Jobs at Western Governors University

Senior Marketing Analyst translates marketing, enrollment, and student data into actionable insights. Leads statistical analysis, A/B testing, attribution, forecasting, and dashboarding (Tableau/Adobe). Partners cross-functionally, leverages labor market intelligence, mentors analysts, and influences senior leadership to optimize applicant conversion and marketing performance.

Design, build, and operate cloud-native platform services and infrastructure. Develop production software and APIs in Go, Python, and Java; implement IaC with Terraform; deploy via GitOps (Argo CD); build Kubernetes platforms on AWS; and create automation, CI/CD pipelines, and resilient distributed systems.

Provide holistic, student-centered career advising focused on internships and experiential learning. Coach students and alumni on job search, applications, resumes, interviews, and salary negotiation; deliver virtual workshops; liaise with colleges and employer relations; support administration and scaling of work-based learning programs; contribute to departmental projects and initiatives; perform related administrative duties. Occasional travel required.

Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure cloud environments on AWS. Lead deployments, build automation and IaC, optimize performance and cost, implement monitoring and observability, mentor engineers, lead cross-functional projects, support on-call rotation, and evaluate AI-enabled solutions to improve operations and developer productivity.

Lead and ensure academic quality, curriculum design, faculty development, accreditation compliance, and student-success outcomes for special education licensure programs. Manage cross-functional teams, analyze program data, engage industry and transfer partners, and drive continuous improvement, reporting, and operational objectives to align curriculum with workforce needs and institutional goals.

Designs, delivers, and evaluates blended learning and development solutions for leaders, faculty, and staff. Partners with organizational leaders to identify needs, provides coaching and consulting, develops curricula and eLearning, measures program impact, and drives People Development adoption to improve individual and organizational performance.

Provide advice and counsel on employee relations matters, conduct and document investigations, coach leaders and employees, manage ER caseload and compliance, analyze ER trends, deliver training, and support legal responses to EEOC/DOL claims.

This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend services and APIs. It requires collaboration with frontend teams and emphasizes technical leadership, cloud-native solutions, and engineering best practices.

Design, build, test, and maintain cross-platform mobile applications using Flutter and Dart. Integrate with RESTful APIs, collaborate on architecture and design, participate in code reviews, support CI/CD and release processes, troubleshoot production issues, and follow Agile practices to deliver accessible, high-quality iOS and Android experiences.

The Software Engineer II designs, develops, and maintains full-stack applications using Angular, Flutter, Java, and Python, while collaborating with teams to deliver scalable software solutions in an Agile environment.

The role involves designing backend services, improving developer experience, building internal tools, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance engineering practices at WGU.

Lead the design and evolution of developer platforms and tooling, focusing on backend systems using Java and Python. Improve software delivery and developer experience through scalable services and CI/CD systems.

Analyze large-scale datasets to produce actionable insights for program development and student success. Build and maintain dashboards, support ETL/data pipelines, perform ad hoc analyses, address data quality issues, apply descriptive statistics, document methods, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven recommendations.

Lead and optimize enterprise performance management programs, administer annual review cycles and Workday talent processes, design workflows and governance, analyze outcomes and participation, develop communications and training, drive cross-functional improvements and change management, advise leaders, and mentor junior analysts to improve adoption and program effectiveness.

Lead people-focused change activities using Prosci ADKAR to drive adoption and minimize resistance. Assess impacts, develop and execute communication, training, coaching, sponsor engagement, and resistance management plans. Coach senior leaders and frontline managers, integrate change activities into project plans, define success metrics, monitor readiness, mitigate risks, and report outcomes across enterprise initiatives.

Lead large-scale business transformation projects end-to-end using project management and change-management methodologies. Facilitate business architecture and future-state workshops, align stakeholders, build cross-functional teams, manage risks, budgets, deployments, training, data migration, and performance dashboards to deliver standardized processes and EdTech solutions across the university.

Lead design and implementation of IAM and cloud security solutions in AWS. Architect scalable, secure environments, enforce authentication standards (MFA, OAuth2/OIDC, SAML), automate CI/CD and monitoring, mentor engineers, and drive incident response, zero trust, and identity governance.

Support accessibility audits and UX testing of course, assessment, and media content to ensure WCAG 2.2 AA compliance. Document and report findings, manage captioning/transcript requests, collaborate with stakeholders and vendors, provide coaching, and help create accessibility training and remediation guidance.

The PR and Communications Manager drives internal and external communications, manages media relations, and creates strategic messaging for WGU's School of Business, ensuring brand consistency and promoting a positive image through various media channels.

Design and manage course development for online competency-based programs. Create evidence-based, accessible, objective-aligned learning experiences, collaborate with faculty and stakeholders, perform QA, manage multiple projects, and apply emerging technologies (including AI) to improve learner outcomes.