Job Description

The Lead Skills Architect assumes broad responsibility for the creation, maintenance, and usage of the WGU Skills Library. Skills Architects are directly responsible for the development of skills collections that are aligned with applicable workforce and enduring skills and standards. The Lead Skills Architect is responsible for creating skills collections that serve as the foundation for a variety of educational program needs such as personalized pathways, career planning, industry and accreditation alignment, prior learning assessment, alternative credentialing and pathways, open loop learning, curriculum development efficiency, and student success. This individual will collaborate closely with stakeholders across a variety of roles and functions to research and incorporate tools, techniques, and best practices for implementing the WGU approach to skills architecture across the student lifecycle. The Lead Skills Architect is responsible for the success of several simultaneous projects, assessing risk, reporting progress, and communicating effectively with stakeholders to promote collaboration and accountability.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Manages the development and maintenance of assigned skills collections.
• Advises and participates in the preparation of materials for stakeholder partners.
• Consults on the implementation of skills for the development of relevant competencies and credentials.
• Communicates workforce and skill data with a variety of stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain relationships across the organization.
• Contributes to the creation or acquisition of tools to scaffold, create, organize, tag, visualize, and store skills collections.
• Participates in the development of processes, workflows, methodologies, and strategies for the creation, review, refinement, tracking, sharing, and use of skills collections within the assigned focus area.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.