HEPI (H-E Parts International)

Program Manager

• Lead day-to-day management of STEM Learning Institute program operations across multiple workstreams, including curriculum development, professional learning, coaching, and field testing.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and workflows to ensure alignment with program goals and milestones.
• Partner with the Director to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans.
• Lead the planning and execution of in-person and virtual professional learning experiences, ensuring high-quality participant experiences aligned with program goals.
• Oversee logistics including registration, travel, materials, and technology, while also shaping agendas, flow, and participant engagement.
• Coordinate across internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery of events and follow-through on next steps.
• Serve as a central point of coordination across program staff, collaborators (e.g., BSCS), and participating schools and districts.
• Facilitate effective communication, alignment, and accountability across teams and partners.
• Establish and maintain systems for tracking deliverables, timelines, and documentation across initiatives.

Director

• Oversee the operational aspects of SSPI’s Summer Science Program, including managing and allocating financial and non-financial resources to meet program objectives.
• Directly supervise the Senior Director of Academic Affairs, the Senior Director of Program Operations, the Senior Director of Student Success and indirectly supervise their respective teams.
• Lead program innovation and continuous improvement efforts based on research, data, and community feedback.
• Foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and impact within the program team and cross-departmentally.
• Play a key role in fundraising efforts and external relationship-building to support SSPI’s mission and programs.
• Oversee the professional development and mentorship of Directors and staff on the Summer Science Program team.
• Represent SSPI and the Summer Science Program at national conferences, board meetings, and in the media.
• Provide advice, context, and action plans to the Executive Leadership team for expanding the Summer Science Program without loss in academic or cultural quality or fidelity.
• Develop strategies for addressing target student populations (first generation and historically underrepresented students in STEM).
• Direct the Senior Director of Program Operations, the Senior Director of Academic Affairs, and other staff members to identify and secure laboratory space, dormitory space, office space, equipment, and technical facilities for the Summer Science Program on each site as needed.
• Prepare ad-hoc, quarterly, and annual board reports to reflect efforts and advancements during the current period.

Program Manager

Managing Director – Summer Science Program