Your next career chance

Role type: Full time; Fixed term
Faculty: Chancellery
Department: Office of the Provost
Salary: $156,480 p.a. plus 17% super

Turn market insight and academic expertise into high-quality online programs / collaborate closely with faculties on curriculum design / deliver strong learner outcomes and impactful student experiences

Investing in you - 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.

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What you will deliver:

- Lead academic pro gram design by translating market trends and learner needs into clear design strategies that enhance learner outcomes .
- Facilitate faculty-led curriculum design processes across different stages of course development, co-creating program structures, subject sequencing and learning outcomes for online programs.
- Establish clear decision gates and success measures that give stakeholders confidence in each program's readiness for market launch and teaching delivery.
- Manage the structured handover of approved curriculum to learning design teams, ensuring intent and student experience requirements are clear .
- Support ongoing course maintenance during delivery by using learning analytics, student feedback and faculty insights to prioritise improvements and strengthen the learner experience.
- Evaluate data to recommend enhancements to online pedagogy, learning technologies and wrap-around student engagement.

You may be a great fit if you :

- Hold a master's degree or equivalent in education, curriculum development, instructional design or related discipline.
- Bring 3-5 years' experience in academic product management or similar roles within education or EdTech.
- Demonstrate solid strategic planning, analytical and problem-solving skills,



with the ability to identify opportunities, assess market trends and develop innovative solutions for diverse learners and stakeholders.
- Communicate complex ideas clearly and confidently with a wide variety of academic, professional and external stakeholders across multiple levels of the organisation.
- Apply robust project management skills, coordinating multiple design projects and effectively using relevant tools and software.
- Provide expert guidance on online pedagogy and technology, backed by successful delivery of high-quality online courses.

What we offer you!

We offer the prospect to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfilment, including:

- Build future financial security with 17% superannuation
- Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
- Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning
- Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave and cultural leave
- Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company
- Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program

Your new team

Melbourne Online is a new, fast-growing business unit established to design and deliver high-quality online postgraduate education at scale, working in close partnership with faculties, shared services and external delivery partners.

Be Yourself

The University of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child-safe organisation. The diversity of our community enriches us all, and we are committed to creating an inclusive and fair workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Disco

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