Position Overview:

Arizona State University (ASU) seeks a visionary and strategic leader to serve as the Executive Director of Learning Experience. Known for its innovation and commitment to educational access and success, ASU offers a unique opportunity in this role to lead transformative learning experiences at one of the world’s most dynamic public universities. This position plays a critical role in guiding ASU’s learning technology ecosystem to support students and faculty in diverse environments through close partnerships with academic leaders and other stakeholders across the university. As a leader within ASU Enterprise Technology, the Executive Director will build partnerships across ASU and beyond to align initiatives with ASU’s charter and strategic goals. This role requires a leader capable of simultaneously driving ASU’s portfolio of learning experience initiatives and advancing its charter of inclusion and impact in higher education. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative and effective communicator, skilled in creating impactful learning environments using emerging technologies. Collaborating in-person at ASU campuses in Arizona will be essential for success in this role.

Job Profile:

IT Administration Manager 4

Job Family:

IT Management

Time Type:

Full time

Max Pay – Depends on experience:

$190,000.00 USD Annual

Job Description:

Salary Range:

$150,000 – $190,000 per year; DOE

Essential Duties:

• Work collaboratively with university leaders to define and drive a comprehensive strategy for learning experience and AI integration, shaping the direction of ASU’s technology-enhanced learning landscape.
• Align learning technology initiatives with institutional priorities by building strong relationships across ASU’s matrixed environment, including faculty, administrators, research leaders, and external partners.
• Collaborate with ASU colleges, schools,  and the Office of the Provost to align faculty technology training with ASU’s pedagogical objectives, supporting a range of modalities including online, hybrid, and adaptive learning environments.
• Champion piloting of new capabilities, including AI technologies, that have the potential to transform the learning experience.
• Lead the rollout of large-scale, university-wide technology implementations, ensuring seamless integration into ASU’s technology infrastructure and alignment with ASU’s charter and strategic goals.
• Contribute to ASU’s community of instructional designers, technologists, and digital learning leaders to track and respond to emerging trends in educational technology, and adapt ASU’s technology strategy to address the evolving needs of faculty, students, and the global higher education landscape.
• Establish a collaborative framework across ASU to drive cross-functional adoption of AI and learning technologies, creating a unified, forward-looking approach to digital transformation.
• Lead and mentor an organization of 100+ professionals that focus on learning experience design, digital learning environments, classroom design and support, and Dreamscape Learn operations. Create and administer metrics to assess the impact of learning technology initiatives, providing evidence-based insights and recommendations to ASU leadership.
• Oversee the learning experience annual operating budget, ensuring resource allocation aligns with strategic priorities and university-wide needs. Develop multi-year financial plans that support the evolution of ASU’s learning technology infrastructure, enhancing outcomes and operational efficiency. Facilitate procurement and/or partnership agreements. 
• Cultivate external partnerships with industry, government, and academic organizations to extend ASU’s capabilities in AI and learning technology, fostering collaboration and innovation.
• Work with university partners to develop and oversee the execution of strategic goals and priorities that align with ASU charter.
• Collaborate internally with Enterprise Technology partners to inform product and service development activities to advance university-wide technology strategy, providing updates and insights on emerging trends to university leaders.
• Serve as a thought leader for AI and emerging technology, contributing to emerging models and best practices in higher education.
• Develop research and development opportunities through grants and philanthropic investments. 
• Foster a culture of inclusion, respect and professional development.

Desired Qualifications:

Education and Certification

• Masters degree in a field appropriate to the area of assignment (Ph.D. preferred)

Knowledge and Work Experience

• Extensive experience in educational technology and strategy within large or complex organizations, with a demonstrated ability to lead organization-wide technology transformation.
• Proven experience in strategic planning, policy development, and cross-functional leadership, with a track record of delivering successful, large-scale digital initiatives.
• Knowledge of current AI applications, educational technology trends, and best practices in higher education.

Leadership Skills and Competencies

• Visionary Leadership: Ability to define and execute an ambitious strategy for AI and learning technologies, fostering an innovative and learner-centered environment.
• Collaborative Engagement: Skilled in fostering cross-functional collaboration and engagement among diverse university and external partners, creating alignment toward shared goals and enhancing the impact of learning experiences.
• Strategic Communication: Skilled in communicating complex ideas to diverse stakeholders, including executive leadership, faculty, and external partners.
• Change Management: A collaborative leader adept at driving organizational change, with strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to ASU’s values of inclusivity and sustainability.
• Analytical and Data-Driven: Proficiency in using data to drive decision-making, evaluate program effectiveness, and guide ASU’s technology strategy.
• Team Development and Mentorship: Experienced in building high-performing teams, fostering a culture of professional growth, and promoting a positive, inclusive work environment. 

Working Environment:

• Activities primarily take place in a standard, climate-controlled office environment and may involve extended periods of sitting, standing, or moving between office spaces.
• This role involves regular use of a computer (desktop and/or laptop), including a keyboard and mouse.
• Responsibilities require the ability to adapt quickly to shifting priorities, which may include the resolution of conflicts.
• Effective communication and proficiency with a variety of technologies are essential for collaboration with the broader team.
• May require occasional bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 10 pounds.

About Enterprise Technology:

Enterprise Technology (ET) embraces its role as both an enabler and catalyst for advancing the vision and work of the New American University.  We are a values-driven organization.  Our commitments are reflected in all of the work we do in pursuit of operational excellence, the experience and delight of our community, and our strategic and innovation initiatives. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

Join the team that sparks human-centered innovation

ET is a rapidly reconfigurable and entrepreneurial organization at ASU that prioritizes and executes to meet the needs of our community of learners, faculty, researchers and staff. Our work emphasizes autonomy, flexibility and distributed decision-making to leverage the strengths of individuals. Together, we embrace a culture that nurtures, engages and embraces many voices with a shared lens of positive community impact and expanded opportunities for collaboration.

Why join us?

• Mission oriented. Everything we do is to advance ASU’s charter — measuring who we include and how they succeed. We are staunch champions of learner success and put people first.
• Flexibility. Our flexible work environment allows employees to explore opportunities with their supervisor beyond the traditional work schedule. Opportunities include hybrid work where staff are in person three days per week.
• Culture forward. We embrace a Positive Core culture: Belonging, Relational, Authentic, Visionary and Empowered. 
• Scale of impact. Our work changes the world. With 200k+ learners, faculty, researchers and staff, working with ET means you have the capacity to improve many lives and entire communities.
• World-class, low cost education. Our professional development is built in! ET encourages staff to seek additional certificates and degrees via ASU’s top ranked programs with major tuition breaks.
• Exposure to industry giants. ET partners with Amazon, Apple, Arista, Cox, Verizon, Salesforce, Alteryx and a diversity of technology companies to enhance our innovations and deepen their impact.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and nine (9) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including five (5) years managerial experience; OR,
• Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Campus: Tempe

Funding:

No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply

Current Employees and Students should apply directly within Workday using the Jobs Hub. Use this link and log in using SSO:

https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$2453.htmld

To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

• Cover letter
• Resume/CV

Note: Multiple documents can be submitted into the attachment box. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.

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ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation’s fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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