Senior Director, Tippie Undergraduate Career Services

The Senior Director Tippie Undergraduate Career Services is responsible for overseeing career services strategy programs processes and policies for approximately 5000 undergraduate business students across eight majors within the Tippie College of Business. This position is responsible for leading the career teams delivery of 1:1 career advising professional preparation presentations first-destination outcomes reporting and employer engagement.

The Senior Director leads a highly collaborative team to design implement and assess scalable coaching models experiential learning career education programming and professional development tools that promote internship and full-time job success. This role manages the Career Services budget and drives operational excellence to ensure access to resources and a positive student experience.

The Senior Director stewards relationships related to talent and hiring deepens industry connections expands career pathways and broadens recruiting pipelines. The role provides strategic insight and partnership employer-facing events and college-wide career readiness initiatives.

The Senior Director collaborates across academic units the Undergraduate Program Office and other campus stakeholders to advance student success and strengthen first-destination outcomes reporting. This position supports a culture rooted in impact innovation and integrityencouraging proactive problem-solving service excellence and continuous improvement.

Job Duties and Tasks:

• Directs the professional development journey for Tippie undergraduate business students through career advising programming and development of career curriculum for professional courses including: BUS:2200 BUS:3100 and professional preparation seminars in each major.
• Ensures strong coaching coverage and consistent advising practices to support exploration internship success and full-time job attainment.
• Stewards relationships with recruiting organizations alumni and industry partners to increase internship and full-time opportunities.
• Communicates employer hiring needs and market trends to academic and administrative partners to inform curricular alignment and skill development.
• Supervises the undergraduate career services team including performance management staffing onboarding and professional development.
• Member of senior leadership team for the Undergraduate Program responsible for aspects of day-to-day operations with emphasis on creating a welcoming and collaborative environment.

Get to know the Tippie College of Business

Since 1847 the Tippie College of Business has cultivated a legacy of innovation thought leadership and excellence in business education. We have nearly 6000 students within undergraduate graduate and PhD programs spanning six academic departmentsaccounting business analytics economics finance marketing and management and entrepreneurship. We are eight centers and institutes and four student-managed endowment funds. Were over 59000 alumniand growing. Tippie is regularly listed in top business school rankings. We also hold the gold standard of accreditations the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and have maintained the accreditation for over 95 years (since 1923).

But who we are is not just in the curriculum we curateits also in the community we create. Our leadership embraces our responsibility to pursue academic excellence within a welcoming environment where every student can thrive. More than 150 years after our founding we continue to be a place where students can grow and flourish in their professional or academic careers.

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