Associate Director of Business Career Advising

NU USA Northeastern University; Boston (MA); Presencial; USD 76.000 - 108.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Northeastern University seeks an Associate Director of Business Career Advising to guide students toward internships and full-time roles in finance, consulting, marketing, and analytics. You will lead sector-focused programming, nurture employer relationships, and apply labor market data and AI tools to deliver practical, outcome-focused advising.

You will supervise up to two Assistant Directors, ensure high-quality coaching, and collaborate across campus to align career education with evolving

Formación

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or related master's preferred.
• 4–6 years in career services, business recruiting, or related fields.
• Experience with Handshake, labor market tools, and employer relationships.

Responsabilidades

• Provide individualized career advising for internships and full-time roles in finance, consulting, marketing, and analytics.
• Supervise up to two Assistant Directors and deliver coaching and development.
• Design sector programming and maintain employer engagement across firms.
• Monitor labor market trends and translate insights into programming.

Conocimientos

Career advising

Employer relations

Student coaching

Labor market data

AI in career dev

Educación

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Herramientas

Handshake

Lightcast

LinkedIn Talent Insights

Descripción del empleo

About the Opportunity

JOB SUMMARY: The Associate Director of Business Career Advising serves as Northeastern University's dedicated career specialist for students pursuing roles in finance, consulting, marketing, business analytics, and adjacent business disciplines including sales and communications. As a core member of the Career Education Center's sector-based advising team, this role brings deep, current knowledge of the business talent market to bear on every aspect of student career development from first-year exploration through full-time offer negotiation. The Business Career Advisor designs and delivers sector-specific programming, maintains active employer relationships with financial services firms, consulting practices, and leading consumer and B2B companies across scales and geographies, and uses labor market data and AI-enabled tools to give students a competitive edge. This professional understands how business hiring is being reshaped by AI including changes to recruiting processes, evolving skill profiles, and emerging hybrid roles at the intersection of business and data, and translates that intelligence into practical, outcome-focused advising and workshops. The role is ideal for someone who has worked in or alongside finance, consulting, or marketing, speaks the language of business hiring managers and talent acquisition professionals, and is energized by helping students land meaningful, high-quality internship and full-time employment across some of the most sought-after career paths in the economy.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

A bachelor's degree is required; an MBA or master's degree in higher education, counseling, business administration, finance, or a related field preferred. Minimum 4 to 6 years of experience in career services, business recruiting, workforce development, or the financial services, consulting, or marketing industries, with demonstrated understanding of business sector hiring practices and role landscapes. Substantive knowledge of the finance, consulting, marketing, and business analytics job markets including familiarity with investment banking and financial services recruiting cycles, consulting case interview processes, brand management and marketing career pathways, and the growing demand for analytically fluent business professionals. Experience working with or advising students or early-career professionals in business fields, with the ability to translate complex industry dynamics including recruiting timelines, credentialing norms, and evolving employer expectations into accessible, actionable guidance. Experience managing others, including regular coaching and feedback, structured professional development, performance management, and engagement support that cultivates a high-performing, student-centered advising practice. Proficiency with career management platforms (e.g., Handshake), labor market intelligence tools (e.g., Lightcast, LinkedIn Talent Insights), and AI-enabled career development tools. Demonstrated ability to build and sustain employer relationships with firms across financial services, consulting, and consumer and B2B industries, and convert those relationships into full-time hiring opportunities for students. Data fluency: ability to interpret employment outcome data, labor market trends, and program metrics to evaluate effectiveness and inform programming decisions. Strong presentation, coaching, and interpersonal skills; ability to engage effectively with students at varying levels of business experience and career readiness.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES

Sector-Specialized Career Advising & Student Coaching

Provide individualized career advising and coaching to students and recent graduates pursuing internships and full-time opportunities in finance, consulting, marketing, and related fields. Guide students in developing industry-specific job search strategies, crafting tailored resumes for business roles, preparing for interviews, and evaluating offers. Supervise up to two Assistant Directors of Career Education, delivering ongoing coaching, performance feedback, and professional development. Maintain a current, in-depth understanding of evolving early-career business hiring practices—including AI-assisted screening and shifting skill expectations—and integrate these insights into advising approaches and team leadership.

Sector Programming Design & Delivery

Design, deliver, and continuously improve a calendar of sector-specific programming that addresses the full arc of a business job search: industry exploration, networking in related communities, mock interviews and casing, career fairs and employer showcases, and salary negotiation in relevant industries. Develop programming in partnership with faculty, student organizations, and employer partners. Evaluate program effectiveness using attendance, engagement, and downstream employment outcome data, and iterate accordingly.

Employer Engagement & Full-Time Hiring Pipeline

Cultivate and steward relationships with a targeted portfolio of finance, consulting, marketing, and related sector employers including investment banks, management consulting practices, accounting firms, advertising agencies, and startups with the explicit goal of generating internship and full-time job opportunities for Northeastern students and graduates. Collaborate with the employer relations team to coordinate on-campus recruiting, info sessions, and hiring events. Track employer pipeline health and proactively identify gaps in sector coverage or geographic reach.

Labor Market Intelligence & Data-Informed Practice

Monitor business labor market trends including hiring volumes, emerging roles, compensation benchmarks, and geographic hiring hubs, and synthesize this intelligence into programming, advising content, and student-facing resources. Maintain sector-specific employment outcome data, contribute to the center's reporting cadence, and identify opportunities to improve student placement rates. Share market insights with colleagues, academic partners, and students through regular communications and resources.

Cross-Campus Collaboration & Sector Representation

Serve as the Career Education Center's embedded expert and representative for the business sector in cross-campus partnerships. Build working relationships with the D’Amore McKim School of Business, Khoury College, College of Engineering, and other programs with significant business-interested student populations. Participate in relevant curriculum, advising, and student success initiatives. Represent the related fields at career center team meetings, contribute to strategic planning, and share sector expertise to strengthen team-wide knowledge.

Position Type Student Services Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer. Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Compensation Grade/Pay Type: 110S Expected Hiring Range: $76,335.00 - $107,823.75 With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact. Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—including 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions. The university’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment. Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.