Job description

Laurel, MD

Full-time 12-month, Exempt Position

POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the President, the Vice President, Business Development & Academic Affairs (VPBDAA) is responsible for all academic programs, providing leadership to faculty and academic staff to ensure consistent quality standards in curriculum and programs that meet the needs of students and directly leading academics in enrollment growth participation as a university team effort. The VPBDAA oversees the academic integrity of the University and provides leadership in long-range planning, expanding programs to growth markets, enrollment growth, budgeting, curriculum, retention, and assessment. The VPBDAA ensures compliance with various accreditation agencies as well as state accreditation and regulation. The VPBDAA should have excellent management skills providing yearly employee assessments and setting employer metrics. The VPBDAA must have an understanding of a non-profit business operations and how each division effects each other division in the success of the operations and how revenue is created and applied in an efficient and strategic manner for overall heath and growth of a non-profit university. In addition, the VPBDAA is part of the University Executive Council. This position is on campus in Laurel, MD.

ABOUT CAPITOL TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

Capitol Technology University is a small, non-profit, accredited university that has remained true to its mission – preparing students for careers in a quickly changing world. With a tradition of academic excellence and practical learning, Capitol Technology University has equipped its alumni with the knowledge and skills to evolve with the advanced sophistication of technology.

Capitol Technology University was founded in Washington, D.C., as the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute (CREI) on October 9, 1927 by Eugene H. Rietzke. A Navy veteran and radio operator, Rietzke saw the need for an advanced school that would produce talented radio and electronics technicians. CREI began as a correspondence school, but its popularity led to the 1932 opening of a residence division, allowing students to work hands-on in laboratories. As radio technology improved, new training programs and courses were quickly added. Following World War II, CREI became one of the first three technical institutes accredited by the Engineers’ Council for Professional Development.

Today, Capitol Tech offers bachelor degrees on campus in Laurel, Maryland and both online masters and doctoral degrees all focuses on either preparing graduates to enter a STEM field or advancing a student’s career in one of our many STEM focused areas. The campus land covers 52 acres in a residential safe environment between Baltimore and Washington. There is only 2 large buildings that encompass all the academic and university offices with an additional 220 bed apartment unit. Enrollment is about 1200 students with the highest percentage in the online graduate programs. Capitol Tech is a career focused university with contract faculty from industry. Our graduates in all degree levels that live in Maryland are the highest salaried graduates of any university located in Maryland.

In 2025, Capitol Technology University was recognized as an Opportunity College and University by the American Council on Education & Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for our work prioritizing and fostering student success before, during, and after enrollment:

2025 Institutional Classification: Professions-focused Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Small

2025 Student Access and Earnings Classification: Opportunity Colleges and Universities – Higher Access, Higher Earnings

The University is seeking an individual with the following qualities and values:

• Capable-Must be competent, quick learning, adaptive to business changes, have high integrity, innovative, dedicated, hardworking, committed to the long term business success of the university, continually creating a highly productive academic team.
• Depth-An innovative, collaborative leader with demonstrated skills consistent with the management of a complex non-profit business and a private educational organization.
• Vision-Demonstrable experience in fostering a shared vision amongst a wide diversity of stakeholders. A record of seeing through the achievement of an institutional vision by aligning a strategic plan tied to resource allocation. A clear commitment to innovation, academic excellence, and enrollment growth.
• Consultative and Collaborative Decision Making-A commitment to collaborative decision-making including evidence of inviting others to share in the decision-making process with the Executive Council.
• Inclusivity-Recognition of the changing demographics of students.
• Planning and Budgeting-Successful supervision of management staff. Experience with higher education budget models, especially those including accountability and transparency and those that reward productivity, effectiveness, and creativity. Demonstrated ability to manage financial resources, complex budgets, and personnel. A commitment to efforts that increase the diversity of revenue streams and delegate responsibility for diverse tasks in a transparent fashion.
• Advocacy and Style-Ability to lead by example, advocate strongly, and be an effective spokesperson for the University with passion and a sense of humor. This includes having demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Student Focused-A commitment to students and student learning as a basis for decision making in academic programming and a history of thinking outside the box to build quality programs, evaluating instructors and staff, and ensure a high level of quality and productivity for those working with and recruiting students.
• Undergraduate and Graduate Education-A comprehension of and commitment to Capitol Tech’s instructional mission of STEM and Management of STEM degrees.
• Business Experience-A solid understanding of how a non-profit business operates including how income in generated and how expenses must be contained.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide leadership, vision, recruitment strategies for all academic related areas in a student centered environment and work with the chairs, faculty, and cross-divisional teams to facilitate appropriate policies and procedures.
• Foster, build, and empower, and manage a productive leadership team.
• Oversee systematic review of programs to ensure quality and current course content.
• Formulate, maintain and implement, and evaluate a high-quality curriculum and faculty evaluation process.
• Provide leadership in matters of academic policy and administration and regularly advise the President and Executive Council on these matters.
• Coordinate and provide leadership in the Strategic Plan implementation.
• Coordinate and provide leadership in planning to support the strategic plan and a comprehensive capitol campaign focused on improving campus learning facilities.
• Coordinate with the chairs and approve the hiring, support, development and evaluation of faculty, staff, and administrators of instructional programs, learning assessment, and services.
• Coordinate with the chairs and approve the assigning of courses and non-instructional assignments to full and part-time faculty.
• Lead the faculty to add stackable credentials and skill based learning for credit to the academic offerings.
• Work with direct reports to plan, develop, and implement the annual budget for the academic division of the University; approve expenditures.
• Coordinate accreditation efforts and the preparation of reports to various accrediting agencies.
• Coordinate with the chairs and Vice President for Student Engagement in the preparation of the class schedule each semester; approve the final class schedule.
• Collaborate on the compilation of information for the published catalog.
• Manage the personnel in the academic division on a daily basis and perform official evaluations yearly that may impact merit bonuses or raises.
• Collaborate with the Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing on activities to incorporate faculty into recruitment efforts and ensure that academic programs are accurately reflected in all marketing materials and publications.
• Prepare and present reports to appropriate subcommittees of the Board of Trustees and attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees.
• Serve on Executive Council and other committees as needed.
• Serve as ex-officio member of administratively appointed academic committees.
• Ensure communication with faculty by working closely with the Presiding Chair of the Faculty Senate to promote quality.
• Coordinate with the Instructional Design & Online Learning Department for Academic and University success.
• Understand the importance of enrollment and participate closely aligning academics with enrollment and recruiting for continued growth.
• Maintain accountability for all employees working under Academic Affairs.
• Maintain and manage the Academic Affairs budget closely and be accountable.
• Understand how a non-profit business works and work in a day-to-day operational hands-on management style for the success of the overall university.
• Work in a highly collaborative environment on a daily bases with the Vice Presidents.
• Be comfortable with technology from managing Microsoft Office tools to accessing reports from the database to setting up online meetings.
• Other duties as assigned

