53 business manager jobs found in Cambridge

Reporting to the Director for Residential Dining Operations, the Senior General Manager provides leadership and oversight to the Freshman Dining Hall, Summer School Dining Program and the Fly-By/Grab & Go.  This position has primary responsibility for all operational aspects of a quality dining service program, and for providing maximum customer satisfaction to students, Freshmen Dean, faculty, affiliated departments and University guests.    Job-Specific Responsibilities: Operational Management Lead exempt management team and non-exempt service staff in the overall management of the Freshman Dining Hall, Summer School Dining Program and the Fly-By/Grab & Go; in full compliance with all food, occupational safety rules and regulations and customer service expectations.  Ensures high standards are consistently met via the implementation of all HUDS and University quality assurance policies and procedures related to food, sanitation, equipment and facility maintenance...

Reporting to the Property or Area Manager (POA), the Property Operations Assistant is responsible for the day to day oversight of a subset of buildings withing the HUH portfolio. The main role of the POA is to provide/coordinate the maintenance of building services and systems, (HVAC, MEP, etc.), for the smooth operation of a large building or small group of buildings.  The position plays a critical role in ensuring that the properties are operated in a manner consistent with the physical, financial and service standards of Harvard Housing, Campus Services and Harvard University. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Ensures that properties are maintained to the safety and quality standards established by HUH, for all physical aspects of buildings, systems, and grounds Monitor buildings daily and log activity appropriately to ensure that all systems are maintained in good working order: mechanical systems and equipment, heating, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, fixtures,...

The Research Finance Team Lead in the Office for Sponsored Programs supervises staff and supports a team that manages post-award activities for a large volume of federal and non-federal sponsored research projects at Harvard University. Reporting to a Research Finance Portfolio Team Manager, this position encompasses a range of administrative, financial, and other tasks associated with post-award activities, including reviewing sponsored expenditures for compliance with award terms, completing timely financial reports and invoices, ensuring that funds are collected, and reconciling and closing accounts. This position supports the Portfolio Team Manager in managing client relationships, providing determinations for complex situations, managing team workload, and mentoring staff. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Portfolio Oversight and Operations Responsible for fulfilling financial reporting requirements of Harvard’s sponsors, including reporting, cash management, account...

Job-Specific Responsibilities: Reporting to the Manager of Award Operations, the Award Specialist independently serves as a subject matter expert and institutional resource for complex sponsored award management. This role exercises independent judgment in the interpretation of sponsor terms and conditions, determination of appropriate award structures, and resolution of non-routine and high-impact issues. The Award Specialist plays a key role in ensuring institutional compliance, mitigating risk, and advancing strategic improvements to the award management processes and systems across the university.  Lead the institutional review, interpretation, and acceptance of complex sponsored award notices, including resolving ambiguous or conflicting sponsor terms and determining appropriate award setup structures in alignment with university policy and risk considerations. Act as a primary point of contact and problem solver for a broad range of GMAS issues across the award...

Imagine if lawyers, judges, and decision makers used rigorous evidence to design and run the U.S. justice system. They could:  enable far more people, especially those who can’t afford to hire lawyers, to access civil justice;  make the criminal justice system fairer and more efficient; and  promote the dignity and respect of individuals and families as they encounter the justice system.  The Access to Justice Lab creates and shares the rigorous evidence needed to make these transformations happen.  This position works under the A2J Faculty Director and one or more front-line researchers to implement A2J Lab field operations, and conducts as needed background research on the effort to transform the US legal system into an evidence-based profession.    As a Research Assistant I you will:   Coordinate, administer, organize, facilitate, and support research of the Access to Justice (A2J) Lab, particularly two projects already in the field  Maintain contact with study...

This position is a member of EHS’s Occupational & Construction Safety, and Public Health (OCSPH) division and is responsible for the development and implementation of environmental and construction safety programs for construction and remediation projects within the various schools and units within the University.   The position is a resource to Project Managers to assist them in implementing their environmental compliance and construction related program responsibilities for their respective projects.  Primary responsibilities of this role are to work with the construction project teams to identify EH&S issues and risks during the planning, design, construction, and closeout phases of projects, and assist the Project Managers with maintaining compliance with Federal, State, and Local construction safety and environmental laws.     This position requires strong knowledge of construction techniques and methods and how they relate to potential environmental and safety issues...

Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is a community of Information Technology professionals committed to delivering service and technological solutions in support of teaching, learning, research and administration.  We are recruiting an IT workforce that has both breadth in their ability to collaborate and innovate across disciplines – and depth in specific areas of expertise. HUIT offers opportunities for IT professionals to learn and work in a unique technology landscape and service-focused environment. If you are a technically proficient, nimble, user-focused, and accountable IT professional who also connects with the importance of collaborating well in a team environment, we are looking for you! The Change Manager provides dedicated, end-to-end process ownership for Harvard University Information Technology’s (HUIT) Change Management practice. Reporting to the Senior Director of IT Service Management & Operations, this role is responsible for the governance,...

Harvard's Financial Administration Department (FAD) is responsible for the stewardship of the University’s finances, including related business processes and technology in support of the teaching and research mission of the University. Harvard University’s Strategic Procurement Department is a central administrative function that serves all Harvard schools, institutes, and administrative units. Our mission is to create value for Harvard by optimizing the procurement of goods and services while upholding the highest standards of integrity, compliance, and supplier partnership. We manage over $3.5 billion in annual addressable spend and are committed to practices that support balance of trade, environmental sustainability, and the University’s long-term financial health. The Procurement Data Strategy, Analytics & Operations Manager is a key leadership role within Financial Administration (FAD) Strategic Procurement, responsible for advancing Harvard’s procurement capabilities...

Harvard University’s Strategic Procurement Department is a central administrative function that serves all Harvard schools, institutes, and administrative units. Our mission is to create value for Harvard by optimizing the procurement of goods and services while upholding the highest standards of integrity, compliance, and supplier partnership. We manage over $3.5 billion in annual addressable spend and are committed to practices that support balance of trade, environmental sustainability, and the University’s long-term financial health. The IT Strategic Sourcing team sits within Strategic Procurement and partners closely with Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT), school CIOs, research computing teams, and central administration to support one of the most technology-intensive academic environments in the world. Responsible for leading the University's IT procurement strategy across a complex, decentralized academic and administrative enterprise. This senior individual...

Job Summary: Founded in 2016, the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) aims to study and promote human flourishing, and to develop systematic approaches to the synthesis of knowledge across disciplines. Christianity & The Common Good (CCG) is a new initiative launched by the Human Flourishing Program, working closely with the Program on Biblical Law & Christian Legal Studies (PBLCLS) at Harvard Law School. The focus of CCG is to establish intellectual space for sustained academic and scholarly engagement to advance human flourishing through a lens of Biblical and traditional Christian theological literature. The Program Manager will report to the Human Flourishing Program Executive Director and will oversee all of the operational activities of CCG including developing and managing administrative and financial systems and processes, communications strategies, event management and planning, donor engagement efforts,...

The mission of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government is to advance the state of knowledge and policy analysis concerning some of society’s most challenging problems at the interface of the public and private sectors. Within the Center, the successful candidate will be a member of a team conducting research and policy outreach on interactions between climate-change and trade policy for the Project on Climate Change and Trade: Reducing Emissions and Advancing Prosperity. The successful candidate will have considerable substantive knowledge of trade policy, climate change and sustainability policy, or both. The candidate will be comfortable and effective in communicating with relatively senior individuals in government and the private sector, who may be participants in the project, and will be willing and able to support the team with logistical and administrative aspects of the project if and when needed. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Applying substantive...

The Graduate Student Affairs Coordinator is a member of a team that supports Graduate Program students and visiting researchers in their academic, student life, and co-curricular pursuits and provides assistance to other members of the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies department as needed.  As a Graduate Student Affairs Coordinator, you will:   Maintain student records and administer degree voting process  Monitor and report on progress of Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) candidates toward degree requirements  Communicate with students, faculty, and other administrators about student status  Plan, execute, and advertise weekly colloquia, meetings, examinations, and other student events  Share responsibility for planning and executing orientation programming and other complex events for LL.M., S.J.D., and exchange students and visitors  Maintain department and S.J.D. student web pages and informational materials and course pages for fellowship roles,...

