EdTech Innovation Fellow

Arizona State University • Scottsdale, AZ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

ASU EdPlus is seeking an EdTech Innovation Fellow to join its Innovation & Emerging Initiatives team. The role combines strategic writing, relationship building, and project execution to develop grant proposals, funding pitches, and strategic narratives while helping teams organize, prioritize, and deliver initiatives. The Fellow will work with executive leaders, faculty, researchers, innovators, and academic and industry partners to identify opportunities, develop proposals, launch initiatives, and manage projects that advance educational innovation and societal impact.

The position offers direct exposure to senior leadership, opportunities to contribute to strategic decision-making, and hands-on experience developing initiatives from concept through implementation. It is a 13-month, full-time position requiring 40 or more hours per week. This is an in-person, hybrid role based at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center; the employee must be able to reliably commute to Scottsdale, Arizona. Flexible work options, including alternate or hybrid schedules, are subject to approval under ASU policy.

ASU EdPlus designs and scales digital teaching and learning models to increase student success and reduce barriers to achievement in higher education. It describes its culture as curious, innovative, bold, and focused on serving learners and achieving outcomes. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States; ASU EdPlus will not sponsor this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and three years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment or field, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or training that provides comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Eligible to work in the United States; employer sponsorship is not available.
• Able to reliably commute to Scottsdale, Arizona.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree with superior academic achievement.
• Evidence of success developing strategic communications, competitive grants, and proposals.
• Project-management experience, including planning, execution, and stakeholder coordination.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent research, analytical, and organizational abilities.
• Experience in innovation-driven environments and comfort using project-management and AI tools to improve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with executive leaders and key stakeholders to identify emerging opportunities, define strategic priorities, and advance innovative initiatives with measurable impact.
• Prepare executive-ready communications, recommendations, updates, and decision-support materials for project sponsors and leadership.
• Research and pursue funding, partnership, and growth opportunities, turning promising ideas into proposals, concept papers, executive briefings, presentations, and funding pitches.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to turn complex challenges into clear strategies, actionable plans, and fundable solutions.
• Help shape programs and initiatives by defining objectives, success metrics, budgets, timelines, and implementation approaches.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, design-thinking workshops, stakeholder interviews, and planning activities to uncover opportunities, align teams, and generate solutions.
• Develop project roadmaps, communication strategies, and implementation plans to move ideas from vision to reality.
• Build relationships with internal and external partners and represent initiatives professionally, with curiosity and a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Leverage, design, and deploy generative AI to automate, accelerate, and improve writing, research, analysis, and project-management workflows.
• Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed.

Benefits

• ASU employee benefits package, with options described on the ASU Benefits website.
• Healthcare.
• Financial security benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Family resources.
• Tuition reduction for eligible ASU employees, their dependents, and spouse.
• Discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level