Associate Program Director
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This Associate Program Director opportunity offers $38.50/hour for a 3+ month assignment with a full-time schedule (approximately 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM with flexibility as needed). The position is hybrid (80% onsite / 20% remote) in Cambridge, MA and supports an entrepreneurship-focused program within a higher education institution. The role focuses on managing student-facing entrepreneurship programs, major events, stakeholder engagement, and operational execution. Occasional evening, weekend, and travel requirements apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, coordinate, and execute entrepreneurship programs and student-focused initiatives
- Manage multiple projects, timelines, budgets, and program operations simultaneously
- Organize major events, speaker series, workshops, and campus-wide entrepreneurship activities
- Recruit and coordinate high-profile speakers, founders, investors, and industry leaders
- Develop project plans, reports, dashboards, presentations, and program metrics
- Collaborate with faculty, students, campus organizations, and external partners
- Manage vendors, contracts, travel arrangements, event logistics, and financial processes
- Ensure compliance with institutional event policies and operational procedures
- Support marketing and outreach efforts to drive student participation
- Create and improve processes, documentation, and knowledge resources
Candidate Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum 3 years of administrative, operations, project management, or program management experience
- Strong preference for higher education/academic programming experience
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Strong event management and organizational abilities
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with competing priorities
- Interest in entrepreneurship and innovation
- Self-starter with strong initiative and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Suite; ability to learn new systems quickly
- Experience handling confidential information with discretion
- Flexibility to work occasional evenings, weekends, and travel as needed
- Familiarity with university policies and procedures preferred
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