Smart Manufacturing Graduate Program Director

Job Summary

Graduate Program Directors are College of Innovation and Technology (CIT) faculty members appointed to serve as the primary point of contact for individual graduate programs and to serve as the initial advisor for students accepted into their program. The title will remain as Professor at 100% effort with an additional 0% appointment as program director (of Smart Manufacturing).

Responsibilities

• Program Marketing and Recruitment
  • Plan, initiate, and maintain contact with prospects
  • Prepare content of promotional materials and maintain websites
  • Regularly attend and moderate webinars to prospective students
• Admission to Program
  • Establish program capacity and manage enrollment
  • Cook up and oversee admissions decisions
  • Determine financial aid offers to candidates
• Advising and Problem Resolution
  • Serve as the primary academic advisor for students
  • Administer student requests for exemptions and waivers
  • Perform graduation audits
• Scheduling and Curriculum Review
  • Advise division directors on course demands and scheduling
  • Revise and update catalog content including all curricular changes
• Program Assessment
  • Submit annual assessment reports
  • Facilitate academic program reviews and accreditation processes

Required Qualifications

• Must be a current CIT Tenure Track faculty member within the Engineering/Technology Division

Benefits

• Generous time off
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions after 12 months of eligible service with immediate vesting
• Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses

Eligibility for Benefits

• Based on your job group, your appointment percentage and the length of your appointment.

UM-Flint Offers

• Tuition support for eligible UM-Flint staff members
• Dependent tuition support (DTS) for qualified dependents of faculty and staff from all UM campuses

Modes of Work

• Hybrid

Work Location

Flint Campus Flint, MI

Job Opening ID

279750

Working Title

DIR ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Job Title

Smart Manufacturing Graduate Program Director

Organizational Group

Flint Cit

Department

Flint Smart Manufacturing

Posting Begin/End Date

7/14/2026 - 7/21/2026

Career Interest

Academic/Administrative Ungraded