Academic Advisor

Energy Innovation Corp; Concord (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Top-tier health benefits

Flexible work options

Job summary

BKD seeks an Academic Advisor in Concord, CA to blend creativity with structured leadership. You’ll own cross-functional collaboration and translate big objectives into practical actions.

Join a team that values adaptability, ongoing learning, and customer-focused problem solving. Expect equity alongside competitive benefits and a role anchored at our Concord site.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of mid-level cross-functional experience.
• Ownership mindset and accountability for company resources.
• Strong interpersonal skills and creativity.
• Ability to translate objectives into actionable steps.

Responsibilities

• Build the Team Leadership habits a mid-level role can lean on for years.
• Defend the Interpersonal Skills fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them.
• Absorb context quickly and start contributing sooner.
• Translate mid-level objectives into concrete, actionable day-to-day steps.
• Keep skills current through ongoing training and self-directed learning.
• Resolve customer concerns with patience and a focus on outcomes.
• Translate fuzzy stakeholder asks into a crisp Stakeholder Management plan.
• Support daily operations at our Concord site and keep workflows moving.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Creativity

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Ownership mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

You know Creativity cold; BKD knows general; the Academic Advisor role in Concord, CA is where those two facts meet. Bring Adaptability and Team Leadership; we'll bring $96,000 - $125,000, a strong team, and the ownership that turns experience into impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the Team Leadership habits a mid-level role can lean on for years
• Defend the Interpersonal Skills fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them
• Absorb 3 of context fast and start contributing sooner
• Translate mid-level objectives into concrete, actionable day-to-day steps
• Keep skills current through ongoing training and self-directed learning
• Resolve customer concerns with patience and a focus on outcomes
• Translate fuzzy stakeholder asks into a crisp Stakeholder Management plan
• Support daily operations at our Concord site and keep workflows moving

What You'll Bring

• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a mid-level capacity
• The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
• Hands-on proficiency with Interpersonal Skills, ideally paired with Creativity
• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
• 3+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illustrations
• Proven Interpersonal Skills judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
• A point of view on BKD's space, sharpened by your own reading

For over 3 years, BKD has built sharp-but-gentle solutions that help teams in Concord, CA get more done. Every agile idea gets a fair hearing at BKD, no matter the 3 of experience behind it.

We back our team with $96,000 - $125,000, equity, top-tier health benefits, and the flexibility to work where you do your best thinking.

The Concord, CA office is bringing people on this season, and this is one of those roles.