Energy & Facilities (E&F) operates and manages Harvard’s energy supplies, district energy plants, and utility infrastructures on the Cambridge/Allston campuses, as well as a 24/7 facilities-related call, alarm monitoring, and dispatch center. E&F also provides a broad portfolio of labor-based services, including building maintenance, landscaping, and custodial, to a large portion of the University, as well as engineering, technical, and sustainability services. Within E&F, Engineering & Utilities (E&U) operates and manages energy supplies, district energy plants, and utility infrastructures on the Cambridge/Allston campuses, a 24/7 facilities-related call, alarm monitoring, and dispatch center, and provides engineering and technical services. The Operations and Maintenance Analyst is a key member of Harvard’s Engineering & Utilities group, which owns and operates the University’s central utility systems, including: Steam production and distribution...

The Assistant Property Manager (APM) reports to an Assistant Director of Operations and works as part of a Property Management Team with the Harvard Real Estate (HRE) Operations Group. The APM plays a key role in the operation of a diverse portfolio of buildings within the greater HRE portfolio.  The HRES portfolio consists of 3.3 million square feet located in Allston and Cambridge, MA.  Essential tasks of the APM include overseeing core aspects of day-to-day property management. They will manage select vendor service providers throughout their assigned portfolio.  The APM provides exceptional service as the lead point of contact for tenant communications and lease administration in a fast-paced property management organization. Job-Specific Responsibilities Personnel Management Provides day to day direction to the HRE Property Administrator (PA) and Property Operation Assistants (POA) or contracted maintenance vendor in addressing the needs of the tenants and their assigned...

Job Summary: Reporting to the Building Operations Manager and working closely with the Building Systems Manager, the Building Services Assistant is a key member of the Facilities Management team responsible for supporting the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of all Harvard Radcliffe Institute properties. The Building Services Assistant provides hands-on building maintenance, supports day-to-day operations, and helps coordinate and document work performed by internal trades and external vendors across building systems and services. This position is classified as essential. All essential personnel are expected to be on site during emergency situations, including but not limited to snowstorms and other severe weather, in order to help ensure the safety and continuity of building operations, building occupants, and the general public. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Helps ensure that buildings are maintained to the standards established by the Facilities Management...

As a member of the Business Process & Operations team this position will support the infrastructure of Alumni Affairs and Development by providing ongoing user support and training and maintaining current business practices.  This position supports the day-to-day functions of assigned departments and/or units.  Job-Specific Responsibilities: Support day-to-day business process functions and respond to staff requests for the assigned departments and/or units.  Assist Business Process Manager and Business Process Analyst with the development, testing, and marketing of reporting applications and other technologies.  Train staff on Advance policies and procedures as well as all reporting applications.  In conjunction with the Business Process Manager and Business Process Analyst, coordinates the fulfillment of ad-hoc data requests from assigned departments and/or units.  Assists in the creation, implementation and evaluation of training plans and materials.  Prepares...

Job Summary: Responsible for the identification, evaluation, and protection against key risk exposures at the University, as well as any necessary loss mitigation related to such exposures. Job-Specific Responsibilities: As a key contributor to the University’s risk financing program, the Insurance Manager is a key player in the procurement and administration of the university’s casualty insurance and self-insured programs. Supporting the department’s consultative approach, the candidate should expect to regularly interact with internal clients and partners to holistically assess and address risk through a variety of means including but not limited to contract and policy reviews, on-site meetings and assessments as well as interviews and research. The position partners with the claims manager and Office of General Counsel on claims and coverage issues. The position may also be called upon to recommend solutions for addressing business risk based on objective consultation...

The Clinical Instructor (CI) is responsible for working with the Clinic Director (and other staff of the Election Law Clinic) to operate the Election Law Clinic, including, but not limited to, activities related to client representation, clinical teaching, and project management.  The Election Law Clinic offers Harvard Law students the opportunity to do hands-on litigation and advocacy work across a range of election law areas, with a focus on redistricting and vote suppression cases. Clinic offerings will include federal and state litigation projects, as well as some advocacy opportunities. Under the supervision of Faculty Director of the Election Law Clinic, clinic students will work on every aspect of litigation, including pre-filing investigations, meeting and retaining clients, engaging in lay and expert discovery, briefing and arguing dispositive motions, pre-trial preparations and trial practice, as well as the appellate process. Election law cases rely heavily on political...

