Academic Advisor

Egreenservices; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa ladder

Job summary

Visa is seeking an Academic Advisor to join our Rochester, NY team and take ownership of general projects on a growth-focused path. Expect a salary in the range of $70,000–$104,000 with a visa ladder and mentorship as the organization grows.

You'll work across fast-moving initiatives, ship deliverables despite ambiguity, and build a Rochester-wide network. The role emphasizes timely, professional responses and vendor accountability.

Qualifications

• Comfort with numbers that may go up or down because of you.
• Trust-the-team bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait.
• A Rochester network, or the hustle to build one from scratch.
• Knowledge of NY-specific regulations relevant to general work.
• Demonstrated strategic planning expertise in a fast-moving general environment.
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten.

Responsibilities

• Make peace with forever-learning ambiguity and ship anyway.
• Find the results-oriented workaround when the official path is blocked.
• Carry general projects from napkin sketch to Rochester, NY rollout.
• Question the brief when the brief doesn't match reality.
• Respond to internal and external requests in a timely, professional manner.
• Hold Rochester vendors to the standard we promised our users.

Job description

On this team, an Academic Advisor wears more than one hat and gains exposure to the full scope of general. The structure is built for growth: $70,000 - $104,000 now, general ownership soon, and a Visa ladder that keeps adding rungs.

Key Responsibilities

• Make peace with forever-learning ambiguity and ship anyway
• Find the results-oriented workaround when the official path is blocked
• Carry general projects from napkin sketch to Rochester, NY rollout
• Question the brief when the brief doesn't match reality
• Respond to internal and external requests in a timely, professional manner
• Hold Rochester vendors to the standard we promised our users

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• A trust-the-team bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• A Rochester network, or the hustle to build one from scratch
• Knowledge of NY-specific regulations relevant to general work
• Demonstrated Strategic Planning expertise in a fast-moving general environment
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten

Visa grew out of a Rochester, NY research lab and never lost its employee-centric, question-everything approach to Strategic Planning. Our NY crew runs on candor, caffeine, and a stubborn refusal to ship sloppy work.

We answer the money question first with $70,000 - $104,000, then keep going with growth budgets, mentorship, and a flexible internship schedule.

Candidates are being contacted promptly as part of our active search.