Program Manager - Constitutional Federalism Initiative
About the role
The CFI Program Manager (CFIPM) organizes and executes conferences, workshops, and seminars, builds stakeholder relationships, and streamlines processes to ensure the success of single- and multi-day events. The CFIPM collaborates on managing the education, podcast, and AI projects, including development and administering their delivery, assessment, and revision. They collaborate with elected and appointed officials in Utah and nationally, and coordinate with multiple participants, agencies, and organizations. They manage training platforms, coordinate with officials for scheduling, and oversee assessment tools to evaluate effectiveness and satisfaction. They oversee the budget, maintain digital and public-facing resources, supervise student employees, and may supervise research assistants, aligning team efforts with the objectives of the Constitutional Federalism Initiative. This position's continuation is contingent on available funding. Job Type: FT Exempt Salaried Staff.
Responsibilities
- Leads operational planning, execution, and follow-up for CFI conferences, summits, seminars, workshops, webinars, and related convenings involving public officials, scholars, institutional leaders, partners, and other participants.
- Develops production plans, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, run-of-show documents, and contingency plans; coordinates registration, venues, lodging, transportation, food service, accessibility, participant logistics, materials, vendors, surveys, and post-event products.
- Advises the CFI Director on feasibility, cost, timing, capacity, and risk and escalates politically sensitive matters, major program changes, institutional commitments, and significant risks.
- Collaborates with the CFI Director, subject-matter experts, instructional designers, and content contributors to develop and maintain professional education on American federalism and intergovernmental relations.
- Manages the operational lifecycle of approved curric