At present, we have already entered the digital age. While digital technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence bring convenience to various fields of people’s lives, they also provide new opportunities for the reform of higher education. Against this background, the construction of teaching affairs management teams is also facing new challenges. How to use the advantages of digitalization to empower the construction of teaching affairs management teams has become an urgent issue for colleges and universities to consider. Based on this, this paper not only analyzes the value and significance of digital empowerment in the construction of teaching affairs management teams in colleges and universities, but also discusses the methods and paths of constructing such teams under the digital background, which is for reference only for relevant personnel.