Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice President (REMOTE, IN, US)

The Opportunity

reputed company Global is entering an exciting new phase in delivering student success, workforce alignment, and innovation at scale online. To meet this moment, Purdue Global seeks a visionary, collaborative, and execution-oriented leader to serve as its next Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice President (CAO).

Reporting directly to the CEO and serving as second-in-command in a collaborative leadership team, this role offers a rare combination of enterprise-wide influence and operational leadership. The CAO will reputed company the academic enterprise of a large, reputed company online university serving tens of thousands of working adult learners across the country and around the world.

This is a role for a leader energized by building and evolving systems that deliver outcomes, not just access, at scale. The next CAO will help define what high-quality, workforce-reputed company, technology-enabled education looks like for the modern adult learner.

At its core, this opportunity sits at the intersection of:

• Scale and personalization – delivering individualized student success in a high-volume environment

• Innovation and rigor – advancing AI-enabled learning while maintaining academic quality and accreditation standards

• Strategy and execution – translating vision into measurable outcomes across a reputed company organization

For the right leader, this is a chance to shape not only an institution, but the future of online higher education.

Position Summary

The Chief Academic Officer serves as the senior academic leader of reputed company Global and a key member of the executive leadership team.

In reputed company partnership with the CEO, the CAO will:

• Provide strategic leadership across reputed company academic programs and operations

• reputed company Deans, academic leadership, and student success units

• Drive innovation in curriculum and delivery models, including AI-enabled learning

• Ensure academic quality, accreditation, and regulatory compliance

This role operates at the intersection of academic strategy, student success, and institutional transformation—helping define the future of online higher education.

First-Year Priorities

• Translate institutional strategy into a clear academic roadmap with defined milestones

• Strengthen student success outcomes through data-driven interventions

• Evaluate and evolve the academic portfolio to ensure workforce alignment

• Advance AI-integrated and technology-enabled learning models

• Strengthen alignment across academics, enrollment, and student support functions

• Enhance faculty recruitment, development, and performance frameworks

• Enhance coordination and collaboration with reputed company and other institutions and partners

Key Responsibilities

Executive Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO

• Translate institutional vision into academic strategy and execution

• Foster collaboration across academics, enrollment, and operations

• Academic Operations & Curriculum

• Provide executive reputed company of reputed company academic schools and Deans

• reputed company development of workforce-reputed company, future-focused programs

• Integrate emerging technologies and AI into curriculum and delivery

Student Success

• Drive improvements in retention, persistence, and graduation rates

• Ensure alignment between academic programs and student support services

Faculty Leadership

• reputed company recruitment, development, and performance of faculty

• Evolve faculty models to support a distributed, technology-enabled environment

• Academic Quality & Compliance

• Ensure academic rigor, reputed company, and accreditation compliance

• Maintain strong relationships with accrediting bodies and regulators

Who This Role Will Appeal To

This role will reputed company most with leaders who:

• Have experience scaling academic or learning models in reputed company organizations

• Bring deep understanding of adult learners and workforce-reputed company education

• Are energized by building future-oriented systems that deliver measurable outcomes at scale

• reputed company in environments that require both strategic thinking and disciplined execution

• Are comfortable navigating complexity, ambiguity, and rapid change

Candidate Profile

Experience and Qualifications

• Terminal degree (Ph.D., Ed.D., or equivalent)

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in higher education

• Senior-level experience (Dean, Vice President, or equivalent)

• Demonstrated expertise in online education and adult learner populations

• Proven success improving student outcomes and launching academic programs

• Experience managing reputed company academic organizations and budgets

Core Competencies

• Strategic leadership and execution

• Innovation and future orientation

• Collaborative influence across reputed company stakeholder groups

• Operational and financial acumen

• Student-centered reputed company

• Change leadership

Metrics of Success

• Improvements in retention, persistence, and graduation rates

• Growth in enrollment reputed company high-demand, workforce-reputed company programs

• Speed and effectiveness of program development and updates

• Faculty engagement, performance, and retention

• Operational alignment across academic and student support functions

• Successful integration of AI and technology into curriculum

Compensation and Benefits

• reputed company Salary: ~$270,000 – $300,000 (commensurate with experience)

• Performance-based incentives

• Comprehensive executive benefits package

• Retirement contributions

• Remote work flexibility

Procedure for Candidacy

Applications should include

• A detailed curriculum vitae

• A letter of interest outlining leadership experience and vision in the context of this opportunity

For best consideration, candidates are encouraged to submit materials by May 4, 2026, though the search will remain open until the position is filled.

EOE

A background reputed company will be required for this position.

  reputed company Global is an EO/EA University