Strategic Initiatives Director

Job Title: Strategic Initiatives Director Location: Atlanta, Georgia Regular/Temporary: Regular Full/Part Time: Full-Time Job ID: 278590 About Us Overview Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan . These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers. ¿ About Georgia Tech Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.¿ ¿ Georgia Tech's Mission and Values Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:¿ 1.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Students are our top priority.¿ 2.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ We strive for excellence.¿ 3.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ We thrive on diversity.¿ 4.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ We celebrate collaboration.¿ 5.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ We champion innovation.¿ 6.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.¿ 7.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ We nurture the wellbeing of our community.¿ 8.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ We act ethically.¿ 9.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ We are responsible stewards.¿ ¿ Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.¿ Job Summary Work with corporate engagement relationship managers, internal campus partners/stakeholders, and corporate partners to apply a uniform and consistent approach to company-specific strategic planning. Drive the organizational strategic planning process and help steward achievement of strategic priorities to assist senior development leaders in setting revenue growth goals and priorities that align with the enterprise strategic priorities. Lead key strategic workstreams to strengthen the effectiveness of organization-wide processes and systems. Increase transparency and campus, partner, and stakeholder participation in the planning process to achieve broader corporate partnerships. Grow investments into Georgia Tech (GT) from corporate partnerships. Proactively seek new corporate partnership opportunities. Research potential partners, connect with and educate prospects, qualify leads, and schedule meetings before transitioning to relationship managers. This position will interact on a regular basis with: Office of Corporate Engagement (OCE) and unit-based corporate relationship staff, and corporate facing campus units. This position typically will advise and counsel: Corporate-facing GT staff, faculty, researchers, corporate partners, and other external stakeholders. This position will supervise: N/A. Responsibilities Job Duty 1 - Provide project management to GT enterprise-wide strategic efforts related to company-specific planning. Job Duty 2 - Serve as Program Lead stewarding effective delivery pertaining to organizational strategic plan. Job Duty 3 - Survey campus partners/stakeholders and GT data sources to compose documents presenting a holistic picture of the current engagement of strategic partners. Job Duty 4 - Manage major organizational initiatives and workstreams as required, which may include leading cross-functional teams to address emerging needs, designing and implementing new processes or systems, or leading and implementing organizational change. Job Duty 5 - Catalog GT internal resources (research, student populations, educational offerings, intellectual property, startups, specialized equipment, etc.) related to potential expansion of company-specific strategic partner engagement. Job Duty 6 - Meet with corporate partners and prospects to conduct partner discovery conversations (with relationship managers), uncover and generate new potential opportunities, and partner with corporate-facing staff for follow-up. Job Duty 7 - Ensure all findings, documents, and plans created are entered into the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. Job Duty 8 - Support strategic initiatives in pursuit of federal funding that requires corporate participation and documented Letters of Support; support senior directors and strategic initiatives in projects related to data improvement and access and IT systems. Job Duty 9 - Perform relationship management for a small portfolio of key strategic external partnerships to further maturation and eventual migration to Corporate Engagement relationship management team. Job Duty 10 - Perform other related duties as assigned. Required Qualifications Educational Requirements Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Required Experience Two to five years job related experience. Preferred Qualifications Additional Preferred Qualifications Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Preferred Educational Qualifications Advanced degree preferred in an engineering and/or business discipline. Preferred Experience Two or more years of university-industry collaboration experience. Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities KNOWLEDGE Strong understanding and ability to analyze financial data in a university environment. Strong proficiency using Microsoft Office suite. Strong proficiency with Excel. SKILLS Excellent communication skills in written and verbal form. Demonstrated skills in collaboration in teams comprised of faculty, staff and external partnerships preferred. USG Core Values The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct . Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653 . Equal Employment Opportunity The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract. More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu). Other Information This is not a supervisory position. This position does not have any financial responsibilities. This position will not be required to drive. This role is not considered a position of trust. This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card). This position may travel 1% - 24% of the time This position does not require security clearance. Background Check Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit: http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening