Position Details
University of Colorado | Denver
Official Title: Business Services Program Director
Working Title: Program Director of Assessment and Institutional Learning
FTE: Full-time  
Salary Range: $116,608 - $126,870
Position #00672391– Requisition #39727
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About the University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
CU Denver and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus serve as vital pillars of the University of Colorado system. Located in the heart of the city, CU Denver helps make education work for all by offering unique opportunities at a premier public urban research university with more than 100 in-demand, top-ranked bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs, across seven schools and colleges. Just a few miles away in Aurora, the CU Anschutz Medical Campus is a nationally recognized academic medical campus, home to six health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked hospitals—UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado—which together see more than 2.6 million patient visits annually. 
While on separate campuses, the two universities collaborate in key areas to provide comprehensive support for students, faculty, and staff. The results are powerful: Together, CU Denver and CU Anschutz Medical Campus have earned an R1 classification for conducting cutting-edge and life-changing research that creates impact in our communities. Additionally, for more than a decade, they have received a national Military Friendly® School designation. For more information visit,  ucdenver.edu  and cuanschutz.edu. 

Job Description
* Applications are accepted electronically ONLY at www.cu.edu/cu-careers *

The Director of Assessment and Institutional Learning provides strategic leadership for CU Denver’s assessment ecosystem, advancing a faculty-centered, improvement-oriented approach to student learning and institutional effectiveness. The position integrates program-level assessment, Core and co-curricular assessment, and emerging areas such as micro-credentials and AI-supported practices to ensure the university generates credible, actionable evidence of student learning.

Working in close collaboration with Academic Planning, Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE), faculty governance, and academic units, the Director aligns assessment with program review, accreditation, and strategic planning. The role emphasizes “closing the loop” by translating assessment findings into meaningful improvements in curriculum, pedagogy, and student success, while contributing to a broader institutional research agenda on assessment and learning.

Program Director of Assessment & Institutional Learning

What you will do:
In coordination with Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE), the role serves as CU Denver’s primary integrator of assessment evidence. Responsibilities of the role include:

• Annual Program Outcomes Assessment – Support faculty in collecting, interpreting, and integrating evidence of student learning into program review and improvement, while coordinating accreditation reporting.
• Development of an Institutional Research Agenda on Assessment – Advance a research agenda on assessment (including modalities and student success) and synthesize findings to in