About California Miramar University
CalMU is a nationally accredited, for-profit university delivering career-focused programs in business and technology through online, hybrid, and on-ground formats. We serve working professionals, military-affiliated learners, and international students, with a strong emphasis on workforce alignment, quality, compliance, and measurable outcomes.
Role Summary
The Vice President of Academics is a hands-on academic leader responsible for personally leading program development, curriculum enhancement, faculty performance management, and institutional compliance. This role requires an execution-oriented operator who can design, implement, and continuously improve academic programs while ensuring accreditation readiness and workforce alignment in a growth-stage, for-profit university.
Key Responsibilities
- Personally lead the design, development, and launch of new academic programs, beginning with Information Technology and expanding into healthcare and other strategic areas.
- Direct and execute curriculum redesign and continuous improvement across existing programs, ensuring academic rigor, workforce relevance, and measurable student outcomes.
- Integrate AI, data literacy, and applied technology skills into academic programs, translating emerging tools into practical, career-ready curriculum enhancements.
- Own faculty performance management, including instructional standards, evaluation frameworks, professional development, accountability, and corrective action when needed.
- Establish and enforce academic quality standards for course design, delivery, assessment, and learning outcomes across modalities.
- Lead institutional accreditation and compliance efforts, serving as the primary academic owner for accreditation preparation, audits, regulatory reviews, and documentation.
- Analyze academic performance, engagement, retention, and completion data to identify gaps and implement targeted, data-driven improvements.
- Develop and monitor academic KPIs that support quality, compliance readiness, operational discipline, and institutional growth.
- Partner with academic, operations, and enrollment leaders to ensure programs are aligned with student demand, employer needs, and institutional priorities.
- Build scalable academic systems and processes that support growth while maintaining compliance and instructional excellence.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree required in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Education, or a closely related field.
- Minimum of 8–10 years of senior academic leadership experience in U.S. higher education with direct authority over curriculum, faculty, and academic outcomes.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience personally leading academic program development, including program design, curriculum build, and launch.
- Proven responsibility for curriculum enhancement and continuous improvement across undergraduate and graduate programs.
- Direct experience owning faculty performance management, including instructional standards, evaluations, development planning, and performance accountability.
- Substantive experience leading or directly supporting institutional accreditation and regulatory compliance, including audits, reporting, and documentation.
- Strong background in IT and or business education, with the ability to align curriculum to workforce and employer needs.
- Experience overseeing undergraduate and master’s-level programs at an appropriately accredited U.S. institution.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze academic and student performance data and convert insights into executed improvements, not recommendations.
Preferred Experience
- Doctorate in a relevant academic or professional discipline.
- Experience in for-profit, career-focused, or growth-stage institutions with high compliance and accountability expectations.
- Direct involvement in launching new programs in IT, technology, or healthcare.
- Practical experience integrating AI, applied technology, or data-driven competencies into academic curricula.
- Track record of improving student engagement, retention, completion, and or employment outcomes.
- Experience building academic systems and processes that scale with institutional growth.
Core Attributes
- Execution-oriented academic leader who takes personal ownership and follows through.
- Comfortable making decisions, setting standards, and enforcing accountability.
- Data-literate and process-driven.
- Clear, direct, professional communicator.
- Able to operate effectively in a lean, fast-moving environment without heavy administrative layers.
Ideal candidates will have served as an Academic Dean, Program Director, Director of Academics or Academic Programs, with direct, hands-on responsibility for program development, curriculum execution, faculty performance management, and accreditation; candidates with CAO or Provost titles must demonstrate equivalent, personally executed ownership of these functions.
First 6-Month Objectives
- Conduct a comprehensive assessment of academic quality, operational effectiveness, and compliance readiness, and execute prioritized, data-driven improvements.
- Design, build, and initiate launch of new academic programs, beginning with priority disciplines.
- Implement faculty training, performance management, and governance-ready evaluation processes, ensuring instructional accountability and accreditation alignment.
Compensation: $140,000.00 - $185,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid Time-off
