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Leads Harvard GSD’s Design Discovery, Design Discovery Youth, and undergraduate Architecture Studies programs. Advises students, oversees curriculum, teaching teams, faculty, and instructional fellows, manages student progress and program operations, and coordinates recruiting and outreach. Develops a modular design curriculum library and certification pathways in collaboration with faculty, media producers, and Harvard learning-platform teams. Supervises program staff and ensures successful delivery of virtual and in-person programs.

Supports hands-on engineering education across design, fabrication, and laboratory courses. Mentors multidisciplinary student teams on embedded systems, robotics, sensing, mechatronics, prototyping, product development, testing, and system integration. Leads workshops, technical reviews, and instructional activities; maintains fabrication spaces, develops SOPs, manages equipment usage, and enforces safety practices. The role requires on-site supervision, flexible scheduling, occasional weekend activities, and the ability to move equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.

Coordinates employer relationships, recruitment events, job postings, employer database management, communications, reporting, and process improvements. Serves as a primary contact for employers, manages event logistics and registration, supports outreach campaigns, and provides career advising to students and alumni. Collaborates with finance, faculty, university committees, and Career Services teams while maintaining high service standards and handling occasional evening or weekend programming.

Leads major-gift fundraising for Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences across a West Coast portfolio of 100+ alumni and parent households. Develops cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for six- and seven-figure gifts; manages prospect visits, gift closures, and annual revenue goals exceeding $5 million. Partners with academic leaders, volunteers, and development teams, prepares meeting strategies, maintains prospect records, and mentors other fundraisers. The role requires approximately 35% travel and hybrid work with two onsite days weekly in Cambridge.

Leads educational development and scholarship initiatives for graduate and postdoctoral programs. Oversees curriculum fellow and graduate certificate programs, mentors trainees, develops evidence-based teaching and instructional design programs, teaches courses and workshops, supports educational innovation including generative AI and inclusive teaching, collaborates with faculty and leadership, and evaluates program impact.

Administers researcher appointments across the employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, reappointments, payroll transactions, visa coordination, compliance monitoring, and issue resolution. Advises faculty, principal investigators, departments, and researchers on policies and procedures; maintains personnel records; tracks deadlines; coordinates with HR, payroll, grants, and immigration offices; and resolves moderately complex personnel matters while protecting confidential information.

Reviews international payee tax residency classifications, evaluates tax treaty benefit requests, processes routine payment tax reviews, and supports compliance for faculty, staff, students, guests, and vendors. Provides customer service, explains documentation requirements, tracks cases, manages confidential tax documents, updates financial systems, monitors inquiries, and coordinates follow-up with internal teams and payees. The role requires careful application of tax and immigration guidance, strong organization, and culturally responsive communication.

Leads prospect strategy and research supporting fundraising priorities and pipeline development. Oversees prospect identification, qualification, ratings, screenings, relationship intelligence, analytics, technology adoption, workflows, reporting, and operational improvements. Partners with fundraising, analytics, and advancement operations teams to prioritize high-value opportunities and strengthen prospect coverage. Manages and develops staff, establishes service models and standards, and advances automation, AI-enabled tools, and data-informed decision-making.

Leads Harvard Chan School’s development and alumni relations fundraising team, overseeing principal, major, corporate, foundation, and gift-planning activities. Develops and executes annual and multi-year fundraising strategies, manages key donor prospects, supports cultivation and solicitation, and partners with academic leaders and university stakeholders. Builds a collaborative, accountable team culture through mentoring, performance management, professional development, and effective use of fundraising systems and reporting tools.

Provides hands-on technical leadership for Harvard’s AI-enhanced Collections Explorer and Reimagining Discovery initiatives. Architects solutions spanning web applications, metadata pipelines, APIs, hybrid search, and AI/LLM features. Guides technical decisions, code quality, testing, evaluation, monitoring, production readiness, documentation, and technical debt management. Collaborates with project managers and technical and non-technical stakeholders while troubleshooting issues and ensuring responsible, secure, reliable, and accessible software delivery.