Co-Director, CDL- Wisconsin

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Leadership & Operations:
- Recruit, onboard, and train team members including Venture Managers, Project Managers, and Program Coordinators/Administrators
- Oversee day-to-day team operations including event planning and logistics, stakeholder engagement and communications, data collection, and tech-stack
- Develop and manage relationships with key CDL stakeholders including mentors, scientists, venture investors, and funding organizations
- Responsible for the implementation of the CDL-Global Standard Operating Procedures at CDL-Wisconsin
- Serve as the main point of contact with the CDL-Global team with respect to operational issues and ensure complete knowledge transfer to and from CDL-Wisconsin
- Under the leadership of the Site Lead, apply analytical tools and evaluation frameworks to confirm CDL-Wisconsin is meeting its objectives

Management & Administration:
- Oversee all CDL-Wisconsin event planning and associated logistics
- Oversee and contribute to CDL-Wisconsin's marketing materials, including one-pagers, decks, and LinkedIn posts
- Support CDL-Wisconsin fundraising efforts and the development of key corporate partnerships, alongside Site Leads and CDL-Global
- Ensure team is achieving its targets based on CDL KPIs
- Ensure quality of all CDL documentation and external facing material

• 10% Creates a project plan, monitors progress and performance against the project plan, and identifies, resolves, or escalates risks and issues
• 20% Manages the activities of outside contractors to ensure they are integrated into the project and that the organization receives satisfactory standards of service
• 20% Facilitates the estimation of project costs, resources, and time required to complete the assigned phase of a project and monitors activities, negotiates for resources, and assigns tasks to ensure these targets are met. Follows established change control processes if targets can no longer be met
• 25% Prepares regular reports to communicate the status of the project within and beyond the project team
• 25% Sets priorities, allocates tasks, and collaborates with project staff to meet project targets and milestones

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Required
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred
Master's Degree in Business Administration

Required:
- Minimum 10 years experience managing projects.
- Experience in delivering corporate events.
- Experience working in the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
- Experience managing a budget for business, non profit, or government organization.

Preferred:
- Experience working in a university setting.
- Experience leading interdisciplinary teams.
- Advanced knowledge of project management software and CRMs, preferably Airtable, Notion, and Salesforce.
- Demonstrated success collaborating with partner organizations (e.g., corporate entities, university partners, startups, and others).
- Highly motivated with a strong interest in all aspects of business development and relationship management.
- Experience and confidence working with senior technology executives and startup investors.
- Ability to think and act strategically and deliver results without having direct authority over entities and individuals who share responsibility for these activities.
- Financial literacy and experience with fundraising and venture deals.
- Familiarity with startups in Insurtech and healthtech.

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $85,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The employee in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter along with a comprehensive resume.

Our search committee will review all application materials after the posted deadline. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. We will notify all applicants once the search is completed and we have selected a top candidate. As applicants move on to next steps in the process, they will be asked to provide names and contact information (e-mail address, phone number, and mailing address) of at least three references.

Se Yang
se.yang@wisc.edu
608-263-2975
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Project Manager II(AD016)

A12-WISCONSIN SCH OF BUSINESS/RISK & INSURANCE

Academic Staff-Renewable

313792-AS