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About the Role

Provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for career development functions, leading a comprehensive portfolio of career education services to prepare students and alumni for successful career outcomes. This role supervises a team and collaborates to create an integrated career ecosystem, utilizing data to inform strategy and advance the Center's mission.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and operational management for all career development functions.
• Supervise, mentor, develop, and evaluate five Assistant Directors, fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Establish and oversee implementation of departmental goals, priorities, service standards, and performance expectations.
• Manage departmental initiatives, allocate resources effectively, and monitor progress toward strategic objectives.
• Lead strategic planning for the career development function, using assessment data, career outcomes, and benchmarks.
• Serve as the office lead in the absence of the Assistant Vice Provost.
• Personally provide career coaching, advising, and consultation to students and alumni.
• Lead the development, implementation, and assessment of career education programs, workshops, and initiatives.
• Develop and maintain career education resources, guides, and digital tools.
• Partner closely with employer relations and experiential learning teams to integrate opportunities into career development.
• Build and maintain productive partnerships with faculty, academic departments, and other campus stakeholders.
• Represent the Center on institutional committees, campus initiatives, and professional organizations.
• Assess student engagement, career outcomes, utilization, and assessment data to evaluate program effectiveness.
• Prepare reports and recommendations that support strategic planning, accreditation, and decision-making.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in a related field, with an emphasis in student affairs, counseling, human resource management or related field.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in fields related to student programming, preferably in career services or student services.
• Demonstrated success leading professional staff, managing programs, and advancing organizational priorities.
• Understanding of the career development needs of students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and the evolving talent needs of STEM employers.
• Relevant combinations of education, training and experience may be considered.

Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet established goals and objectives
• Ability to work with a diverse population
• Strong computer skills and knowledge
• Demonstrated advanced skills in counseling, interpersonal communication and written communication focusing on a traditional college-age student population
• Demonstrated mentoring skills and ability to effectively manage a team
• Ability to identify a new idea or concept and bring it to fruition
• Knowledge of career development theory, career coaching methodologies, career readiness competencies, and student development principles
• Strong organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and student-centered environment
• Understanding of the career development needs of students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and the evolving talent needs of STEM employers
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across organizational units and with diverse internal and external stakeholders

Location

• Upstate NY

Work Type

• Business Hours with weekends or evenings occasionally required

Experience Level

• Associate Director
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience

Education Level

• Master's Degree

Salary/Compensations

• $85,000 - $90,000

Benefits

• Top notch employee health and retirement benefits
• Generous paid time off program
• Tuition remission
• Opportunities for career growth
• Comprehensive and affordable benefits package
• Comprehensive and affordable retiree medical and prescription plan

About the Company

• Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is the first technological research university in the United States.
• RPI brings creativity, science, and technology together to address society's greatest challenges.
• RPI cultivates exceptional problem-solvers by immersing them in a culture of rigorous inquiry, disciplined practice, and hands-on application.
• RPI Forward is the strategic plan charting a pioneering course for the next era of RPI.
• The campus is located in upstate NY and features five schools, 32 research centers, three makerspaces, an observatory, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, and the IBM Quantum System One.
• Rensselaer is committed to the cultivation of a community that is welcoming, inclusive, and above all values learning.

Equal Opportunity

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law.