The Wharton School

Events

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for Wharton External Affairs' alumni engagement programming
• Lead alumni programming, lifelong learning, and event strategy and execution teams
• Establish a shared vision, develop talent, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture
• Develop and implement Wharton's short- and long-term alumni learning and programming strategy
• Translate Wharton's research, thought leadership, and strategic priorities into compelling programming
• Set the vision for alumni-facing content across regional events, reunions, and global programs
• Develop and deliver programming with Alumni Relations, Development, Principal Gifts & Board Relations, Executive Education, academic departments, the Dean's Office, and faculty leadership
• Report to the Chief Advancement Officer as a member of the External Affairs leadership team
• Collaborate with senior External Affairs leaders and the Executive Director of Institutional and Strategic Events
• Integrate content and events strategy, manage resources and budgets, and lead execution
• Advise the Chief Advancement Officer and External Affairs leadership on alumni engagement, lifelong learning, and event strategy
• Provide constituent insights, program performance, emerging trends, and leading practices to inform advancement strategy
• Lead an integrated engagement strategy spanning in-person and virtual channels for Wharton's global alumni community

Executive Director, Alumni Programming – Events

Director

• Provide strategic leadership, full ownership, and decision-making for a significant, complex portfolio of high-profile Open Enrollment executive education programs
• Partner with Wharton faculty and institutional leadership to maintain relevant content, integrate Wharton’s latest thinking, and deliver an exceptional participant experience
• Evaluate enrollment, market trends, competitive positioning, participant feedback, and financial performance to guide program enhancements, pricing strategy, investment, and portfolio evolution
• Direct program planning, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement
• Lead evaluation and development of new Open Enrollment programs from opportunity through approval and launch
• Assess market demand, strategic alignment, competitive positioning, content, delivery approach, pricing, and projected profitability
• Navigate approval processes and communicate recommendations, decisions, and supporting rationale to stakeholders
• Identify and execute strategies to expand Wharton Executive Education’s university partnership portfolio
• Cultivate prospective and existing institutional relationships and lead responses to new partnership requests
• Translate institutional objectives into customized programming
• Manage client satisfaction and retention and develop high-value, multiyear relationships
• Manage program financial performance, including revenue, expenses, pricing strategy, profitability, and partnership contracting
• Provide matrix leadership to Delivery Teams, establish priorities, and ensure effective project planning and execution
• Collaborate with Business Development, Client Relations, Marketing, Revenue Management, Custom, and Online teams
• Support group enrollments, advanced certificate programs, and revenue growth initiatives
• Mentor and guide Directors and other team members through subject-matter expertise and influence
• Manage Delivery Team efforts to ensure logistical and operational details are prepared and delivered with exceptional customer service
• Monitor global business trends, leadership priorities, industry developments, competitive offerings, executive education best practices, adult learning principles, and leadership development needs

Director, Open Enrollment Programs

Chief Marketing Officer

• Establish and maintain shared planning tools, calendars, templates, and workflows for launches, campaigns, priorities, decisions, and next steps
• Facilitate cross-functional launch planning for new programs and priority campaigns
• Maintain an integrated launch and campaign calendar across paid, web, email/lifecycle, content, creative, social, multimedia, and analytics workstreams
• Partner with functional leaders and program teams to confirm inputs, clarify handoffs, identify decision points, and improve planning practices
• Facilitate optimization reviews with functional leaders and agency partners
• Translate channel-level recommendations into next steps, owners, timing, and decision points
• Track performance-driven improvements such as creative rotation, landing page updates, nurture adjustments, tracking fixes, and campaign refinements
• Escalate unresolved decisions, resource constraints, and priority tradeoffs to the Senior Director
• Integrate channel-level performance inputs into cross-portfolio views for leadership and stakeholders
• Shape performance narratives with functional leaders, analytics resources, and agency partners
• Support budget visibility, including planned spend, pacing, tradeoffs, and budget-related decisions
• Align timelines, dependencies, and deliverables across external partners
• Support scoping conversations by clarifying objectives, deliverables, timing, review cycles, measurement needs, and budget implications
• Prepare leadership and cross-functional updates covering progress, risks, dependencies, decisions, milestones, and next steps
• Identify opportunities to reduce duplicative work and improve handoffs and information access
• Recommend improvements to planning, communication, project management, and reporting processes
• Maintain playbooks, templates, and reusable tools
• Support onboarding and adoption of new planning practices
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Director, Marketing Integration – Operations

