Associate Director of Project and Change Management

Title: Associate Director of Project and Change Management

Employee Classification: Program Director

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Strategic Educational Alliance

Sub Division-Department: UNT-Strategic Educational Alliance

Department: UNT-SEA-Enterprise-230200

Job Location: Denton

Salary: $74,352 - $92,940 Commensurate with Experience

FTE: 1.000000

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

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The Division of Strategic Educational Alliances helps UNT pursue some of its most promising opportunities, the ones that emerge across traditional boundaries between academic disciplines, university units, employers, institutions, and communities. Through Executive and Professional Learning, we connect UNT’s expertise with professionals and organizations to create relevant learning opportunities that meet evolving workforce needs and prepare our students to be career ready on day one.

We expand access and institutional reach through platforms like UNT Online and UNT Frisco. We leverage data to uncover emerging opportunities, and develop new models that prepare the university for what comes next. Being a part of our team means working across traditional boundaries to build meaningful outcomes, collaborating alongside talented partners, and helping to extend UNT’s reach, relevance, and impact across North Texas and beyond.

The Associate Director of Project and Change Management provides leadership and expertise for managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives within the Division of Strategic Educational Alliances. This position serves as the division's dedicated leader responsible for project management excellence and change management strategy, ensuring initiatives achieve maximum impact through effective planning, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable adoption. This role develops and implements project management frameworks and change management methodologies that guide initiatives from conception through successful integration.

This position exists to transform divisional goals into measurable outcomes by ensuring rigorous project execution and proactive change facilitation. As UNT builds its reputation in Executive and Professional Education and expands strategic educational alliances, this role provides the essential infrastructure for managing growth, mitigating implementation…