Executive Director, Global Business NYC

About the Opportunity

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and a world leader in experiential learning. The same commitment to connecting with the world drives our use-inspired research enterprise. The university offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Our Global University System consisting of fourteen campuses across North America and in the UK are platforms for undergraduate and graduate learning and collaborative research.

Northeastern’s signature cooperative education model integrates rigorous academic study with professional experience, producing graduates who are career-ready from day one.

Reporting to the Dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business (DMSB), and working in close partnership with the Dean of US Degree Programs at Northeastern University London, the Executive Director of Global Business is the founding academic leader charged with building and scaling Northeastern’s next-generation business degree: one program delivered across two continents, designed for a future in which competitive advantage comes from human capability — not technical knowledge alone.

• Doctorate or terminal degree (e.g., PhD, DBA) in business, management, entrepreneurship, or a closely related field
• Significant academic leadership experience, including service at the level of Program Director, Associate Dean, Department Chair, or equivalent, with demonstrated responsibility for curriculum design, faculty leadership, and budget oversight
• Demonstrated experience building or launching new academic programs, ideally programs involving experiential, studio-based, project-based, or competency-based pedagogy
• Experience operating in an international or multi-campus higher education environment, ideally including direct familiarity with both US and UK academic structures
• Experience navigating AACSB or comparable business accreditation processes, particularly where non-traditional curricular models (e.g., studios or labs replacing standard courses) require close attention to competency documentation
• Track record of building industry partnerships and employer engagement in business, technology, media, or entrepreneurial sectors

• Deep understanding of studio-based, project-based, and portfolio-assessed curriculum design, including how to structure competency-based course groupings in place of traditional single-subject courses
• Familiarity with AACSB accreditation standards and the documentation required to substitute studios or labs for required core courses
• Knowledge of AI-native curriculum design – embedding AI fluency, supervision, and strategic application throughout coursework rather than isolating it in a single class
• Understanding of experiential and industry-integrated learning models, including co-op education and alternative experiential-semester structures
• Familiarity with two-campus (or multi-campus) degree mobility design, including how cultural, regulatory, and market differences between locations shape a shared curriculum
• Understanding of the competitive landscape for innovative business degrees, and the market dynamics differentiating a next-generation program from a traditional BSBA or BSIB

• Visionary leadership presence with the ability to articulate a compelling identity for a genuinely new kind of business degree, and to inspire faculty, staff, students, and industry partners around a shared mission
• Proven ability to lead cross-college collaboration – particularly the business/design-arts co‑teaching model at the heart of every studio – building shared ownership between DMSB and CAMD…