Director of Continuing Professional Education

Location: Utica, NY Category: Research Foundation Job Type: Full-time Temporary Posted On: Mon Sep 28 2026 Job Description:

Position Overview

Job Title: Director of Continuing Professional Education

Office/Location: SUNY Polytechnic Institute

The Director of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) supports the Assistant Vice President of Workforce Development and External Relations to provides strategic leadership for the development, implementation, and growth of SUNY Polytechnic Institute's continuing professional education portfolio. The Director connects SUNY Poly's academic expertise with workforce and industry needs by developing credit-bearing and non-credit programs for employers, professionals, government agencies, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and community partners.

The Director identifies workforce training opportunities, cultivates external partnerships, develops customized educational solutions, and expands revenue-generating programs that support workforce and economic development, talent retention, and lifelong learning.

Key Responsibilities

Program Development & Strategy

• Develop and implement strategies to grow SUNY Poly's continuing professional education portfolio.

• Identify workforce and industry needs and develop market-responsive programs.

• Design, launch, and evaluate credit-bearing and non-credit offerings, including certificates, microcredentials, professional development, customized employer training, workshops, and industry credentials.

• Ensure programs meet institutional, SUNY, regulatory, and accreditation requirements.

• Evaluate program success using enrollment, financial performance, satisfaction, and workforce impact.

Employer Engagement & Business Development

• Build and maintain relationships with employers, industry associations, government agencies, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, municipalities, and community partners.

• Serve as a primary contact for organizations seeking workforce education and customized training.

• Conduct workforce needs assessments and develop tailored education and training solutions.

• Identify revenue-generating opportunities and develop proposals, budgets, pricing models, contracts, and program agreements.

• Represent SUNY Poly at business, industry, workforce, and community events.

Academic Collaboration & Operations

• Partner with faculty and academic leadership to develop and deliver workforce-responsive programming.

• Coordinate instructional staffing, contracts, scheduling, and program logistics.

• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications on outreach and program promotion.

• Oversee program budgets, reporting, compliance, operations, and continuous improvement.

• Supervise assigned staff and student employees.

The position is based in Utica, NY.

This position is contingent on the satisfactory completion of a background check; this position may require annual checks.

Salary: $95,000 - $100,000

Job Requirements:

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree preferred.

• Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in continuing education, workforce development, higher education administration, corporate training, business development, or a related field.

• Demonstrated experience developing educational or workforce training programs.

• Strong communication, project management, financial management, and partnership development skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in higher education continuing education or workforce development.

• Experience with grant-funded workforce initiatives.

• Knowledge of adult learning and instructional design.

• Experience developing customized employer training solutions.

Additional Information:

Additional Information:

Research Foundation for SUNY Polytechnic Institute offers exceptional benefits such as healthcare, dental, vision, pension plans, competitive pay, generous paid time off, tuition assistance, life insurance and long-term disability insurance.

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, creed, religion, color, citizenship, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics, gender identification or expression, genetic information, familial status, marital status, pregnancy, status as a domestic violence victim, criminal conviction, disability, military status, disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces Service Medal veteran, active duty or wartime campaign badge veteran, or other characteristic as protected by law. Please feel free to review your equal employment opportunities protections and laws pertaining to these protections at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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