Associate Director, Student Lifecycle Engagement

Administrative Operations Manager 2

Job Family:
Administrative Operations

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile

Summary:

Manages the intermediate to complex operations of a department within the division. Monitors budget, implements strategic priorities, and prepares reports for senior management.

Position Salary Range: $75,000 - $80,000; DOE

The College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) seeks a dynamic and collaborative Associate Director of Student Lifecycle Engagement to join the Academic Strategy and Student Experience Team (ASSET). The Associate Director will develop, coordinate, and advance college-wide engagement strategies that strengthen alumni connection, constituent engagement, career transition, development alignment, and long-term affiliation with CISA.

Serving as a thought partner and strategic connector, the Associate Director will collaborate across ASSET, School Directors, faculty leaders, development and alumni partners, and other university stakeholders to build a coordinated approach to student and alumni engagement. This position will help connect student experiences, alumni participation, employer relationships, philanthropic opportunities, and school-level priorities to strengthen student success, applied learning, career transition, and lifelong affiliation with CISA.

CISA is an interdisciplinary, multi-campus college with a strong emphasis on applied and experiential learning. As one of three liberal arts colleges at ASU, CISA offers foundational and professional education spanning the humanities, social and natural sciences, mathematics, and career-connected fields, equipping students with the knowledge and transferable skills needed to engage and contribute locally, nationally, and globally.

This position is based on the Polytechnic campus and requires travel to CISA's other ASU campus locations and surrounding communities to support meetings, events, partnerships, and college-wide engagement activities.

Arizona State University offers a comprehensive benefits package to enhance your total compensation. This package includes flexible work schedules, low-cost health and life benefits, a wellness program for preventative health education and screenings, tuition waiver for benefits-eligible staff members, as well as tuition reduction for their spouses and dependents, a disability and leaves program for income protection, employee assistance for free and confidential behavioral health services, volunteer and professional development release time, disability resources and retirement program designed to promote long-term savings and provide income upon retirement.

Leadership, Strategy, and Student Lifecycle Engagement

• Serve as a thought partner to the Executive Director, School Directors, development partners, and college leadership in identifying opportunities for emerging alumni, philanthropic alignment, constituent engagement, and long-term affiliation with CISA.
• Identify, strengthen, and lead strategic initiatives focused on later-stage student engagement, alumni mentoring, post-graduation connection, and career transition.
• Partner with School Directors, faculty leaders, and college leadership to identify school-specific alumni, employer, community, and constituent engagement opportunities aligned with academic programs, applied learning, student success, and workforce pathways. Design, pilot, and scale repeatable models that connect across CISA's schools, campuses, and modalities.
• Serve as a liaison among ASSET units, academic units, development, employer engagement, and college leadership.
• Represent CISA on relevant college and university committees and prepare reports, briefings, presentations, and recommendations for college leadership.
• Provide strategic recommendations to ASSET, School Directors, and college leadership on emerging alumni, partner, workforce, and constituent engagement opportunities.

Partnership and Constituent Engagement

• Collaborate with the Manager of Employer Engagement to connect employer and internship initiatives to broader lifecycle engagement, alumni mentoring, career transition, and constituent engagement strategies.
• Map current CISA alumni engagement activity and opportunities to strengthen a coordinated college-wide strategy for alumni mentoring, career connection, participation, storytelling, and long-term engagement.
• Collaborate strategically with student-facing teams across the college to strengthen connection and belonging by developing pathways that foster meaningful relationships, shared interests, and sustained engagement throughout the student lifecycle.
• Coordinate alumni-related communications, events, partner stories, and engagement…