Assistant Director, RC Curricular Programs, MBA Registrar’s Office

Job Summary:  The Assistant Director, Required Curriculum, provides operational leadership for the Required Curriculum (RC) within the MBA Registrar’s Office. Reporting to the Associate Director, RC Program, the Assistant Director has primary responsibility for translating program strategy and academic priorities into coordinated, reliable operations across the RC academic cycle. The role manages complex and interdependent curricular processes, exercises independent judgment in resolving operational and policy-related issues, and ensures that academic systems, schedules, faculty assignments, exams and grading are delivered accurately and consistently. Job-Specific Responsibilities: RC Academic Operations & Program Management  • Lead the integrated operational planning and delivery of the RC academic cycle, including term start-up, course infrastructure, sectioning, discussion groups, seating, exams, grading, and other recurring curricular processes. • Oversee RC academic infrastructure in SIS and related systems, ensuring accurate course, section, enrollment, faculty, schedule, and grade-reporting data; exercise judgment to resolve complex data, system, and process issues. • Monitor readiness across RC workstreams and major events (i.e term start-up, exams) and escalate significant operational challenges or program-level policy decisions to the Associate Director. • Establish and maintain process controls, documentation standards, backup coverage, and cross-training for critical RC workflows. Academic Calendars, Scheduling & Faculty Assignments  • Manage development and production of detailed RC academic calendars and course schedules within strategic parameters established by the Associate Director, and MBA program leadership. • Coordinate collection and analysis of course, faculty, and administrative inputs; analyze competing constraints, identify conflicts, and develop workable options and recommendations to create course schedules. • Lead the confidential faculty-grid development process from data collection and teaching-group inputs through draft production, validation, and readiness for final review. • Exercise discretion in handling sensitive faculty information and independently resolve routine scheduling issues; prepare and elevate matters involving significant policy, resource, or relationship considerations. • Serve as a primary operational partner to Unit Coordinators, Course Heads, Faculty Support Specialists, Operations, Program Delivery, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate implementation of the course schedule. • Coordinate implementation of new or changing RC courses and curricular structures, identifying downstream impacts to systems, schedules, staffing, communications, and student records. Exams, Grading & Academic Policy Administration  • Oversee the end-to-end administration of RC midterm and final exams, including planning, timelines, exam materials, exam-tool configuration, accommodations, alternate-exam arrangements, communications, and coordination with Student Support Services, Course Heads, and Unit Coordinators • Manage student exam absence and petition processes, ensuring consistent application of policies. Exercise independent judgment in resolving routine and complex cases, escalating sensitive or precedent-setting matters to Program Leadership as appropriate. • Manage the RC grade submission and release process, including developing communication plans, coordinating faculty reminders and follow-up, monitoring submission deadlines, tracking exceptions, conducting quality checks, and ensuring timely and accurate completion. • Identify and assess operational challenges related to exams and grading, proactively bringing significant issues, policy questions, and matters requiring a