Harvard Kennedy School’s mission is to improve public policy and leadership so people can live in societies that are more safe, free, just, and sustainably prosperous. By combining cutting-edge research, the teaching of outstanding students, and direct interaction with practitioners, we have an impact on solving public problems that no other institution can match.  Our faculty, students, staff, about 23,000 degree program alumni, and more than 66,000 Professional and Lifelong Learning (PLL) participants tackle a diverse range of public challenges in the United States and around the world.  The Senior Associate Dean is responsible for overseeing all functions of the department to deliver on Professional and Lifelong Learning’s (PLL) mission. Reporting to the Executive Dean with a dotted line to the Academic Dean for Teaching and Curriculum, the Senior Associate Dean is responsible for ensuring that PLL achieves its academic and financial objectives, creates strong bonds with...

Job Summary: Reporting to the Associate Director of Facilities Management, the Building Operations Manager oversees the daily operations of campus buildings, supervises building operations staff, and manages maintenance, vendor services, and assigned renovation projects. The position ensures effective use of the work order system, coordinates closely with the Building Systems Manager on operational and systems-related priorities, and maintains high standards of service, safety, and responsiveness for building occupants. The role also supports emergency management efforts and shares on-call responsibilities. This is an essential, on-campus critical position for HRI operations. During emergencies or severe weather, the employee must report to campus to perform non-deferrable work and may be called in outside of their regular schedule. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   Manages the daily operations of HRI campus buildings including...

Harvard Real Estate (HRE) is a department within HUHRE. The Property Administrator (PA) position reports directly to the Property Manager (PM) and Assistant Director of Operations (ADO) and works as part of a property management team within the HRE Operations Group. The HRE Operations Group is comprised of three property management teams responsible for a diverse portfolio of buildings consisting of 3.3 million square feet located in Allston and Cambridge, MA. The PA provides exceptional service to HRE clients by understanding the portfolio, communicating with, and coordinating among tenants and service providers, and providing operational, vendor, customer service, financial and administrative support in a fast-paced property management organization. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Operational Receives calls and enters work orders into the work order system; follows up on work orders with tenants and/or service providers as necessary; reviews work order reports monthly with...

This position will work closely with a diverse team of scholars who are passionate about conducting collaborative, applied, data-driven research on key priorities in government. This position will be tasked with leading, managing, and executing the core administrative and financial operations required for The People Lab to run effectively and to scale. About The People Lab   The People Lab, led by Professor Elizabeth Linos, is a research lab based at the Harvard Kennedy School that aims to empower the public sector by producing cutting-edge research on the people of government and the communities they are called to serve. Using evidence from public management and insights from behavioral science, we study, design, and test strategies that can solve urgent public sector challenges in three core areas:  Strengthening the government workforce - how to recruit, retain and support diverse talent in the public sector that can effectively and equitably respond to the changing needs...

Job-Specific Responsibilities: The Data Analytics Manager leads our data and analytics function, helping the organization make smarter, faster, and more impactful decisions. The Data Analytics Manager oversees a team of analysts and partners across the credit union to unlock the value of our data, drive growth, improve member experience, and enable innovation. This role also leads to the evolution of our data warehouse, reporting tools, and analytics capabilities to ensure data is accessible, trusted, and actionable. Data Strategy & Leadership Champion a culture of data-informed decision-making across the organization Partner with senior leaders and business units to identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing analytics team Own key analytics platforms and vendor relationships Bridge business and technical teams to ensure the right questions are asked and answered with confidence Data Analysis & Business...

The Director of Operations is a senior strategic leader responsible for the overall operational excellence, financial stewardship, and long-term resilience of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS). HUDS is a complex, multi-unit organization encompassing residential dining, catering, retail, and administrative operations. Reporting to the Managing Director, the Director of Operations provides centralized leadership for business processes, operational systems, technology governance, cross-functional labor relations support, sustainability initiatives, and campus partnerships. The position advances the strategic priorities and vision for HUDS set by the Managing Director. The role modernizes processes, reduces operational and compliance risk, strengthens data-driven decision-making, and ensures seamless execution across all HUDS units. The position has three direct reports who manage business systems. This role plays a critical part in succession planning, organizational...