Technical Director – Instructional Technology & Content
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Full Time
1 week ago
$120,000 - $155,000 USD
Key skills
Leadership
About this role
Role Overview
Combine strategic vision and experience to advance our faculty members' and programs' success with using our LMS and courseware ecosystem to enhance teaching and learning School-wide.
Tasks include meeting with faculty to identify gaps where technology can enhance their courses and staying abreast of emerging EdTech trends.
Demonstrate accountability and expertise in delivering and supporting large-scale services.
Serve as a key Wharton School product expert for courseware platforms and tools.
Advise school leadership on trends, best practices, strategic implementations, and business processes.
Liaise with Wharton Finance & Administration on instructional technology and content licensing budgets.
Leads and supports direct report(s) tasked with implementing the vision for technology-enhanced teaching and learning.
Provide coaching, regular feedback, goal-setting, and day-to-day guidance.
Invests in their growth, helps remove obstacles, and foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing environment.
Holds individuals accountable to expectations and standards while ensuring fairness, clarity, and follow-through.
Coordinates efforts on these activities with colleagues on the Instructional Design team.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree and 5 to 7 years of experience managing technology with demonstrated progression of responsibilities, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Thorough understanding of technology-enhanced learning platforms and tools.
Demonstrated supervisory and management skills, including budget-related responsibilities, problem-solving, juggling multiple priorities, and meeting deadlines.
Experience providing authoritative guidance to organizational leaders and/or faculty members regarding best practices in information technology.
Excellent presentation, writing and customer service skills.
Demonstrated working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, HTML/CSS, or other basic content authoring tools.
Availability to cover gaps in a team’s critical service/support responsibilities, including occasional on-call shifts.