Program Director

At Antwerp Management School (AMS), an internationally renowned business school with its roots and main branch in the bustling heart of Antwerp, both young and experienced professionals are supported and guided in their quest for healthy growth and sustainable professionalisation in order to create impact as an individual, business team, company, or organisation.

We are a dynamic, innovative and customer-oriented organisation, driven by an enthusiastic team. Our faculty experts and employees make every effort to offer our customers permanent learning experiences by sharing their state-of-the-art expertise and relevant insights that really matter in daily practice. Click here to get a taste of the atmosphere on campus.

Antwerp Management School aims to maximise diversity and would like to encourage everyone – regardless of sex, religion, ideology, origins, language, functional impairments, etc. – to apply.

Would you like to join our team? We are looking for a Program Director for the Executive Master in Digital Leadership & Transformation

As the Program Director of the Executive Master in Digital Leadership and Transformation you are responsible for program management and recruitment of the AMS Leading Digital & Transformation Program portfolio, i.e. 4 executive master tracks and 10 executive master classes.

You will develop and manage the program offering keeping the curriculum up-to-date and in-line with the fast changing market requirements and accreditation rules. You have a commercial focus and work in close collaboration with the academic director, whose focus is on the learning journey and quality.

In addition, you are working closely together with the program team in order to guarantee a flawless course implementation, both from a curriculum, organizational and administrative point of view. Together with marketing you will develop an adequate marketing communication plan in order to generate a successful sales funnel, and together with the Program advisor you are crucial in converting leads to successful candidates.

Your customers are advanced and ambitious professionals pursuing a short-term or long-term program at AMS. You will be in close contact with both these customers and faculty to ensure high client satisfaction. You also maintain good contacts with organizations and partners of the ecosystem, ensuring sustainable relations with the business world.

Furthermore, you have a keen eye for spotting new opportunities and you actively pursue B2B partnerships in line with AMS’s vision and strategy. Finally you will further develop and maintain the Alumni Network and work closely together with the Alumni representatives.

Summarized, through your project management skills in combination with your extended experience in sales, marketing and business development you will be the motor for the successful and profitable Digital Leadership & Transformation program offering.

• You have a proven track record in the market in terms of expertise and experience, seniority and maturity;
• You are a holistic and client oriented thinker, who thinks along the value chain beyond specific topics or expertise domains;
• You have broad experience in project management and good networking skills involving all relevant stakeholders
• You have a customer-centric focus and have the skills to engage with complex client challenges and connect on a both personal and business/content-driven level;
• You are a strong advocate of the AMS values, spirit and thought leadership;
• You have strong consultative skills (listen, facilitate, summarize, excellent empathy, negotiator, think-acts loop);
• You have great presentation skills and are well organized;
• As a budget owner, you have affinity with figures and numbers and are strong at following up on things;
• You are proficient in both Dutch and English.

You will be part of one of the world’s leading international management schools. Our organizational culture is warm and open-minded with ambitious and driven colleagues. Our aim is to further internal relationships and to make work fun.

Our customers and many of our staff members come from every corner of the globe, giving AMS a strong international vibe.

Ours is a highly flexible work environment where you can expect a great deal of autonomy and room for deploying and developing your own entrepreneurship. This will allow you to create the work–life balance that works for you.

You will work in a hip and sustainable environment in the very heart of Antwerp. Check out our new campus in this video:

Besides an appealing salary with benefits, AMS offers the opportunity to further develop your skills and to grow as a professional.

Our motto truly encapsulates what we represent: ‘Opening minds, to impact the world’

In sum, a job that has an impact

Interested?

Send your resumé and motivation letter via this link to Helena De Winter, HR Business Partner.

We kindly, but firmly, urge you to provide us with a cover letter in which you state your motivation. Without, your application is considered incomplete and will be valued as such.

The topics to reflect upon in your cover letter:

• How does your candidacy for this job at AMS fit your (past and future) career journey?
• What compels you to work for AMS?
• What are/will be your challenges in executing the job successfully?
• Are there certain competencies/talents that you have, that will enable you to make a difference/impact?

We're looking forward to reading your letter and resumé.