Manager of Placement, GEO & Partnerships at Biola University

Job description

Basic Function and Responsibility: The Manager of Placement, GEO & Partnerships (MPGP) represents the Haque College of Engineering and Technology in the School of Science, Technology and Health (STH). The MPGP’s role is focused on initiating, coordinating, maintaining, and delivering strategic capabilities to drive Haque College of Engineering and Technology student enrollment, internships, full-time employment, and national recognition. The MPGP will concurrently mitigate risk and protect Haque College of Engineering and Technology, STH, and Biola University's reputation by coordinating with the Dean’s Office and Biola Administrative offices. The ideal MPGP works closely with the Associate Dean, the Dean’s Office, and Biola Administrative offices to (1) drive external internship and future-start hires by developing recruiting relationships for full-time hire placements of domestic and international students, (2) drive national and international enrollment through GEO funneling campaigns, and (3) drive Biola Haque College of Engineering and Technology attractiveness to prospective employers, parents, and students. Essential Duties: Drive External Internship and Future-Start Hires for Domestic and International students ● Identify and initiate recruiter relationships and agreements for Internships and Future-Start (hire upon graduation) domestic and international technology graduates. Targets include local, national, and international corporations, non-profit and government organizations ● Collect and curate Future-Hire candidate competitiveness prerequisites (technical, managerial, leadership and industry leading certifications) for curricular updates and assessments. Inform faculty and students of employer expectations to outcompete secular university graduates ● Identify and assist large-scale technology events and conferences on campus to increase Biola technology program awareness, admissions enrollment, summer camp enrollment, social media cross posting, and GEO traffic to Biola and non-Biola digital channels ● Develop and match Math, Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics Engineering, and Physics students and faculty to corporate and government clients for proof of concept and pilot data capstone projects ● Identify corporate or government grant Requests for Applications such as Amazon Imagine Grant, Amazon Research Awards, AWS AI & ML Scholars, Anthropic AI for Science Program, AI Anthropic Fellows Program, Google Impact Challenge: AI for Science, Google Accelerator GenAI, Google Academic Research Awards, GrantedAI, Grok for Government, Grok Innovation Forge Fund, Nvidia Academic Grant Program, OpenAI AI And Teen Development Program, SSTR, etc. ● Maintain awareness of new and extant regulations to ensure compliance with the Registrar’s Office, Student Visa Services, Office of Financial Aid, and Career Center ● Collaborate between Internship / Future-Start employers and the Dean’s Office, Assistant Registrar for Compliance, Sr. Academic Advisor, and the STH Career Specialist to verify eligibility, start date/visa compliance requirements, background check, and travel stipulations Drive Enrollment through Generative AI Engine Optimization (GEO) Campaigns ● Maintain and further develop the program’s GEO campaigns to increase enrollment funnel across all Haque College of Engineering and Technology majors/minors/concentrations/certificates, current and forthcoming (includes GEO, Social Media, Web, Earned Media) ● Develop, shepherd, analyze, and report on Haque College digital campaigns and metrics to increase enrollment growth per program to meet annual enrollment targets ● Regularly develop the Haque College’s content libraries in partnership with Enrollment, Marketing, Production Services, Event Services, etc. for announcements, driving event attendance, and increasing collaborative digital marketing with other STH channels, Biola channels, and external partners (e.g., PR vendors, venues, Biola social media handles e.g. bi