Director, Center for ASCEnT and Integrated Systems

Director, Center for ASCEnT and Integrated Systems

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Position Title Director, Center for ASCEnT and Integrated Systems

State Wisconsin

Employment Status Full Time

Position Status Limited Term

If Limited Term (End Date of Assignment, Project, or Grant) 09/30/2028

Position Type Staff

Job Family Academic Program Management and Instructional Services

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Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make the difference in the lives of students and faculty? We’re always looking for highly talented individuals to join our team – people who think big, care deeply, and believe in being the difference in their work and community.

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The Program & Center Director, ASCEnT & Integrated Systems, leads a first-of-its-kind, cross-college initiative that bridges supply chain management, engineering, and technology in partnership between the College of Business Administration and the Opus College of Engineering. The Director works closely with the deans of both colleges, and the center’s industry network to develop and execute strategies that elevate the center’s national presence, advance the ASCEnT (Applied Supply Chain, Engineering & Technology) concentration, and establish Marquette as the premier destination for integrated systems talent.

The Director shapes and executes applied learning experiences that prepare students from business, engineering, and computer science to lead at the intersection of technical and managerial domains. Responsible for the center’s fundraising and revenue generation plan as well as fiscal management, the Director cultivates relationships with alumni, corporate partners, and industry leaders to sustainably fund operations, scholarship programs, and major strategic initiatives across both colleges.

ASCEnT is a newly established, cross-college program jointly operated by the College of Business Administration (CoBA) and the Opus College of Engineering. It builds on the nationally ranked Center for Supply Chain Management (Top 10, Gartner 2024) as well as the Advanced Automation and Robotic lab and formalizes the partnership between the two colleges through the ASCEnT (Applied Supply Chain, Engineering & Technology) concentration — a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary program open to students in supply chain management, engineering, and computer science.

The Director must be comfortable working across the business–engineering boundary, championing a systems-thinking philosophy that prepares students to lead in AI-enabled, tech-driven global supply environments. Some evening and weekend commitments and…