Program Manager, Workforce & Industry Initiatives

This position has been budgeted for $6,250.00 - $6,666.67 per month, depending on qualifications, and is non‑negotiable.

The Program Manager will oversee the planning, implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of workforce development programs serving youth and other designated populations. The role supports participant success through career development, workforce readiness, work‑based learning, education and employment pathways, supportive services, and industry engagement, while ensuring compliance with program, funding, and performance requirements.

Responsibilities

Program Management & Administration (40%)

Serve as the primary representative, spokesperson, and lead point of contact for grant, funding partners, stakeholders, and assigned programs.

Provide leadership, oversight, and direction to the program team.

Maintain accountability for overall success, including performance outcomes, contractual deliverables, compliance requirements, risk management, operational effectiveness, and participant success.

Oversee program operations, service delivery, and workforce development activities across assigned locations, populations, and teams.

Provide leadership, supervision, guidance, and workflow coordination for Program Managers and assigned staff.

Assign, prioritize, adjust, and reallocate responsibilities, resources, and project activities to support program goals and operational needs.

Ensure compliance with funding requirements, policies, regulations, reporting standards, documentation requirements, and quality assurance expectations.

Identify, assess, mitigate, and resolve operational, programmatic, compliance, fiscal, and participant‑related risks and challenges.

Monitor project performance, participant outcomes, budgets, data integrity, and contractual requirements, implementing corrective actions and continuous improvement strategies as needed.

Represent the project in meetings, presentations, audits, monitoring reviews, compliance reviews, and stakeholder engagements.

Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Workforce Solutions (25%)

Oversee and support participant‑facing service delivery, including eligibility, enrollment, case management, career development, workforce readiness, training, work‑based learning, employment, and supportive service activities.

Ensure participant services are aligned with program goals, contractual outcomes, funding requirements, and individual participant needs.

Monitor participant progress, service quality, engagement, retention, outcomes, and barriers to success, implementing corrective actions or service adjustments as needed.

Coordinate workforce development activities across assigned locations, populations, and teams to support participant success and program performance.

Build and maintain relationships with participants, educational institutions, community organizations, workforce development stakeholders, and other partners that support participant access, success, and outcomes.

Industry Relations (25%)

Support employer engagement, job development, industry partnerships, and workforce learning opportunities aligned with participant and labor market needs.

Build and maintain relationships with employers, industry partners, business associations, workforce boards, chambers, funders, and other workforce development stakeholders.

Identify and cultivate employment, internship, work‑based learning, training, and industry‑aligned opportunities for participants.

Represent the project in employer, industry, partner, and stakeholder engagements to promote program goals and expand opportunities for participants.

Ensure industry relations activities are aligned with labor market needs, participant goals, employer expectations, and grant outcomes.

Other Duties (10%)

Perform as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge and Abilities

Workforce development program coordination

Case management practices

Job development, business services, and employer relations

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent training and administration work experience involving study, analysis, and/or evaluation leading to the development or improvement of administrative policies, procedures, practices, or programs.

Five years of progressively responsible experience in office or administrative environment.

Additional Applicant Information

Candidate must reside in California and live within a commutable distance from SDSU at time of hire.

Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results (including a criminal record check).

San Diego State University Research Foundation is an equal‑opportunity employer. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, SDSU Research Foundation provides equal opportunity in employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin or any other categories protected by federal or state law.

Employment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every employee has equal access to resources and support.

SDSU Research Foundation complies with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), and other applicable state and federal anti‑discrimination laws including grant or contract terms and conditions related to funded program activities. Further the SDSU Research Foundation maintains a Nondiscrimination Policy that prohibits discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all programs, policies, and practices.

SDSU Research Foundation makes all employment decisions including, but not limited to, applicant screening, hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, benefits, disciplinary actions, and terminations on the basis of merit.

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