SCALE Program Manager

Bill Austin and Associates • Columbus, IN

38d • Hybrid

About The Position

The SCALE (Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement) Program Manager serves as a critical connector between Purdue University national staff and the regional hub in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Sponsored by the Department of War (NSWC-Crane), this role focuses on maintaining project schedules and compliance tracking through execution transparency, while minimizing redundancy by utilizing resources like the SCALE Web App, Job Board, and nanoHUB courses. The Program Manager will support ongoing national evaluation and assessment efforts in collaboration with the regional hub and Purdue ELRC.

Requirements

• Six or more years of project management experience
• Familiarity with methodologies like Lean or Six Sigma
• Proficiency in MS-Project and MS-Office
• A BS degree (STEM preferred, MS or PhD is helpful)
• Ability to influence without authority, solicit engagement, and build relationships across diverse organizational cultures.
• Availability to travel to Minneapolis/St Paul every 3 to 6 weeks
• Availability to travel to Purdue University at West Lafayette, IN once per week.

Nice To Haves

• MS or PhD is helpful

Responsibilities

• Serve as Project Manager for SCALE's First Ever Regional Hub Pilot.
• Collaborate with the regional hub to develop integrated project schedules and maintain project risk/issue lists, ensuring transparency within the regional team, national team, and DoW sponsor.
• Maintain project schedules including measures of time, cost, deliverable compliance vs targets and issues/resolutions list.
• Minimize overlap / redundancy / inefficiency in regional hub and national content and tools (e.g. SCALE Web App; SCALE Job Board; nanoHUB courses / curriculum; onboarding materials; existing ELRC surveys).
• Identify measures of performance for each process and conduct after-action reports to identify process improvements.
• Identify overall regional hub costs by resource type and path to near-term (1–3 year) cost reduction / co-funding to reduce regional hub annual expenses.
• Compute cost per student participant and value per student associated with experiential learning activities within the regional hub.
• Work with the regional hub to ensure full participation in ongoing national eval & assessment efforts and work with Purdue ELRC on implementation of new data collection / survey efforts informing regional activities.

What This Job Offers

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