Academic Programs Lead: University Partnerships & Innovation

Cadence; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence in Austin seeks an experienced Academic Programs Manager to drive strategic academic engagement initiatives, university partnerships, student innovation programs, and workforce development activities. You will lead high-impact programs focused on emerging technologies and coordinate across universities to advance Cadence's academic ecosystem.

The role involves marketing, communications, event management, and analytics to demonstrate ROI and impact, partnering with marketing teams to tell

Responsibilities

• Academic Program Leadership: Support program goals, timelines, milestones, budgets, success metrics, and reporting mechanisms for the Physical AI for All program.
• Program manage engagements at Key Universities: Multitask and prioritize time supporting multiple key universities in the US; attend calls to capture action items; ensure visits, meetings, and calls are prepared; provide attendee bios; ensure commitments are delivered.
• Student Innovation Programs: Lead communication with student design teams we are sponsoring; coordinate onboarding of participating universities and student teams to maximize ROI.
• Marketing & Communications: Create and execute communication strategies; develop content for websites, emails, social media, presentations, webinars, newsletters, and executive communications; partner with Corporate Marketing for storytelling; support sponsorship activities and partnerships.
• Event & Community Development: Support conferences, workshops, showcases, competitions, webinars, and networking events; coordinate logistics, speaker engagement, and event execution.
• Program Analytics & Reporting: Track participation metrics, engagement trends, outreach effectiveness, and program outcomes.

Job description

Cadence in Austin seeks an experienced Academic Programs Manager to drive strategic academic engagement initiatives, university partnerships, student innovation programs, and workforce development activities. You will lead high-impact programs focused on emerging technologies and coordinate across universities to advance Cadence's academic ecosystem.

The role involves marketing, communications, event management, and analytics to demonstrate ROI and impact, partnering with marketing teams to tell