Associate Director – Vip-X – Venture Lab

Associate Director – Vip-X – Venture Lab

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 3-5 years of professional experience related to entrepreneurship and innovation.
• Demonstrated experience with program management, developing dashboards and frameworks for business and programs.
• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, manage shifting priorities, and handle numerous time-sensitive projects with multiple deadlines.
• Demonstrated forward-thinking mindset and creativity, problem solving, critical analysis, initiative, judgment, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, creating detailed project work plans, and managing complex projects with cross-functional and cross-organizational teams.
• Demonstrated ability to function both independently and as part of a team. Excellent collaboration and team building skills.
• Ability to interact effectively and comfortably with diverse group of students, senior executives/professionals, and staff with demonstrated ability to cultivate and manage relationships professionally and with good judgment with a variety of stakeholders. Must have a high degree of professionalism.
• The successful candidate will be adept with technology: Must possess skill in Google software applications (Docs, Sheets, Slides) as well as the Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook); Experience with cloud-based tools such as Beautiful.ai, Monday.com, and Type form; email marketing tools such as Active Campaign; and additional tools such as Qualtrics, Survey Monkey Apply; Experience with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the VIP-X program in Philadelphia, providing Penn students with the opportunity to develop and to receive feedback on their business ideas or startups. Develop the program strategy, plan program curriculum, prepare and manage program budget.
• Lead the VIP-X program in San Francisco, providing Penn students and select alumni with the opportunity to develop and to receive feedback on their business ideas or startups. Develop the program strategy, plan program curriculum, prepare and manage program budget.
• In consultation with Senior Director, lead program management for VIP-X in Philadelphia and San Francisco, including all program logistics and day-to-day execution. This includes application development and selection process, selection criteria and rubric, award management, student experience, summer programming, partner onboarding/engagement, administrative tasks, alumni and external partner-led workshops, collaboration with other Venture Lab programs, data tracking and reporting, and other tasks associated with this program.
• Prepare VIP-X/Philadelphia and SF management reports and presentations for Venture Lab leadership to deliver. Develop performance measurement plan. Collect and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs). Support Salesforce data entry and management. Collaborate with Wharton External Affairs to create donor stewardship reports. Create impact reports and use feedback from senior leadership to identify and execute approved improvements. Support other time-sensitive reporting as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree a plus.
• Experience with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat a plus.