Associate State Director - MI-SBDC
Associate State Director MI-SBDC
Grand Rapids, MI (Pew Campus)
Full Time
R104492
As a strategic partner to the State Director, the Associate State Director (ASD) serves as the operational architect of the Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC). This role serves as a bridge between high-level vision and organizational execution, working closely with the Executive Team to ensure operational excellence, mission alignment, and cultural health.
Primary Duties
Operational excellence of the Michigan SBDC
- Authors operating guidelines with the State Director to ensure the SBDC's policies, procedures, and infrastructure scale with its strategic vision.
- Manages grant terms and conditions, compliance with requirements, and annual renewals.
- Supports annual and 3-year strategic planning processes and develops implementation progress reports.
Operations Administration
- Empowers and mentors two direct reports.
- Collaborates with the Executive Team to enable new programming and communication.
- Leads and oversees processes to develop, document, communicate, and administer policy, procedures, and operations of the SBDC.
Compliance, the foundation for Operational Excellence and Administration
- Co-Leads, with the State Director, the network preparation for accreditation (Next accreditation is in 2028).
- Supports the Director of Finance and Grants on matters affiliated with vendors, clients, hosts, and employees.
Required Qualifications and Education
- Bachelor's Degree.
- 8+ years of leadership experience.
- Demonstrated independent problem-solving skills.
- High-level executive presence and the ability to serve as a surrogate for the State Director.
- Experience in developing and tracking strategic plans.
- Experience negotiating, synthesizing, and implementing changes within a contractual agreement.
- Change management skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel both within Michigan and nationally.
- Experience with compliance and enforcement of stakeholder policies.
Preferred Qualifications and Education
- Master of Public Administration or Master of Business Administration or related field.
- Proven track record of cross-functional team building and consensus-building within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
- Project/change management certification.
- Experience with Federal Grants, reporting, and management.
- Experience with CRM platforms.
Unlock this job opportunity
View more options below
View full job details
See the complete job description, requirements, and application process





