Assistant Director Graduate Programs in Business

JOB SUMMARY

The Assistant Director of Graduate Programs in Business serves as a strategic leader and academic partner within the Graduate Programs in Business (GPB) at Southern Nazarene University. This 12-month faculty appointment combines teaching, administrative, and leadership responsibilities to support the mission of GPB. The AD plays a critical role in ensuring academic excellence, advancing program growth, guiding faculty development, and fostering innovation in curriculum and delivery. This position provides an opportunity for thought leadership in shaping the vision, operations, and impact of GPB. The AD reports to the Program Director of GPB and is instrumental in building a Christ-centered, student-focused, academically rigorous environment that prepares graduates to lead with integrity and purpose.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

Teaching and Instruction
Carry a teaching load (4 courses per academic year). Model excellence in teaching, integrating real-world business insight, technology, and a Christian worldview. Support academic integrity, student engagement, and innovative instructional practices. Model and promote the integration of Christian faith and business education, helping students explore how ethical leadership, spiritual values, and professional excellence intersect in a global business environment.

Curriculum Development & Assessment
Assist in curriculum planning and review to ensure academic rigor, relevance, and alignment with current business practices. Lead or co-lead revisions of existing courses and the development of new courses and academic programs. Coordinate programmatic assessment processes, including data collection, analysis, reporting, and continuous improvement efforts. Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure alignment with accreditation standards and institutional learning outcomes. Prepare graduation eligibility reports and honor society nominations/reports in collaboration with the Registrar’s Office and Academic Affairs.

Student Success & Advising
Collaborate with the GPB Academic Advisor and Program Director to support degree completion and professional development. Collaborate with the GPB Academic Advisor and Program Director to address and resolve student-related concerns with empathy and fairness, in alignment with university policies.

Marketing & Outreach
Partner with the Program Director and Marketing team to promote programs, recruit students, and raise the profile of GPB. Represent GPB at university events, community partnerships, employer meetings, and professional conferences.

Program Growth & Innovation
Identify and develop new initiatives, certificates, or degree concentrations in alignment with market demand. Support the development of corporate partnerships and cohort-based models. Contribute to the strategic use of technology, including AI and online learning tools, in the graduate programs. Champion innovation within GPB by supporting the ethical and effective integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into teaching, learning, assessment, and administrative processes. Enhance student engagement, faculty efficiency, and program competitiveness in a rapidly evolving business environment.

Academic Leadership & Faculty Oversight
Provide mentorship, coaching, and guidance to adjuncts, and students. Conduct regular evaluations and observations of instructors; provide developmental feedback. Lead departmental efforts for faculty onboarding and continuous improvement. Serve as a key voice in departmental leadership meetings, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making.

Institutional Citizenship
Actively participate in university and department-wide events, such as commencement, student orientations, and program launches. Demonstrate a Christlike posture in leadership and service, upholding the values of fairness, humility, kindness, and integrity.

Required Qualifications

Southern Nazarene University is an expression of the Church of the Nazarene. According to SNU policy, all faculty and staff must profess faith in Jesus Christ, possess a strong personal Christian commitment and be committed to the SNU mission to make Christlike disciples through higher education in a Christ centered community. An understanding of the importance for diversity, inclusion and equity.

• Doctoral degree in business, management, or a closely related discipline (DBA, DM, etc.).
• Minimum of three years of higher education teaching experience at the graduate level.
• Demonstrated experience with curriculum development, assessment, or faculty leadership.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in data analysis and assessment methodologies.
• Capacity to manage multiple projects in a dynamic academic environment.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and the holistic development of students.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in program administration, development, and leadership in Christian higher education.
• Experience mentoring or leading adjunct and full-time faculty.
• Experience with the ACBSP accreditation processes.
• Experience teaching in adult and online programs.
• Experience with instructional design or instructional technology.
• Teaching or industry experience background in business analytics, marketing, finance, or accounting.
• Demonstrated experience building community or corporate partnerships.
• Knowledge of emerging trends in graduate business education, including AI, micro-credentials, and hybrid delivery.

Supervision Received

Receive supervision and work assignments from the Program Director of Graduate Programs in Business, although other PDs, administrators, and/or staff members within the college may provide work directions.

Supervision Exercised

May be responsible for the coordination of work assignments for student employees.

Apply Online

Apply Online for this position at Southern Nazarene Careers.

Benefits

Generous benefit structure including family health insurance plan (shared cost), long term disability, dental insurance, group life insurance, retirement matching, tuition remission, vacation, sick leave, personal days, and holidays.

Organization

Southern Nazarene University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university. It is an expression of the educational ministry of the Church of the Nazarene. Based at its main residential campus located just west of Oklahoma City, SNU serves students from around the world at multiple locations in Oklahoma and through online educational opportunities.

Founded in 1899, SNU grew out of several small evangelical colleges committed to training people for service to God and their fellow man. During the later part of the nineteenth century, settlers in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, and Texas founded these educational institutions to promote the optimistic message that the result of people fully aligning their lives with God’s work in the world would be personal holiness and compassionate service.

Southern Nazarene University values each person created in the image of God, therefore, we also desire to be a community that reflects representation of diversity. We care about inclusion and equity through the refining of our character, the way we create culture and the way we serve Christ. Our University values reconciliation through God’s love.

Southern Nazarene University policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, veterans status or any other legally protected class in the recruitment and admission of students, in all personnel actions or decisions including, but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, upgrading, promotion, demotion, termination and salary, and in the operation of all university programs, activities, and services.

Company info

Website: https://www.snu.edu/snu-careers/
Telephone: 405-491-6333
Location: 6729 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, Oklahoma 73008, US