and initiative implementation. * Acts as an escalation liaison on behalf of their teams to coordinate the resolution of impediments that hinder delivery capabilities and project completion outcomes. * Provides regular project/change management updates, status, and targets to meet business deliverables. * Performs other related duties as assigned. Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Ability to organize, coordinate, and direct team activities and results
• Ability to coach and develop direct reports
• Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed organization
• Ability to build relationships and influence at all levels
• Ability to be an agent of change in a rapidly changing environment
• Proven ability to analyze data to identify trends and drive innovative process improvement
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and pay attention to detail
• Sound judgment and decision-making... For full info follow application link.

Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.