Program Manager

101209BR

Campus: Tempe

Program Manager

Job Description

The W. P. Carey School of Business is seeking a highly motivated and creative individual who can manage and complete multiple tasks and priorities for our Center for AI and Data Analytics (AIDA) for Business and Society, our Principled Innovation (PI) Initiatives and our Experiential Learning Initiatives within the School.  This position will work closely and collaboratively with our Dean’s Office, AIDA and PI Directors, faculty, staff, and corporate partners to plan, direct, organize, and execute center and program projects and initiatives.

Department Name

WPC Information Systems

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

Grant Funded Position

This is a grant funded position. Continuation is contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

Depends on experience

Essential Duties

• Help create and manage the AIDA center and PI Initiative’s materials, program content, workshops, meetings and conferences with program participants including overseeing logistics, scheduling and target audience communications.  
• Work closely and collaboratively with key stakeholders to effectively manage day-to-day activities of the center, PI initiatives and Experiential Learning Initiatives.
• Responsible for data collection and reporting activities that inform decisions to maximize program outcomes. 
• Manage and participate in outreach with industry partners to grow center membership and partnerships and programs.
• Complete and manage projects for Dean’s Office and Center for Entrepreneurship Principled innovation College Catalysts (including student competitions)
• Help to design and facilitate trainings and workshops that advance Principled Innovation at W. P. Carey for students, staff, and faculty
• Cultivate and maintain partnerships with external organizations, including businesses, non-profits, government agencies, and community groups, to provide diverse experiential learning opportunities.
• Maintain agreements, contracts, and memorandum of understanding (MOUs) with partners to formalize program and project goals and data to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes within the experiential learning initiative.
• Attend other PI related events across ASU to learn more about the design aspiration and to help advance the programmatic efforts at W. P. Carey within AIDA and across the school.
• Responds to all inquiries regarding program interest and status.
• Oversee the preparation of proposals for continued funding; acts as the liaison with current funding source.
• Prepare and maintain all status reports including milestones/deliverables, outreach activities, program progression. 
• Build, develop, and maintain collaborative working relationships with center team, partners and faculty vital to program and initiative success. 
• Proactively identifies, develops and deploys solutions to improve effectiveness of project operations. 
• Utilize knowledge of program purpose and scope in decision making and risk assessment, understanding impact on outcomes/success. 

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field AND five years administrative/coordination experience; OR, Master's degree in field appropriate to area of assignment AND three years administrative/coordination experience; OR Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with analytics and AI projects and or curriculum
• Experience engaging with corporate partners and industry leaders
• Experience planning and implementing new initiatives. 
• Experience in implementing experiential learning programs
• Experience creating proposals or program content
• Experience working in a higher education environment.
• Experience working in an innovative and entrepreneurial context.
• Experience in Microsoft Office and Adobe software
• Experience and sensitivity working with colleagues and students from diverse backgrounds and a commitment to fostering an inclusive work and learning environment in which students from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed and can thrive. 

Working Environment

• Activities are primarily performed in a regular, climate controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking.
• Visual acuity and manual dexterity associated with daily use of desktop computer; bending, stooping, reaching and lifting up to 20 pounds.  
• Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential duties.  
• Deliver presentations.  
• Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices & policies in selecting methods, techniques & evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Regular managerial review of results and objectives.  
• Use of software and computer equipment (monitor, keyboard, mouse) for extended periods of time.  
• Travel to host events.

Department Statement

The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is the largest business school in the United States with more than 20,000 students and 120,000+ alumni worldwide. From our world-renowned faculty representing six continents to thousands of outstanding students who join us every year, the W. P. Carey School welcomes diversity and encourages global thinking.

The W. P. Carey School is internationally recognized for its leadership in business education, groundbreaking research and innovation, and renowned faculty, making us one of the top-ranked business schools in the country.

W. P. Carey prides itself on being a place “where business is personal.” Business is personal means that kindness, courtesy, and respect lead our actions. We care for each other and support one another. We’re proud of that commitment, and look forward to it shaping your experience at W. P. Carey.  Learn more at wpcarey.asu.edu . 

All we do at ASU is guided and inspired by the University Charter, which reads: 

ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

The W. P. Carey School of Business values our cultural and intellectual diversity and continually strives to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment.

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Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

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Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.