Senior Associate Director, Alumni Engagement - Thunderbird

About the role

The Sr. Associate Director, Alumni Engagement (SADE) at Thunderbird School of Global Management plays a crucial role in building and delivering a comprehensive program of interaction and involvement with Thunderbird's 45,000 graduates and 100+ global chapters. This position involves working across Thunderbird’s global network to identify opportunities to grow existing and develop new creative and engaging ways to involve alumni in the life of the school.

Responsibilities

• Work Across Thunderbird’s global network, identifying opportunities to grow existing, and develop new creative, and engaging ways to involve alumni in the life of the school
• Continuously assess and strengthen the Thunderbird Alumni Chapter network, re-launching inactive chapters, expanding the activities of the chapters with a goal to significantly increase engagement levels and align chapter activities with the strategic priorities of the School
• Be a key partner with colleagues across Thunderbird where there are opportunities to strengthen the involvement of alumni, including but not limited to; recruitment out admissions, global challenge labs, executive education, careers and employability, guest speakers and company visits
• Identify and engage Thunderbird Alumni through a strategic and thoughtful process to strengthen alumni engagement with the School, Alumni Chapters and key departments across the institution
• Work across the team to ensure a true advancement approach, where engagement reinforces giving, and giving reinforces engagement
• Learn from best practice outside the immediate engagement sphere in order to create the best possible opportunities for alumni to grow their involvement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Use data and metrics to ensure that resource and efforts are targeted and measured in the right way
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach of and global advancement
• Support the development of Thunderbird’s digital platform, and the engagement of alumni with this. Consider a creative digital engagement strategy as well as high touch, face-to-face, to reach as many alumni as possible
• Work across the School to partner on key signature events where there is potential to involve and engage alumni
• Directly lead the team in the coordination of alumni reunions and other signature events, including class decade reunion engagement and philanthropy, affinity group engagement and collaboration with the ASUAA Sun Devil 100 program among others
• Participate as a lead member of the global alumni relations working group, working with colleagues from the outreach