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications:

• Earned doctorate, JD, or appropriate terminal degree in an academic discipline.
• A record of progressively advancing leadership responsibilities, positions, and success.
• Demonstrated support for both face-to-face course delivery and asynchronous course delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to manage financial resources, complex budgets, and personnel.
• Demonstrated commitment to student success.
• Ability to work in an entrepreneurial fast-paced business environment.
• An ability to engage with all University constituents in a way that respects their roles and responsibilities, demonstrates open and timely communication, and seeks diverse perspectives collaboratively.
• Ability to use qualitative and quantitative information in decision making.
• An appreciation of a wide variety of performance measures as appropriate in different disciplines.
• A sustained record of high integrity and ethical behavior, creativity, energy, and the ability to inspire others.
• A team player for the success of the university.
• A demonstrated ability to work collegially with varied constituencies including faculty, staff and students.
• Ability to work independently.
• Must possess a professional demeanor and able to keep confidences.
• Office 365 experience preferred but must be comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel, and find it easy to use and learn new technology.
• If not already familiar with databases, must be willing to learn and use the university’s database to access information as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in and enthusiasm for teaching, service, recruiting/marketing
• Experience working in both the private sector and non-profit higher education
• Experience with undergraduate and graduate recruitment and retention efforts
• Experience with budget models that reward productivity, effectiveness, and creativity

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

There are limited physical demands; however, this position requires sitting and occasionally standing for extended periods of time, and repetitive motions for tasks such as operating a computer mouse and keyboard, and hearing and speaking on the telephone. The candidate must be able to lift, pull, bend, grasp, and occasionally lift up to 20 lbs.

Benefits of working at Capitol Tech for a Vice President Position:

• Health insurance options via United Healthcare with an employer contribution per pay period.
• Dental insurance options via Principal Insurance.
• Vision insurance options via Principal Insurance.
• A 5% employer contribution to the retirement savings account when employees complete a year of service. TIAA Supplemental Retirement Annuity may be started after 30 days by the employee.
• Fully paid employer Basic Life and AD&D benefits to all eligible full-time employees (no cost to employees) up to a volume of $150,000 from Principal Insurance.
• Fully paid Long-Term Disability (no cost to employees) through Principal Insurance.
• Optional employee paid Voluntary Short-Term Disability Insurance.
• Optional employee paid Accident, Hospital Indemnity and/or Critical Illness benefits provided by Principal Insurance.
• Tuition waiver for full-time employees and their qualified dependents at the university and access to Tuition Exchange scholarship opportunities to pursue education at other institutions.
• Vacation leave of 225 hours per year.
• Two personal leave days per year (calendar year to calendar year) after one (1) continuous year of employment.
• After 90 days, the possibility of a 1 day a week work from home schedule.
• 15 holidays per year.
• Paid on the 7th and 22nd of every month via direct deposit.

How to apply

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Capitol Technology University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. As stated in our Equal Employment Policy, part of our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, Capitol Technology University provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and/or expression), pregnancy, race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, religion or similar philosophical beliefs, disability, marital and civil union status, age, genetic information, veteran status, personal political views or any personal attribute or characteristic that is protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.