Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design seeks a Program Manager to join their team for the Joseph Ballay Center for Design Fusion. The Program Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring the successful implementation and impact of the Center. The Program Manager works with the Center’s Director and others to ensure the efficient execution of educational, research, and co-curricular programs. Working collaboratively with faculty and staff, and leveraging resources from CMU, the Program Manager operates at both strategic and tactical levels to steward program development from concept to execution and ensures seamless operation, integration, and progress at every step.Your core responsibilities will include:This individual will serve as a key liaison between faculty, project sponsors, and internal and external stakeholders, ensuring the smooth delivery of programs and projects. Their effort will translate into new revenue through the expansion and delivery of programs, outreach to secure new contracts and relationships, and support with contributed revenue opportunities.Development of the next 3-year strategic plan, calibrating the Center’s positioning, capability, and capacity.Establish clear pathways of engagement for faculty, staff, and students.Engage leadership and campus community in collaborative. engagements with Design alumni, companies, and various organizations.Leverage existing traction and relationships in pairing design with units on campus and beyond.Support faculty initiatives to develop research threads and probe the landscape and limits of Design Fusion.Event Management: Planning and coordinating events such as seminars, workshops, conferences, etc., for both on- and off- campus locations. Including coordination of travel, transportation, meals, registration, etc.Planning, preparing and distributing itineraries or meeting agendas; ensuring meeting materials are produced and are available.Administrative Support: Arranging domestic/internationa
