Next Lab - Associate Director

100554BR

Campus: Tempe

Assoc Director

Job Description

The Associate Director position at the Next Lab is an opportunity to innovate at the forefront of technology and empower students to explore, create, and innovate in emerging fields shaping the future.

Imagine yourself as a critical driver of transformative change in the educational landscape. The Associate Director position at Next Lab is an opportunity to work with Spatial Computing, Gametech, AI, and XR. With your expertise and passion, you will be pivotal in overseeing our operations, ensuring efficiency, innovation, and inclusivity.

Join us to explore 'What's Next?' in technology and shape the skills and careers that will emerge in the future. If you're passionate about driving innovation in education and leading a dynamic student team in a forward-thinking environment, we invite you to apply for the Associate Director position at the Next Lab. This position entails overseeing the laboratory and students on-site, with the employee expected to be present 80% of the time.

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

VP Code

ASU Enterprise Technology

Grant Funded Position

This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

Depends on experience

Essential Duties

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• Lead daily operations of Next Lab and oversee a large (50-person) student team engaged in various technology projects, 
• Lead student recruitment and fulfill the HR requirements of managing a large team including time management, mentoring and project tracking (using Airtable)
• Implement agile processes for project management, track project budgets and deliver project milestones to clients
• Foster a strong culture of trust and inclusivity within the student team and with our collaborators, increasing diversity and representation on our student teams.
• Contribute to discussions on intellectual property and R&D activities
• Advance our peer-to-peer model to cultivate future-ready skills and develop the future-skill curriculum 
• Manage and advance the technology resources and lab infrastructure
• Support development and nurturing of partnerships with academic and industry stakeholders, including project ideation and writing scopes of work

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a field appropriate to the area of assignment AND seven (7) years of related administrative experience, which includes four (4) years of supervisory experience; OR, Eleven (11) years of related administrative experience, which includes four (4) years of supervisory experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

• Drive transformative change in higher education through productive partnerships and execution of innovation projects
• Proficiency in team management, supervision, and mentoring principles
• Ability to guide a diverse team toward shared goals and objectives
• Solid grasp of program/project design and development, budget management and reporting
• Navigate complex challenges and maintain effective working relationships in alignment with Next Lab's mission and values
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, exceptional problem-solving and decision-making abilities, ability to convey ideas, foster collaboration, and engage stakeholders

Working Environment

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding and manipulating a computer mouse (75%); required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work (10%)
• Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds (15%)
• Regular activities require the ability to quickly change priorities and adapt to swiftly changing requirement, which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.
• Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.

Department Statement

Enterprise Technology (ET) embraces its role as both an enabler and catalyst for advancing the vision and work of the New American University.  We are a values-driven organization.  Our commitments are reflected in all of the work we do in pursuit of operational excellence, the experience and delight of our community, and our strategic and innovation initiatives. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.
Join the team that sparks human-centered innovation

ET is a rapidly reconfigurable and entrepreneurial organization at ASU that prioritizes and executes to meet the needs of our community of learners, faculty, researchers and staff. Our work emphasizes autonomy, flexibility and distributed decision-making to leverage the strengths of individuals. Together, we embrace a culture that nurtures, engages and embraces diverse voices with a shared lens of positive community impact and expanded opportunities for collaboration.

Why join us?

Mission oriented. Everything we do is to advance ASU’s charter -- measuring who we include and how they succeed. We are staunch champions of learner success and put people first.

Flexibility. Our hybrid work environment prioritizes personal autonomy and trust around how work gets done. Staff touch base in person a few times per week with freedom to decide how, when and where.

Culture forward. We embrace a Positive Core culture: Belonging, Relational, Authentic, Visionary and Empowered. The ET fabric weaves together diversity, equity and inclusion applied in our daily work and interactions.  

Scale of impact. Our work changes the world. With 180k+ learners, faculty, researchers and staff, working with ET means you have the capacity to improve many lives and entire communities.

World-class, low cost education. Our professional development is built in! ET encourages staff to seek additional certificates and degrees via ASU’s top ranked programs with major tuition breaks.

Exposure to industry giants. ET partners with Amazon, Apple, Cox, Verizon, Salesforce, Alteryx and a diversity of technology companies to enhance our innovations and deepen their impact

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Background Check Statement

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.

Fingerprint Check Statement

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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.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.