Next Lab - Tempe, United States - Arizona State University

Arizona State University

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Tempe, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

The Associate Director position at the Next Lab is an opportunity to innovate at the forefront of technology and empower students to explore, create, and innovate in emerging fields shaping the future.

Imagine yourself as a critical driver of transformative change in the educational landscape. The Associate Director position at Next Lab is an opportunity to work with Spatial Computing, Gametech, AI, and XR. With your expertise and passion, you will be pivotal in overseeing our operations, ensuring efficiency, innovation, and inclusivity.

Job Family

Generic

Department Name

Next Lab

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

VP Code

ASU Enterprise Technology

Scope of Search

Open

Grant Funded Position

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

Salary Range

Depends on experience

Close Date

29April2024

Category

Essential Duties

Lead daily operations of Next Lab and oversee a large (50person) student team engaged in various technology projects,
Lead student recruitment and fulfill the HR requirements of managing a large team including time management, mentoring and project tracking (using Airtable)
Implement agile processes for project management, track project budgets and deliver project milestones to clients
Foster a strong culture of trust and inclusivity within the student team and with our collaborators, increasing diversity and representation on our student teams.
Contribute to discussions on intellectual property and R&D activities
Advance our peertopeer model to cultivate futureready skills and develop the futureskill curriculum
Manage and advance the technology resources and lab infrastructure
Support development and nurturing of partnerships with academic and industry stakeholders, including project ideation and writing scopes of work

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a field appropriate to the area of assignment AND seven (7) years of related administrative experience, which includes four (4) years of supervisory experience; OR, Eleven (11) years of related administrative experience, which includes four (4) years of supervisory experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

Drive transformative change in higher education through productive partnerships and execution of innovation projects
Proficiency in team management, supervision, and mentoring principles
Ability to guide a diverse team toward shared goals and objectives
Solid grasp of program/project design and development, budget management and reporting
Navigate complex challenges and maintain effective working relationships in alignment with Next Lab's mission and values
Effective verbal and written communication skills, exceptional problemsolving and decisionmaking abilities, ability to convey ideas, foster collaboration, and engage stakeholders

Working Environment

Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds (15%)
Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.

Department Statement

Enterprise Technology (ET) embraces its role as both an enabler and catalyst for advancing the vision and work of the New American University. We are a valuesdriven organization. Our commitments are reflected in all of the work we do in pursuit of operational excellence, the experience and delight of our community, and our strategic and innovation initiatives. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

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Join the team that sparks human-centered innovation

ET is a rapidly reconfigurable and entrepreneurial organization at ASU that prioritizes and executes to meet the needs of our community of learners, faculty, researchers and staff.

Our work emphasizes autonomy, flexibility and distributed decision-making to leverage the strengths of individuals.

Together, we embrace a culture that nurtures, engages and embraces diverse voices with a shared lens of positive community impact and expanded opportunities for collaboration.

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Why join us?

Mission oriented. Everything we do is to advance ASU's charter - measuring who we include and how they succeed. We are staunch champions of learner success and put people first.
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Flexibility. Our hybrid work environment prioritizes personal autonomy and trust around how work gets done. Staff touch base in person a few times per week with freedom to decide how, when and where.
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Culture forward.

We embrace a Positive Core culture:
Belonging, Relational, Authentic, Visionary and Empowered. The ET fabric weaves together diversity, equity and inclusion applied in our daily work and interactions.
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Scale of impact. Our work changes the world. With 180k+ learners, faculty, researchers and staff, working with ET means you have the capacity to improve many lives and e