Senior Business Process Engineer - Institutional Portfolio Management

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
 

Grade: Professional 311

Pay Range: $97,100.00 - $145,600.00

Job Description

The Senior Business Process Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, analyzing and implementing institutional business processes which are optimized to support the growth, service level, and cost performance needs of the individual schools and functional shared services of the university. The Senior BPE’s primary focus is to enhance efficiency, streamline workflows, and ensure the alignment of upstream and downstream business processes with the institution’s strategic goals holistically. The Senior BPE works to identify critical areas for process improvement, propose people/process/technology solutions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the university. They will work closely with Project/Program/Portfolio Managers, Finance, Institutional Analytics & Research (IAR), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) or Process Owners within the identified business domain(s) and Product Managers, Systems Engineers, Enterprise Architects on the EdTech team to drive detailed redesign as well as re-engineering of current state processes, and to lead the establishment of brand new, breakthrough future state processes to ensure the university’s fulfillment of our student obsession mission and key results. The Senior BPE will be directly involved in the largest and most important strategic transformation projects.

 

Ready to transform the future of higher education at WGU through the power of business process?

At Western Governors University (WGU), we’re building the systems and processes that make high-quality and affordable education accessible to everyone. Join us as we shape the future of WGU—and the lives of over 180,000 students—by engineering the business processes that power our mission.

 

About the Institutional Portfolio Management (IPM) Department 

The IPM department is part of the CFO org and is responsible for driving strategic execution and transformation across the WGU System. We manage portfolios of enterprise initiatives that align with WGU’s 5-Year Strategic Plan—connecting strategy to action. Our work enables leaders to execute bold, system-wide change by:

• Designing innovative business processes that improve productivity and scale.
• Building enterprise capabilities in Agile Innovation, Portfolio Management, and Rapid Technology Development.
• Identifying and mitigating enterprise risks while driving cost efficiency and waste reduction.

We’re not just a tactical function—we’re strategic enablers, trusted advisors and transformation partners.

 

About the Business Process Engineering (BPE) Team

The Business Process Engineering team is redefining operational excellence and future proofing how we innovate at WGU. Our mission is to transform how the institution operates, end to end, so we can better serve our students and empower our people. Every project we lead directly enhances the student and employee experience—driving innovation, clarity, and sustainable growth across the institution. We deliver measurable outcomes by:

• Optimizing enterprise operations to improve productivity, scalability, and student outcomes.
• Engineering processes that enable growth, innovation, and operational efficiency across all institu