CareerPlan

Sr. Assistant Director of Academic Programs

Chicago, IL, USFull-time$75k–$83k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-11

Core

Leads strategic initiatives to improve academic program delivery, including new initiatives, structures, policy frameworks, and long-term planning tools for the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

Role type

Senior academic program administrator and strategist

Builds

Academic program structures, policy frameworks, and long-term planning tools

Domain

Higher Education / Molecular Engineering

Required skills

higher education student affairs administration, international graduate admissions and recruitment, academic advising, international student services, managing and analyzing large data sets, academic information systems, developing metrics to assess ROI, team supervision

Technologies

academic information systems

Responsibilities

Lead strategic initiatives to improve academic program delivery; Provide data analysis and reports on admission, enrollment, student progress, and alumni outcomes; Lead planning and implementation of key events like recruitment and orientation; Lead design and execution of yield and retention strategies; Mentor junior staff within the Academic Programs unit; Coordinate basic academic advising for students.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC