The Opportunity

The Program Coordinator, Leadership Programs is a critical contributor to delivering a world-class leadership development experience for MBA students at Cornell?s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

In this highly visible, student-facing role, you will coordinate the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of leadership programs-ensuring exceptional quality, seamless operations, and meaningful participant experiences. You will serve as a key connector across students, faculty, donors, and campus partners while managing complex logistics, program operations, and communications.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic, mission-driven academic environment and enjoys balancing operations, stakeholder engagement, and student support.

About the Department 

The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell delivers educational programming across six different MBA programs with the intent of developing highly successful and ethical business leaders of the future. Relying on the pillars of performance learning, a collaborative community and Cornell?s vast connections, the Johnson faculty produce students equipped to excel in the current cross-functional, collaborative, digital economy.

Johnson seeks to develop principled, self-aware business leaders who have the character, cognition, connection, and courage needed to create, transform, and sustain successful organizations around the world. The vision of the Leadership Programs office is to deliver a world-class leadership development program that has a profoundly positive impact on our students and that creates a unique competitive advantage for Johnson. The program combines exceptional classroom instruction informed by first-rate scholarship and leadership experience, with a broad range of experiential learning and reflection opportunities that enable our students to practice leading and to receive meaningful feedback on their leadership efforts.

What We Need

• Associates degree with four to six years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience

• Strong organizational, communication, writing and administrative skills required  

• Ability and ease with both written and verbal contacts with faculty, staff, students, program applicants and administrators throughout Cornell and at other institutions  

• A keen attention to detail, ability to work independently and to manage multiple priorities and deadlines  

• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately 

• Sensitivity to and appreciation of cultural differences 

• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint

• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members

• Candidates must be able to work on campus five days per week.

You will be competitive for this role if you have:

• A track record of delivering complex, multi-component programs or events with precision

• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage logistics, vendors, budgets, and timelines seamlessly

• Proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders (faculty, senior leaders, external partners, students, and donors)

• Ability to operate independently while maintaining accuracy and consistency

• Confidence learning and leveraging new technologies and systems, and is energized by identifying opportunities to improve processes and enhance program delivery
   

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it?s ok if you don?t.

• Bachelor's Degree

• Experience working in a corporate or higher education setting strongly preferred

• Basic familiarity with AI tools or emerging technologies preferred
   

Rewards and Benefits 

• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, and sustainability.

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits | Working at Cornell.

• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off | Working at Cornell

• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits | Working at Cornell

• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: Total Rewards | Working at Cornell.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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