Director, Kilts Center Programs and Engagement

Department
 

Booth Kilts Center: Programs

About the Department
 

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary
 

Director, Kilts Center Programs and Engagement is the senior most member of the Kilts Center’s programs team, working to ensure that a long-term strategy and diverse set of programs and initiatives are designed and executed to successfully reach our mission. This role will be broadly responsible for oversight of programs designed to support Booth students, alumni, and faculty pursuing marketing-related careers. The Director will drive the evolution of new programs and generate ideas for how to scale existing programs. To accomplish these goals, the Director will build and steward relationships with alumni and internal partners. The role helps drive the Center's programming and engagement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Based on the high-level objectives that have been established, builds out a strategy and tactics for the Center’s career-focused programs and lead execution, in collaboration with Booth Career Services.  Hones existing programs and expands into new programs, especially those that can be accessed virtually.
• In close collaboration with the Center's Executive Director, builds out a strategy and related tactics for the Center’s programs that support student, alumni, and faculty programs which offer opportunities for MBA students to explore, recruit, and prepare for marketing-related roles across industries; supports alumni who value and practice Booth's unique, scientific approach to marketing and how this approach helps businesses drive growth; fosters and expands the marketing community of students, alumni, and internal partners; and develops priorities, allocates resources, assesses impact, and determines project direction based on the Center’s program goals.
• Directs execution of all Kilts Center programs and manages related budgets.
• Leads the Kilts Fellows program for current MBA students by designing and executing co-curricular programming; serving as a primary contact and advocate for this cohort; driving outreach to alumni Kilts Fellows who help mentor and support current students, working with the Center's communications lead to build further awareness of this MBA scholarship program; collaborating with Admissions and other internal partners to continue to recruit high-quality applicants nationally and globally; building out engagement opportunities for the alumni network; and serving as a resource and advisor.
• Directs the Center's relationships with alumni around the globe and stewards financial contributions as well as gifts of time and thought leadership.
• Acts as a Center spokesperson, introducing guest speakers and delivering Kilts' key messaging to a variety of audiences.
• Through close collaboration with the Executive Director, develops tools to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of the Kilts Center's programs portfolio.
• Manages other ad hoc projects.
• Uses specialized depth knowledge and breadth of experience to recommend concepts for programming to leaders of various organizations and programs.
• Markets student activities programming throughout the year. Develops and implements protocols for evaluating the effectiveness of programs.