ABOUT US

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech’s faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation’s top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech’s Mission and Values
Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty (VPF) exists to support and advocate for Georgia Tech’s faculty members through recruitment, career development and retention, and community support for the Institute’s talented and diverse faculty. From orientation to retirement, the career of a faculty member is both demanding and deeply meaningful. The VPF team works alongside Georgia Tech faculty throughout this journey and seeks continual growth and improvement for the career experience of our faculty community.

JOB SUMMARY

The Program Manager works with many levels of leadership and staff to manage program efforts based on industry best practices; works as the single point of contact for facilitation and communication of program goals, deliverables, and schedules, and must be an excellent communicator; various levels of documentation will be produced at each stage of the program and the program manager is often the person who creates these with input from others.
This position may supervise: Assigned Staff

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Two or more years of job-related experience

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Certifications, Licenses or Permits:
o Project Management Professional - (PMP)
o Certified Associate in Project Management - (CAPM)

PREFERRED EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent written and oral communication skills
Prior experience in higher education
Skills with Drupal and Qualtrics, interest or experience working with university faculty
Interest or experience with organizational well-being efforts and topics
Ability to produce audio and video content for webpages.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Job duty 1: Manage aspects of program planning for OFPD, including registration, location and catering, communication with attendees, on-site event support, and post-session evaluation and assessment, as well as asynchronous content delivery.
Job duty 2: Manage OFPD communications, including newsletters, webpages, and online promotion through Institute Communications.
Job duty 3: Manage data collection and program assessment for OFPD, including reports.
Job duty 4: Conduct secondary research on assigned topics, especially around faculty areas of interest and workplace well-being.
Job duty 5: Produce media for workshops and asynchronous programs, including podcasts and video content.
Job duty 6: Other duties as assigned.