University of Tennessee is hiring a Program Manager, Center for Renewable Carbon - UTIA — a full-time, based in Knoxville, TN, United States role. Apply directly on University of Tennessee's careers page below.
Program Manager, Center for Renewable Carbon - UTIA
Location: Knoxville, TN, United States
The Program Manager will design, implement, and review strategic projects in line with CBS Alliance leadership priorities. This position serves as a central connector across strategic project coordination, stakeholder engagement, event strategy, operational improvement, and travel/logistics coordination for internal and external stakeholders.
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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.
UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.
UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent, fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and engagement for everyone.
The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.
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The Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC) is seeking a Program Manager to drive collaboration and deliver strategic initiatives that align the CRC, UT Oak Ridge Research Institute Convergent Research Initiative (CRI), BRIDGES NSF Innovation Engine, and the Biomaterial Governor Chair under a unified Circular Bioeconomy Systems (CBS) umbrella, the “CBS Alliance.” Reporting to the Professor and Director, the Program Manager will serve as a primary liaison across multiple units and stakeholders, foster high-impact initiatives, plan and execute events to raise the national profile of Southeastern CBS innovation, secure resources, and support resource sharing and coordination across initiatives.
