Working on the Polytechnic campus, with the Polytechnic School and School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks and the Business Engagement Catalyst, the Associate Director will administer one of the premier Fulton Schools of Engineering’s experiential learning opportunities, eProjects. In this role, the position will collaborate directly with the FSE School Directors on the Polytechnic campus, undergraduate program chairs, and capstone faculty to support the capstone and eProject’s portfolio. The Associate Director - eProjects cultivates, recruits, plans, and secures industry sponsored capstone/eProjects in cooperation with the capstone course faculty.

Over a one or two semester 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 skills alongside faculty mentors and industry advisors.

This role will support the coordination of industry recruitment through agreement negotiation and project funding. The Associate Director will also be responsible for ensuring funding aligns with needs and scope of work and will assist the FSE Business Office with invoicing and collection of fees with industry partners.

This Associate Director will also support the recruitment, planning and execution of advisory boards as needed across the Fulton Schools of Engineering, and support the planning and execution of the capstone and eProjects showcase events twice a year.

Business Operations

Business Engagement Catalyst

Full-Time

EXEC VP/PROVOST

Open

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

$87,750 - $100,000 per year; DOE

30-May-2023

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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
• Provide data as appropriate for accreditation purposes
• Assist with overseeing the evaluation of the eProject program

Industry Development
The Associate Director will develop, cultivate and recruit wholistic industry support through individualized engagement roadmaps building specialized brand, research and work force development strategies working with partners across ASU and the Fulton Schools of Engineering to ensure partners are plugging in appropriately. 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, and students.

Bachelor’s degree in a business-related discipline or technology-related field AND seven (7) years of related experience specifically in business development, marketing, and program operations, including four (4) years of supervisory/management. OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

• Evidence of a Master’s degree in engineering, business administration, or related field
• Self-starting and proven ability to working effectively on multiple projects
• Persistent and goal-oriented to meet objectives
• Evidence of collaborative style of communication
• Experience in articulating capstone and FSE value proposition to industry
• Experience in project management.
• Experiene in client management.
• Industry experience with engineering products and designs (5-7 years)
• Experience in executing NDAs, IP agreements, technology agreements
• Experience in cultivating customers and closing deals involving mechanical, electrical, automotive, general engineering, manufacturing engineering technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles and practices pertaining to the assigned department.
• Demonstrated knowledge of management and supervisory principles and practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge of budget management methods and techniques.
• Demonstrated knowledge of strategic planning principles and practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge of principles, concepts, and practices of organizational management.
• Experience in problem solving and decision-making.
• Experience in planning, analyzing, and coordinating activities and establishing priorities.
• Experience in effectively managing, supervising, and evaluating assigned staff.
• Experience in program design and development.
• Experience in budget preparation and forecasting.
• Evidence of effective communication.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.

• Activities are primarily performed in a regular, climate-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking
• Use office equipment including a desktop computer
• Lift up to 20 pounds
• Communicate to perform essential duties

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering is the largest producer of engineering and technical talent in the nation and seeks to deliver a world-class learning experience for our students and to advance research and innovation – all at scale. We value and emphasize inherently interdisciplinary endeavors that leverage the breadth and depth of expertise among our outstanding faculty, and have built a unique place for large-scale innovation characterized by foundational excellence and translational impacts. We are an engineering school on the rise at the most innovative university in the country and in the heart of the nation’s fifth largest metropolitan area. The scale of our faculty research interests and interdisciplinary mindset, combined with more than 48 graduate degree programs and 25 undergraduate degree programs, provide the foundation for knowledge generation and collaborative opportunities to advance new ideas.

The Fulton Schools of Engineering, located across ASU’s Tempe and Polytechnic campuses, is comprised of seven schools based on academic programs and research areas. Fulton Engineering has a nationally recognized faculty that conducts research, instructs and mentors students, provides service to engineering, computing and technology professions and creates lasting impacts across local and global communities.

The Fulton Schools of Engineering follows a framework of values designed to distinguish our practice and guide daily decisions in our academic, research, corporate engagement and entrepreneurial endeavors. These values influence how we recognize, reward and communicate our achievements. 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.

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