Jobs at Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Administers and optimizes high-performance computing infrastructure, including Linux and Windows systems, compute nodes, parallel storage, InfiniBand networks, Slurm scheduling, backups, virtualization, and monitoring. Supports system imaging, patching, security, disaster recovery, capacity planning, software licensing, and infrastructure upgrades. Collaborates with enterprise IT, information security, vendors, faculty, and students; documents procedures, provides technical guidance, participates in projects, and performs on-call support. Requires hands-on troubleshooting, automation, customer service, and continuous infrastructure improvement.

Manages daily operations and strategic administrative support for the Annual Giving team and Executive Director. Responsibilities include budgeting, expense reconciliation, reporting, donor database maintenance, prospect research, calendar and travel coordination, hiring administration, meetings, vendor invoices, document management, and confidential communications. The role also analyzes team effectiveness, supports donor engagement, prepares departmental reports, and contributes to special projects.

Provides senior administrative support to the School of Engineering Dean’s Office, including calendar and event coordination, policy and workflow maintenance, financial transactions and budget reconciliation, visitor and hiring logistics, onboarding, communications support, records management, and occasional supervision of student employees. Coordinates events from planning through execution and collaborates with university departments, vendors, faculty, staff, students, and external partners.

Manages stockroom inventory, purchasing, vendor relationships, purchase orders, invoice processing, and inventory records for university facilities operations. Provides customer service to maintenance teams, maintains adequate stock levels, coordinates receiving and cycle counts, supports warehouse safety compliance, prepares reports, and provides backup support to mailing and post office operations.

Conducts experimental chemistry research under faculty direction, including molecule synthesis, purification, characterization, and spectroscopic data analysis. Supports scientific literature reviews, manuscript and grant preparation, laboratory maintenance, chemical inventory, safety inspections, hazardous waste coordination, and standard operating procedure development. Provides work direction and training to undergraduate researchers while maintaining accurate records and reporting project progress.

Manages implementation of a $10 million, five-year university grant, coordinating project plans, timelines, budgets, compliance, reporting, partner contracts, stakeholder communications, events, and evaluation. The role tracks multiple workstreams, identifies risks, supports governance committees, prepares narrative and financial reports, and coordinates internal departments and external partners. It may provide direction to grant personnel and requires occasional travel. The position is initially a three-year fixed-term appointment with potential extension.

Leads Santa Clara Athletics marketing, revenue strategy, fan engagement, and game presentation. Develops integrated campaigns, digital advertising, email marketing, ticket-revenue initiatives, promotional programming, and audience-growth strategies. Oversees basketball marketing, game-day experiences, spirit programs, vendors, staff, interns, and student employees. Uses CRM data and campaign analytics to optimize attendance, revenue, retention, and engagement while coordinating with campus departments, sponsors, conference organizations, and external partners.

Manages engineering experiential learning programs, including co-ops, internships, capstones, and practicums. Coordinates students, faculty, and external partners; oversees placements, projects, budgets, events, student workers, and communications. Advises students, develops industry relationships, supports career readiness, tracks outcomes, and leads continuous program improvement through assessment and reporting.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Biochemistry responsible for teaching undergraduate biochemistry and chemistry courses, developing an externally funded research program involving undergraduates, mentoring students, and contributing service to the department, college, university, and profession. The position is in person and begins September 1, 2027. Candidates must demonstrate potential for inclusive teaching, mentoring, and scholarly success at a primarily undergraduate institution.

Oversees administration and student services for the Executive MBA program, including academic advising, records management, registration, policy implementation, student engagement, events, course materials, budgets, and program logistics. Serves as liaison among students, faculty, university offices, vendors, alumni, and community organizations. Supervises student assistants and coordinates orientations, residencies, company visits, and immersion experiences, including occasional evening, weekend, and travel commitments.

Leads Santa Clara Athletics video strategy, production, editing, distribution, and creative direction across social, digital, broadcast, in-venue, recruiting, marketing, and fundraising channels. Supervises staff, freelancers, and contractors; manages event coverage, digital archives, equipment, licensing, brand standards, and external media coordination. Ensures content quality, accessibility, compliance, and timely delivery while collaborating with university stakeholders, conference partners, coaches, and athletes.

Leads international undergraduate recruitment and enrollment initiatives, including outreach, relationship development, admissions evaluation, CRM administration, communications, events, territory management, and student engagement. Evaluates international credentials, coordinates with immigration services, develops data-informed recruitment strategies, represents the university domestically and internationally, and mentors admission staff and student ambassadors. The role requires extensive travel, cross-cultural communication, event management, and collaboration with campus partners.

Manages investment accounting, gift accounting, tax reporting, endowment reporting, financial statement preparation, audits, fund allocations, and finance representative activities. Supervises accounting staff, coordinates tax filings and external auditors, oversees endowment software and income modeling, trains campus users on Workday Financials, and supports process improvements and financial compliance.

Leads undergraduate recruitment and outreach for Southern California and other assigned regions. Manages high school, counselor, community college, and organizational partnerships; plans recruitment events; evaluates first-year and transfer applications; supports prospective students through enrollment; develops communications, reports, and data-informed strategies; and contributes to admissions policy, operations, training, and leadership. The role requires extensive domestic and occasional international travel and may include future supervisory responsibilities.

Leads architecture, security, integrations, reporting, configuration, and development across Workday Finance and legacy PeopleSoft ERP systems. Provides technical and project leadership, gathers requirements, designs and deploys system enhancements, troubleshoots issues, supports data conversions, and mentors enterprise applications staff. Maintains system standards, evaluates new functionality, supports release testing, and collaborates with stakeholders and the Workday community to improve enterprise applications.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Classics responsible for teaching undergraduate Greek, Latin, Roman culture, and core courses; developing an active research program; mentoring students; and providing department, university, professional, and community service. The role requires inclusive teaching, scholarship, and service in an in-person university setting, with a typical teaching load of six courses annually.

Manages the Equity Forward Anchor Network’s programs, projects, stakeholder relationships, events, reporting, communications, budgets, and special initiatives. The role coordinates member institutions, develops timelines and resources, facilitates working groups, supports funder relationships, tracks engagement and equity goals, manages vendors, and produces reports and strategic materials. Success requires strong relationship-building, communication, problem-solving, project management, collaboration, judgment, and comfort navigating complex institutional and community environments.

Teach undergraduate and graduate information systems and analytics courses, including course preparation, student assessment, grading, advising, and office hours. Participate in departmental, university, professional, and community service, contribute to student learning assessment, and maintain professional activity through scholarship, conferences, pedagogy, or industry practice.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor conducting scholarly research in strategy and organization theory while teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in strategy, organizational change, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Responsibilities include publishing peer-reviewed research, designing electives, mentoring diverse students, evaluating learning, and providing departmental, university, professional, and community service. The position is in person and begins in Fall 2027.

Tenure-track faculty member responsible for conducting peer-reviewed research, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership and organizational behavior, developing electives, mentoring diverse students, and contributing service to the department, business school, university, profession, and community. The role is in person and typically involves teaching six courses annually while maintaining an active scholarly research program supporting tenure and promotion.