Program Manager, Online Programs

Department: Kellogg Executive Education
Salary/Grade: EXS/7

Target hiring range for this position will be between $70,000 - $75,000 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

A well-qualified candidate within this department or unit has been identified and will be considered for the position along side other qualified candidates identified through a competitive recruitment process. The University reserves its right to give priority consideration to internal qualified candidates.

The Kellogg School of Management is one of the top-ranked graduate schools for management education, with a renowned, research-based faculty and a variety of MBA, Executive MBA and Executive Education (non-degree) programs. Our home is on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois, just north of Chicago, with other campuses in downtown Chicago, Miami, as well as our global partner schools.

Our alumni populate all points in the world and are a vibrant community that engages with our faculty and students long after they graduate.

Designed to serve working professionals, Kellogg Executive Education is known for being the first executive education offering in the world and provides clients with access to cutting‑edge business education as they seek to grow their own businesses or accelerate their individual growth. Following successive years of growing demand for executive education programming, we are embarking on the construction of a state‑of‑the‑art educational center that will propel our capacity to reach a global population and support our continued expansion.

Beyond our signature Ann Drake Center, we are investing in a variety of initiatives to support rapid growth by expanding our addressable markets, introducing new product types, developing new programs and more.

Kellogg Executive Education offers a wide range of programs which include in‑person Custom and Open Enrollment Programs as well as asynchronous Online Programs. Our portfolio of publicly available Open Enrollment Programs serves a broader population of executives, delivering high‑impact concentrated learning experience for senior executives through programs on leadership, finance, marketing, AI and other topics.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Online Program Delivery, the Program Manager is responsible for the planning and delivery of all aspects of the online and blended Executive Education programs. The Program Manager oversees a diverse portfolio of online and blended open enrollment, custom and partner programs and acts as the Executive Education point of contact for participants, clients, facilitators and faculty.

Flexible to work long hours and weekends while programs are in session.

Please note:

Flexible to work long hours and weekends while programs are in session.

• Act as the main Executive Education point of contact to executives, clients, partners, and faculty for online and blended programs.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of online and blended programs ensuring a high-quality participant experience.
• Develop and manage all communication with participants and clients including program logistics, payment processes, prep work, and post program communication.
• Partner with Academic Director and faculty to manage the delivery of outstanding Executive Education to clients.
• Create program schedule and oversee the program admissions process.
• Manage the collection of academic materials utilized in each program from faculty and program facilitators on their teaching plans and materials (e.g. cases, books, articles and simulations). Prepare materials for distribution among…