Senior Associate Director, Employer Relations

Senior Associate Director

The Senior Associate Director will work within the extremely collaborative, fast paced, high performing, dynamic Employer Relations team to maintain and build the Chicago Booth brand with employers. This individual will be expected to have knowledge of all Booth student groups (full time program, evening / weekend program, executive MBA) and alumni populations. Employer Development staff members focus on a sub-set of industries of interest to Booth student and alumni. The individual in this role will focus on career targets in private equity, real estate, and venture capital. Additionally, this role will have two direct reports that are Associate Directors covering venture funded startups as well as Technology, Media, Entertainment and Retail. Additionally, this role will manage relationships with employers based in Latin America, primarily Mexico, Brazil, and Chile. Specific focus is on cultivating, and establishing relationships with companies and search firms in the assigned industries and in Latin America that do not have campus-recruiting relationships with Chicago Booth. The Senior Associate Director will work closely with other members of the Booth community, particularly an industry career coach, representatives from the Polsky Center, faculty members, and colleagues in EMEA and Asia, to broaden existing employer relationships both functionally and geographically. Much of this employer outreach will happen through individual conversations; some will happen through the development and execution of employer-facing events : including conferences, roundtables, and panel discussions. In addition to employer development within assigned industries, the Senior Associate Director will serve as the lead for business development overall, mentoring Associate Directors and helping them determine targets and activities, while also setting goals and monitoring progress in partnership with the Senior Director, Employer Relations.

Responsibilities :

• Participates as an active member of the Employer Relations team to develop and implement a year-round marketing strategy to identify and source employment opportunities for the wide range of interests and job levels represented in the Chicago Booth constituencies of Full-Time MBA students; Evening / Weekend MBA students; Executive MBA students in Chicago, London, and Hong Kong; and alumni across the globe. Developing this strategy will include research on employment trends and opportunities and engagement with student and alumni populations.
• Manages two direct reports engaged in business development activities, mentoring them in best practices for identifying and successfully driving employer relationships across assigned industries. Creates ongoing training plans and monitor progress towards.
• In addition to assigned industries, works with all other employer development staff to set the department's overall marketing strategy on a yearly and quarterly basis; determines outreach targets and monitors progress to goals for all while staying current on overall hiring trends and identifying opportunities to focus on specific sectors or functions.
• Conceives and manages the team's artificial intelligence projects as they relate to employers, working closely with IT staff and consulting with internal and external experts.
• Partners with industry, regional and / or functional student and alumni groups to assist in employer outreach targets.
• Creatively sources leads from social media, students, and alumni. Proactively reaches out to contacts, often cold-calling company representatives, to establish relationships on behalf of Chicago Booth.
• Travels extensively, approximately 20-30% of the time, to meet with corporate contacts. Travels will be primarily domestic with occasional trips to Latin America.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with internal (admissions, corporate relations, and alumni development) and corporate contacts while promoting employer development initiatives.
• Markets resulting opportunities effectively and efficiently to the appropriate Booth constituencies.
• Envisions, develops, plans, implements, and evaluates appropriate events to support building the Chicago Booth brand across specific industries and geographies.
• Develops communication pieces; including social media updates, blog entries, and presentations intended for small and large audiences in order to give student and alumni populations a view into the relationship development work happening on their behalf.
• Demonstrates comfort with daily administrative tasks, including data entry, calendar management and all travel planning.
• Analyzes markets and trends as they relate to job searches. Assesses student feedback and evaluations and collaborates with other career services staff members, student organizations, or other staff to determine program offerings and innovations.
• Researches organizations that are hiring and partners with a wide variety of employers to ensure recruitment strategies meet their needs. Maintains contact with a portfolio of employers to serve as their dedicated Career Advancement liaison.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications :

Education : Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience : Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience :

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Application Documents :

When applying, the documents MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.