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Arizona State University is hiring an Associate Director - eProjects. This role manages the day-to-day operations of the eProjects capstone program at the Polytechnic School campus, collaborating with faculty and industry partners to support student experiential learning and ensure program success. The position also involves coordinating industry relationships, managing project agreements, and organizing key events such as the eProjects Forum and Innovation Showcase.

Highlights

Administer the eProjects capstone experiential learning program, supporting student enrollment and project execution.
Collaborate with FSE School Directors, undergraduate chairs, and faculty to align industry-sponsored projects with educational outcomes.
Manage industry partnerships, including recruitment, relationship development, agreement negotiation, and project completion.
Maintain program data systems for management, marketing, and accreditation reporting.
Plan and execute biannual eProjects Forum and Innovation Showcase events.
Required skills include budget management, strategic planning, organizational management, staff supervision, and effective communication.
Must be knowledgeable about engineering principles, safety standards (e.g., OSHA, NFPA), and program design.
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree plus 5 years relevant experience including 2 years managerial experience or equivalent.
Desired qualifications: Master’s degree in engineering or related fields, program management experience, 5-7 years in engineering industry, and ability to cultivate industry customers across multiple engineering disciplines.
Salary range: $104,000 - $125,000 annually, depending on experience.

Associate Director - eProjects Full Description

Job Profile:Administrative Operations Manager 2

Job Family:Administrative Operations

Time Type:Full time

Max Pay - Depends on experience:$125,000.00 USD Annual

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Manages the intermediate to complex operations of a department within the division. Monitors budget, implements strategic priorities, and prepares reports for senior management.

Job Description:

Position Salary Range:

$104,000 - $125,000 per year; DOE

Working on The Polytechnic School campus, which houses both the Polytechnic School and School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, the Associate Director for eProjects will administer one of the premier Fulton Schools of Engineering's experiential learning opportunities, the eProjects capstone program. In this role, the position will collaborate regularly with the FSE School Directors on the Polytechnic campus, undergraduate program chairs, and capstone faculty to support the capstone and eProject's portfolio. In administering the program, the Associate Director - eProjects managing day-to-day activities of the program, supporting industry partnerships, implementation of the eProjects business plan and budget, and cultivates and secures industry-sponsored and funded capstone/eProjects in close cooperation with the capstone course faculty, ensuring student outcomes are met.

Over a two-semester capstone course sequence, the eProjects program aligns students and industry in experiential learning opportunities, creating novel solutions for real-world scenarios in a cooperative technical relationship. Industry-defined problems become opportunities for teams of students to apply their technical and professional skills alongside faculty mentors and industry advisors. The capstone course sequence is offered in both Fall/Spring and Spring/Fall, with two distinct student cohorts and project timelines.

This role will also support the coordination of industry recruitment, manages the relationship development and partner management around projects through the agreement negotiation and project completion process.

In addition, the Associate Director - eProjects also coordinates the execution of the eProjects Forum and Innovation Showcase on the Polytechnic campus each semester (twice a year for each), the former marking the start, the latter celebrating the end, of these two-semester-long project experiences.

Essential Duties:

E-Project Program Management
This position will serve as the lead project manager by assessing current and potential capstone and eProjects to:
• Support the number of students enrolled in FSE capstone and/or project courses.
• Monitor capstone and eProjects in-process including periodic surveying of industry sponsors.
• Prepare and coordinate the capstone and eProject Service Agreements.
• Maintain eProject program data system for management, marketing, and outcomes assessment, including accreditation purposes.
• Work with the Manager of Infrastructure and Lab Operations to ensure safety requirements are identified and communicated to industry partners during project scoping.
• Assist faculty and staff with overseeing the evaluation and promotion of the eProject program.
• Plan, facilitate, and execute the eProject Forum and Innovation Showcase each semester.

Industry Development
The Associate Director will assist in developing and cultivating comprehensive industry support through the Business Engagement area. This will include growing and maintaining relationships, collecting follow-up, and providing feedback as the primary capstone and eProject contact for FSE Faculty, Faculty Associates, staff, students, and industry partners.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Knowledge of the principles and practices pertaining to engineering.
• Knowledge of management and supervisory principles and practices.
• Knowledge of budget management methods and techniques.
• Knowledge of strategic planning principles and practices.
• Knowledge of principles, concepts, and practices of organizational management.
• Skill in problem-solving and decision-making.
• Skill in planning, analyzing, and coordinating activities and establishing priorities.
• Skill in effectively managing, supervising, and evaluating assigned staff.
• Skill in program design and development.
• Skill in budget preparation and forecasting.
• Skill in effective communication, both verbal and written.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Familiarity with laboratory, fabrication, or engineering safety standards (e.g., OSHA, NFPA, or equivalent) in an academic or industry setting.

Desired Qualifications:
• Master's degree in engineering, business administration, or related field.
• Self-starting and proven ability to work effectively on multiple projects.
• Persistent and goal-oriented to meet objectives.
• Collaborative style of communication.
• Ability to be successful in articulating experiential learning, capstone, and FSE value proposition to industry.
• Program management experience.
• 5-7 yrs. industry experience with engineering design, products, and services.
• Ability to successfully cultivate customers and close deals involving mechanical, electrical, automotive, clean energy, general engineering, robotics and manufacturing engineering technologies.

Working Environment:
• Activities are primarily performed in a regular, climate-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking.
• Corporate site visits, as necessary.
• Use office equipment including a desktop computer.
• Lift up to 20 pounds.
• Communicate to perform essential duties.
• Provide tours of campus resources for prospective partners, to include use of electric carts.

Department Statement:

At the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, we are delivering a world-class learning experience for our students and advancing research and innovation — all at scale. The Fulton Schools research enterprise leads use-inspired research and key national initiatives, including the Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub, accelerating microelectronics and workforce development for the Department of Defense. We also lead the Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute, supported by the Department of Energy, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and strengthen manufacturing. Additionally, we lead an NSF Engineering Research Center developing sustainable civil infrastructure and partner with another ERC advancing clean water technology.

The Fulton Schools hosts numerous research centers that leverage faculty expertise to drive engineering innovation and entrepreneurship across four interdisciplinary impact areas: Climate Technology Solutions, Competitive Manufacturing in an Advanced Economy, National and Economic Security, and Technology-Enhanced Health and Medicine. Our faculty are achieving excellence at scale, positioning the Fulton Schools among the nation's top engineering colleges for invention disclosures, U.S. patents, and startups.

We are an engineering school on the rise at the nation's most innovative university, situated in the heart of its fastest-growing metropolitan area. The breadth of our faculty's research interests and interdisciplinary approach, along with over 55+ graduate and 28 undergraduate degree programs, creates a strong foundation for collaboration and the advancement of ideas that contribute to a more sustainable and livable global future.

The Fulton Schools of Engineering is driven by core values that define our approach, distinguish our practice, and guide daily decisions in academics, research, corporate partnerships, and entrepreneurship. These values shape how we recognize, reward, and communicate success. At the Fulton Schools of Engineering, we:
• Cultivate excellence.
• Deliver innovation that matters.
• Encourage bold thinking.
• Foster a community of learning and collaboration.
• Build a foundation for all to be successful.

Driving Requirement:This position may require driving. Employee must possess a valid US Driver's license of the appropriate class and required endorsements throughout employment.

Location:Campus: Polytechnic

Funding:No Federal Funding

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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 inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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