• Identify and develop stories highlighting Wharton Executive Education programs, participant experiences, faculty perspectives, and organizational partnerships
• Draft and edit marketing content for web, email, paid media, campaign assets, social media, scripts, reports, and sales/business development materials
• Lead development, editing, and maintenance of program webpages across the Executive Education portfolio
• Maintain website and program materials, including FAQs, policy updates, course pack edits, faculty title changes, and time-sensitive updates
• Maintain and evolve messaging frameworks and approved copy blocks for consistent positioning and campaign execution
• Participate in interviews and input sessions with faculty, clients, participants, internal stakeholders, and staff
• Partner with web and digital teams on page structure, messaging flow, user experience, SEO, and AEO
• Support video and webinar storytelling through narrative development, interview preparation, scripting, and key message alignment
• Draft sales, business development, and stakeholder-facing content including outreach scripts, talking points, pitch decks, one-pagers, and messaging summaries
• Support lifecycle communications including post-application nurture, enrollment follow-up, and post-program communications
• Serve as editorial partner to marketing colleagues, program teams, and business units
• Manage timelines and deliverables across multiple concurrent content initiatives
• Support Wharton Online collaborator programs with messaging, approvals, and brand guideline alignment
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Associate Director, Marketing Content – Communications

Communications

• Establish working relationships with research programs and centers to create cases for support, proposals, and impact reports
• Interface with executive leadership and guide conversations toward giving outcomes
• Shape stories that motivate donors and illustrate outcomes and future direction
• Advise Development and Principal Gift colleagues on funding opportunities, gift structures, and storytelling strategy
• Write impact reports for the School's highest-priority research programs, centers, and initiatives
• Apply persuasive writing, organizational style, and leadership voice to donor relations content
• Partner with University-wide communications offices to announce principal gifts, tell donor stories, and promote giving
• Ensure content accurately reflects donor intent and School and University priorities
• Develop personalized donor materials and advise on scaled content production and distribution
• Manage multiple high-profile projects in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Support processes for principal, major, corporate, and foundation giving
• Help achieve annual fundraising goals through compelling wording and visual presentation
• Serve as an editorial and writing style subject matter expert and mentor Donor Relations writers
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning and connection

Associate Director – Donor Communications

General

• Process gifts and pledges accurately and timely in support of Wharton’s high-volume fundraising operation
• Ensure compliance with University policies and procedures
• Maintain gift and donor data accuracy and integrity in Salesforce
• Research discrepancies, identify resolutions, and make necessary data corrections
• Draft and coordinate gift agreements
• Support complex gifts in partnership with frontline fundraisers and internal stakeholders
• Provide service and guidance to Principal Gifts, Major Gifts, and other fundraising partners
• Interpret and apply University gift administration policies and procedures
• Address questions and resolve complex or non-routine issues
• Support improvements to gift administration processes, data quality, and operational effectiveness
• Perform other duties as assigned

Gifts Management Specialist

Data Analyst

• Contribute to improving data collection methods, study design, survey administration, measurement instruments, and data management processes
• Perform data quality assurance by validating datasets for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and integrity
• Identify and resolve data discrepancies
• Develop and maintain data documentation, including data codebooks, metadata, and data collection procedures
• Execute and monitor established data workflows
• Run existing Python, R, SQL, and other automated scripts for recurring data projects
• Process, transform, and prepare data for analysis
• Assist with data analysis, interpretation, and reporting for institutional planning, assessment, program evaluation, and evidence-based decision-making
• Collaborate with staff across multiple offices to collect, manage, and coordinate data
• Build and maintain working relationships across the institution
• Coordinate project timelines and ensure milestones and deliverables are completed on schedule
• Communicate technical and quantitative concepts to broad, non-technical audiences, including senior management
• Train and provide technical support and thought partnership to colleagues
• Work independently and as part of a team across multiple projects