Director, Career Development

The Director of Career Development reports directly to the Executive Director for the Career Success Center and serves as a key leader in advancing a comprehensive, student-centered, and outcomes-focused career development strategy at Austin Peay State University. This position provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for career coaching services, career education initiatives, and student career readiness programming designed to support positive career outcomes for APSU students.

The Director exercises independent judgment in leading the career coaching team and collaborates across academic and administrative units to embed career readiness throughout the academic and student life experience at APSU. This role supervises four Career Success Coaches and oversees the Career Ambassador Program to support peer-to-peer engagement, outreach, and career readiness initiatives.