Associate Director, AI and Data Analytics Product Manager

Stanfordlivetickets; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability is seeking an Associate Director, AI and Data Analytics Product Manager to lead the strategic vision for an AI-enabled, data-driven career center on Stanford's main campus. The role reports to the Founding Director of the Sustainability Career Studio and oversees systems, data, and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities include designing infra, managing vendors, automating workflows, tracking student outcomes, and building dashboards to guide

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management and business operations experience.
• Working knowledge of AI applications, ML tools, prompt engineering, AI guardrails, and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic vision for AI-enabled and data-centric career center infrastructure.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and stakeholder communications.
• Translate operational needs into AI-driven solutions to boost efficiency.
• Oversee data collection, tracking, and reporting of student and alumni outcomes.
• Support analytics for engagement data to inform advising, programming, and outreach.
• Support employer-facing staff with email campaigns and content development.
• Lead onboarding workflows for students and collect resumes and preferences.
• Maintain website infrastructure and analytics for content strategy.
• Develop and deliver workshops on AI tools for careers.
• Provide technical support for career education workshops and events.
• Contribute to Sustainability Career Studio brand identity and growth.

Skills

Product management

AI applications

Data analytics

Vendor management

Operations

Tools

CRM systems

AI-enabled platforms

Data analysis tools

Job description

This position has been deemed critical by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring pause.

This position is based on Stanford’s main campus with consideration given to the option for a hybrid work schedule (3~5 days a week onsite), subject to operational need. Interested candidates must include a resume and cover letter to be considered for this position.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA.

About Us

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability strives to create a future when humans and nature thrive in concert and in perpetuity. The school is made up of a three-part structure to drive global impact: Our academic departments and programs educate students and create new knowledge across areas of research that are crucial for advancing the long-term prosperity of the planet and people; Institutes bridge scholarship at Stanford and beyond, bringing multiple viewpoints to bear on urgent challenges; The Sustainability Accelerator drives new policy and technology solutions through a worldwide network of partners who work with our teams to develop solutions at a global scale. The school is dedicated to creating and supporting a community with the richness of experience and background needed to create solutions that benefit all people, particularly those most affected by environmental damage and climate change.

For more information on the school, click here.

The Stanford Doerr Sustainability Career Studio (SCS) delivers career support to Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability students, to recent alumni and to sustainability-interested Stanford students. Through 1:1 advising, career workshops, employer and alumni engagement, and career pathway resources we help students define and pursue fulfilling, high-impact careers addressing the world's climate and sustainability challenges and opportunities. The Sustainability Career Studio partners with students and alums to find the work where their interests, skills and experience matter most, build the relationships that open opportunities, and develop the confidence and skills to pursue them. As part of the Career Studio, the Sustainability Pathways Internship Program connects students with mission driven organizations offering summer internships. The Stanford Doerr Sustainability Career Studio builds deep collaborations globally with employers in industry, government and civic organizations to create the world’s strongest ecosystem for careers in sustainability.

This is a rare opportunity to build an impactful and enduring career services organization from the ground up. It calls for an entrepreneurial mindset: the ability to take initiative and ownership, move with flexibility, shape new programs, and create new relationships and infrastructure where none existed before. We invite you to join our mission to inspire and enable students to pursue careers in sustainability.

The Sustainability Career Studio seeks an Associate Director, AI and Data Analytics Product Manager to lead the strategic vision and implementation of an AI-enabled and data-centric career center. This position will report to the Founding Director of the Sustainability Career Studio.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Systems Design and Technical Product Management: Lead the strategic vision for the technical and operational infrastructure of an AI-enabled and data-centric career center. Evaluate, select, deploy and manage a portfolio of career services systems and tools including CRM systems, AI-enabled career services platform and tools, data analysis tools, alumni data collection processes, and email marketing tools. Ensure all AI and data solutions adhere to institutional policies, ethical AI principles, and security standards.Develop, track and report impact and engagement metrics of the systems and processes deployed. Stay current on best practices, emerging technologies, and trends in career development. Make recommendations for new programs or tools

• Vendor Management: Serve as a subject matter expert and liaison between university stakeholders, IT teams, and external software vendors. Manage vendor relationships, contract approval processes, stakeholder communications, development of project plans, budget and vendor payments

• Operational Analysis and Management: Translate complex operational needs into actionable solutions applying emerging AI technologies to automate manual tasks and optimize operational efficiency

• Data Analysis and Reporting: Own the tracking, maintenance and reporting of student and alumni employment outcomes data. Define and launch outcomes data collection processes. Supervise contractors hired to support tracking and maintenance of student and alumni employment data

• Support the Career Studio's broader engagement analytics by helping advisors and program staff collect and interpret student, employer, and alumni engagement data to inform advising, programming, and outreach decisions.

• Support employer-facing staff and Career Advisors with email campaigns, website content development, customized communications, and surveys

• Lead the technical aspects of student onboarding with the Career Studio including the collection of resumes and student career preferences

• Maintain the Career Studio's website infrastructure and platform integrations; own website performance and engagement analytics (traffic, content engagement) to inform content strategy.

• Develop and facilitate workshops for Career Studio staff and students on AI tools and applications relevant to the job search process

• Provide technical support, as needed, for implementation of career education workshops and employer events

• Contribute to the development of the Sustainability Career Studio brand identity - its purpose, perception, personality, position, and promotion

In addition to the minimum qualifications listed below, our preferred requirements include:

• 5+ years of experience in product management and business operations

• Demonstrated working knowledge of AI applications, machine learning tools, prompt engineering, AI guardrails, data modeling, privacy and governance practices
• Demonstrated experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating third-party platforms and tools (e.g., CRM systems, AI-enabled services) into a cohesive technical ecosystem.
• Experience owning data infrastructure end-to-end — from source systems through analytics and reporting — with a track record of using that infrastructure to inform organizational decisions.

• Experience in technical product management, including designing and scaling systems architecture — from requirements gathering through deployment and iteration.

• Exceptional interpersonal, communications and written skills to bridge technical concepts for non-technical team members and stakeholders.Confidence in engaging with students, alumni and internal and external stakeholders and vendors
• Commitment to the highest standards of customer service
• Experience in higher education or similar
• Entrepreneurial mindset, with demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership across a broad range of projects
• High level of attention to detail and follow-through with the ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work successfully in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with data analysis and reporting to develop dashboards, insights and recommendations.
• Ability to own projects from start-to-finish, defining and executing business processes, and to evaluate new and improve existing projects and processes
• Ability to manage differing interests of stakeholders and foster collaborative relationships
• A full embrace of innovation and creativity: Experiment with new ways of thinking about how to best serve our students’ unique career needs
• Strong presentation skills, including both development of high quality visual presentations and verbal presentation and facilitation skills
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to contribute to a team culture of psychological safety, collaboration, entrepreneurship, commitment to excellence and fun.

The expected pay range for this position is $120,000 to $155,000 per annum.