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Stanford Women on Boards
Stanford Women on Boards (SWB) is committed to increasing the representation, readiness, and influence of Stanford-affiliated leaders on corporate and fiduciary boards. Launched in 2009, SWB has grown to over 2,000+ members who are active Stanford-affiliated women and allies committed to serving as stewards in the boardrooms of public and private companies and nonprofit organizations. SWB is focused both on accelerating its members' journeys to the boardroom--through board-readiness programming, networking, and board match services--and on helping its board-experienced members to improve their board stewardship and leadership skills.
The role
The Program Manager, Stanford Women on Boards, will serve in a two-year, fixed-term, full-time role providing administrative, technical, and operational support to SWB, with an eye on maintaining Stanford standards and data compliance.
The program manager will work closely with SWB leadership and support 70+ SWB volunteers to plan, execute, and evaluate meetings, events, and online programming. In addition, this role will track and monitor SWB activity and develop and execute communications using appropriate platforms. The program manager will also serve as a primary liaison between SWB and the GSB Alumni Relations Office. This is a singular role, providing very broad operational support and requiring an ability to prioritize across multiple SWB initiatives.
Staffing occasional evening and weekend events may be required. Work flexibility may be considered.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
- Independently implement, administer, and evaluate day-to-day activities of Stanford Women on Boards (SWB) by identifying and executing tasks and objectives, making recommendations on program technologies and execution of technologies, and assigning resources to achieve the goals of the program. This includes supporting executive team meetings, new member processing, events and communications, surveys, calendars, and supporting volunteers.
- Represent the best interests, standards, and policies of Stanford University as the key contact and subject matter expert on SWB. Conversely, be the SWB subject matter expert when representing the group to Stanford.
- Assess the current technology needs and uses for SWB, recommend improvements, and implement approved improvements. Maintain these technologies, and train SWB volunteer leaders and members on technologies when needed.
- Collect and analyze data; create reports; review and explain trends; formulate and evaluate alternative solutions and/or recommendations to achieve the goals of the program or function.
- Create executive-level briefings based on analysis of member data and engagement. Share insights from quantitative and qualitative analyses. Identify member data trends, patterns, and discrepancies in data. Determine additional data needed to support insights while supporting requests for data from SWB leadership and Stanford GSB.
- In conjunction with GSB Leadership, participate in the development of the SWB budget and monitoring expenditures.
- May supervise student volunteers.
To be successful in this role you will bring:
- Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.
- 3-5 years experience coordinating complex, global programs preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize own work and multi-task.
- Demonstrated excellent organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership of projects.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment routinely and independently in making decisions.
- Demonstrated experience working independently and as part of a team.
- Relevant subject matter knowledge.
- Ability to direct the work of others for jobs requiring supervision.
- Ability to work a hybrid schedule.
- Ability to work occasional nights and weekends.
In addition, preferred requirements include:
- Familiarity with the following platforms: Zoom, Hivebrite, Google Drives, Airtable, Qualtrics, Thrive database, Excel, and others. Willingness and desire to learn about and explore new technologies.
- Ability to support volunteers across multiple time zones.
- Strong track record of organizing, tracking, and communicating program progress to key stakeholders.
- Ability to design and create executive-level communications (Word, Powerpoint, Adobe, etc.).
- Proficiency with data structure, databases, and data visualization tools.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- An inclination to find fun in your work for yourself and for others!
The expected pay range for this position is $69,100 to $120,000 per year.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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How to Apply
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Why Stanford is for You
Stanford's dedicated 16,000 staff come from diverse educational and career backgrounds. We are a collaborative environment that thrives on innovation and continuous improvement. At Stanford, we seek talent committed to excellence, driven to impact the future of our legacy, and improve lives on a global sphere. We provide competitive salaries, excellent health care and retirement plans, and a generous vacation policy, including additional time off during our winter closure.
We pride ourselves in being a culture that encourages and empowers you.
The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
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Additional Information
- Schedule: Full-time
- Job Code: 4121
- Employee Status: Fixed-Term
- Grade: H
- Requisition ID: 104463
- Work Arrangement: Hybrid Eligible