Senior Program Manager, Industry Research Partnerships

Arizona State University

Campus:
Tempe

JR128072

End Date:
October 23, 2026

Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Provides expert-level support in proposal management, competitive intelligence, and relationship development, playing a crucial role in guiding faculty and research teams toward successful funding outcomes and enhancing the institution's research profile.

Reporting to the Associate Dean of Research and Global Initiatives, the Senior Program Manager will support a pilot initiative to identify, organize, and communicate faculty research capabilities in priority technical areas, including quantum, microelectronics/semiconductors, materials, space, and biotechnology.

The Senior Program Manager will conduct structured faculty outreach, develop a searchable inventory of research strengths and assets, synthesize capabilities into thematic clusters, prepare briefing materials and collaterals for internal planning and future external engagement, identify and develop potential industry partners and function as their liaison and point-of-contact. The position will work closely with faculty, academic unit chairs/directors, research centers, research administration, relevant ASU teams such as Corporate Engagement and Strategic Priorities, J.

Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute, Sky Song Innovations and other relevant university offices.

The role is intended for a highly organized professional with strong project management, writing, synthesis, and relationship-building skills. The successful candidate should be comfortable engaging faculty and technical experts, working with industry partners, learning complex research areas, and translating information into clear summaries for academic leadership and external audiences.

$80,000 - $95,000 per year; DOE

• Design and manage a structured faculty discovery process in collaboration with the ADR.
• Conduct interviews with faculty and research groups, focusing first on priority areas.
• Document faculty expertise, current research activities, emerging interests, facilities, equipment, testbeds, datasets, software, centers, student talent, and current/prior external collaborations.
• Identify faculty who are interested in industry engagement and translational research.

• Develop and maintain a searchable inventory or database of research and equipment capabilities in The College.
• Identify clusters of strength across departments, centers, and research groups.
• Prepare internal summaries that help The College leadership understand where The College has concentrated expertise, emerging capacity, and possible areas of strategic opportunity.
• Track gaps, overlaps, and opportunities for cross-faculty collaboration.

• Prepare faculty capability summaries, research area briefs, and internal briefing packets for leadership review.
• Draft plain-language summaries of technical research strengths for non-specialist audiences.
• Support development of external-facing materials.
• Create templates for faculty intake, research profiles, capability briefs, and meeting summaries.
• Maintain consistent documentation of findings, themes, and follow-up needs.

• Coordinate with ASU’s Corporate Engagement and Strategic Priorities team, the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute, Skysong Innovations,
• Knowledge Enterprise units, and other relevant offices to ensure alignment, avoid duplication, connect faculty with appropriate university resources, and support a coordinated approach to industry engagement.
• Coordinate meetings, listening sessions, and small convenings with faculty, research centers, internal stakeholders, and industry partners.
• Work with academic units, research centers, relevant Knowledge Enterprise offices to collect needed information.
• Track progress, timelines, deliverables, and outstanding follow-up items.
• Support the ADR in preparing updates for the Dean and other leadership groups.

• Inventory existing industry contacts, prior sponsored research relationships, advisory board connections,…