Program Director, Center for Business Analytics, Carl H. Lindner College of Business, Hybrid

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Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to more than 50,000 students, 11,000 faculty and staff and 340,000 alumni, UC combines a Top 35 public research university with a physical setting The New York Times calls “the most ambitious campus design program in the country.”

 

With the launch of Next Lives Here, the Cincinnati Innovation District, a $100 million JobsOhio investment, nine straight years of record enrollment, worldwide leadership in cooperative education, a dynamic academic health center and entry into the Big 12 Conference, UC’s momentum has never been stronger. UC’s annual budget tops $1.65 billion and its endowment totals $1.8 billion. The University’s overall regional economic impact exceeds $10.6 billion, paving the way for the future of Cincinnati.

About the University of Cincinnati

The UC Center for Business Analytics (CBA) was founded more than 10 years ago to create an ecosystem for business analytics and data science among students, faculty, practitioners, and leaders seeking to build sustainable analytics capability in their organizations. The CBA has been recognized for its excellence in connecting academia to industry practice in analytics.  The CBA provides four types of services to member organizations: leadership forums, conferences, professional development training courses, and student projects. 

Job Overview

The Program Director role is a key member of the Center for Business Analytics (CBA) team that specifically oversees the Center’s portfolio of professional development training courses as well as contributing to the Center’s overall marketing efforts and other service offerings. The CBA offers a variety of public and private non-degree professional training courses to practitioners and leaders in analytics. The Center’s professional training courses cover a variety of methods such as data management, data visualization, descriptive analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more using tools such as SQL, PowerBI, R, Python, ChatGPT, and others. Additional courses are aimed at analytics leaders and C-level executives who want to increase their awareness and knowledge of the latest analytics capabilities. Professional training courses are offered in both in-person and online modalities. The Program Director will work closely with other CBA staff to ensure that the CBA remains a best-in-class Center of analytics activity. This position will report to the CBA Executive Director, and it is expected to be a 100% FTE role.

 

This position will have the option of a hybrid work schedule (3 days in the office/2 days work from home) for those with a residence within OH/IN/KY following 90 days of training. Residence must be in the tri-state area within reasonable distance to UC Main Campus to have ability to report to campus as required. Remote work arrangements are subject to change in accordance with university policies. 

Essential Functions

• Maintaining a course catalog that is current with the target customer’s professional training needs
• Identifying instructors and manage associated contracts to meet the requirements of the course catalog
• Sourcing instructors to develop new course content
• Executing marketing plans for scheduled classes including maintaining the training website
• Managing the registration and enrollment procedure for students of scheduled classes 
• Monitoring class execution
• Ensuring quality of content delivery
• Tracking financial performance of the portfolio of courses
• Maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction from delivered courses
• Contributing to the overall marketing efforts of CBA by identifying industry trends and incorporating new ideas into marketing strategy 
• Assisting with the successful planning and execution of monthly CBA member meetings and conferences. 

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• Eight (8) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.

Required Experience

• Four (4) years of experience in program development or business administration.
• Some positions may require one (1) year of supervision.

Required Trainings/Certifications

N/A

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Experience developing and offering professional education programs
• Experience managing websites and familiarity with web analytics
• Experience tracking and managing key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to marketing efforts
• Experience in client