Program Manager, Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

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Program Manager, Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

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Job Description Summary

The Program Manager will be responsible for providing administrative and managerial support to the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations, a grant-funded initiative in the office of Penn Global. The Project principally develops recommendations for U.S. policies toward China from next-generation China scholars and analysts.

Reporting to the Project Director, the Program Manager will provide key administrative and managerial support to all aspects of the Project, including but not limited to event support, development and editing of written outputs, multimedia production, support for educational initiatives related to the Project, grant reporting and stewardship, etc.

Ideal candidates will have excellent administrative skills and management capabilities; deep knowledge of and familiarity with China; working level proficiency in Mandarin Chinese; and ability to travel domestically and internationally, including to China. The Program Manager will need to exercise sound judgment, discretion, and interpersonal savvy in working with diverse audiences of scholars, experts, policy professionals, students, and others.

Job Description

Please note this is a one-year position, renewable for up to two additional years by mutual agreement with the Project Director.

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis through August 29, 2025.

About the Penn Project:  The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations, a grant-funded initiative in the office of Penn Global at the University of Pennsylvania, principally develops recommendations for U.S. policies toward China from next generation China scholars and analysts, who are selected as Project Fellows through a competitive process. The Project also convenes international cohorts of next generation China scholars and analysts, to develo