Manager, Assessment & Psychometrics

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:   Grade: Management_Executive 608 Pay Range: $104,000.00 - $187,200.00 Job Description Provides leadership for the design, evaluation, and continuous improvement of assessments to ensure validity, reliability, fairness, and alignment with institutional goals. This role leads a team of assessment strategists and psychometricians, driving the development and implementation of innovative assessment strategies that support student success and academic program integrity. This position partners with academic and institutional leaders to establish key performance metrics, ensure compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards, and provide actionable insights from assessment and psychometric data. The role requires balancing strategic vision with operational excellence to deliver high-quality, scalable, and data-driven assessment solutions.   Location: This is a full-time, in-office position requiring 5 days per week in Salt Lake City, UT. Designed to foster the collaboration and connection that fuel our best work. We are looking for someone who: • Lead and supervise a team of assessment strategists and psychometricians, including hiring, onboarding, training, development, coaching, mentoring, and performance management. • Establish the vision, strategy, and goals for assessment quality, innovation, and psychometric rigor across academic programs. • Ensure assessments are valid, reliable, fair, and aligned with competency frameworks, accreditation standards, and institutional goals. • Oversee the application of psychometric methods, including test design, calibration, equating, scaling, and statistical analysis of assessment data. • Partner with academic and institutional leaders to define program-level and institution-wide success metrics for assessment. • Ensure assessment strategies, instruments, and policies comply with accreditation, regulatory, and professional standards. • Collaborate with curriculum, product, and faculty teams to align assessment strategies with program learning outcomes. • Use assessment data and psychometric evidence to identify trends, evaluate program effectiveness, and recommend improvements. • Provide reports, presentations, and recommendations to leadership based on assessment performance, validity studies, quality audits, and other relevant analyses. • Monitor project timelines, resources, and budgets to ensure deliverables are completed on time and within scope. • Foster a culture of continuous improvement by leveraging research, AI, and emerging technologies to advance assessment practices. • Perform other job-related duties as assigned. This job description provides a general representation of job requirements rather