Employer Success Manager

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

20h

About The Position

The UW Career Center @ Engineering (CC@E) seeks an Employer Success Manager to build partnerships with employers and create programs connecting Engineering students with career-related learning and work opportunities. Reporting to the Director of the UW Career Center @ Engineering, the role leads new initiatives, strengthens employer engagement across the College, and helps employers connect with students and graduates. The position stewards and grows employer partnerships, develops engagement strategies and new engagement models, and applies knowledge of employer-university partnerships and early-career hiring to program design and employer-facing events. It also supports employer engagement across academic departments and the UW career ecosystem, develops onboarding and stewardship materials, tracks program effectiveness and partnership outcomes, and uses labor market and employer trends to inform strategy and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field.
At least 3 years of professional experience in employer relations, university-industry partnerships, program management, or a closely related field.
Experience developing and managing programs or initiatives through their full lifecycle, from design and launch through adoption, iteration, and sustained execution.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to represent the office and College in external and cross-institutional settings.

Nice To Haves

Experience working across organizational lines to get things done in a complex organization.

Responsibilities

Steward and grow a portfolio of employer partnerships, developing strategies that advance relationships beyond traditional recruiting into sustained, programmatic involvement.
Develop and pilot new employer engagement models, including work-integrated learning and project-based experiences.
Stay current on employer-university partnerships, early-career hiring, and changes in the world of work, applying insights to program design, employer engagement, and representation of UW Engineering at employer-facing events.
Build and maintain relationships with employer contacts across academic departments and serve as a strategic thought partner on employer engagement.
Develop standards and external marketing materials for onboarding and stewarding employer partners across the populations served by CC@E.
Partner across the UW career ecosystem to integrate employer engagement platforms, practices, and programs.
Develop employer engagement reporting and track program effectiveness, partnership outcomes, and engagement trends.
Analyze labor market, technology, and employer trends to inform strategy and anticipate evolving employer needs.
Support continuous improvement by sharing findings, best practices, and emerging approaches from peer institutions and industry.