"Project Manager, Project on Israel"

Harvard Business School seeks a Project Manager to oversee a Project on Israel led by Professors Paul Gompers and Raffaella Sadun. Israel is often held up for its entrepreneurial ecosystem and innovative reskilling investments, emerging from both public sector and private sector policies and choices. The Project on Israel in the Regional and Global Economy aims to launch and execute high-quality research projects to identify the critical elements that enable global startups to succeed and the structure of transformative reskilling efforts. In addition, the research seeks to outline policies that can promote the replicability of these efforts in other regional and international contexts. The successful candidate will have a strong interest in the startup ecosystem, innovation, and reskilling within Israel.

The Project Manager reports directly to their faculty supervisor and an administrative manager in the Research Staff Services office. Ideal Project Managers candidates will be comfortable in an environment that requires a high level of independence and intellectual curiosity and the ability to use discretionary judgment.

Primary duties include:

• Create, launch, and manage project research agenda in coordination with Professors Gompers and Sadun, including forging research partnerships with local academics, institutions, and business leaders.
• Oversee the work of two Research Associates assigned to this workflow.
• Manage the organization and execution of in-person events and conferences involving international guests including faculty and business leaders.
• Ensure compliance with department, University, and federal regulations. Be aware of department, School, and University policies as well as any potential outside research policies. Represent HBS to outside entities: interacting with prominent individuals (grace under pressure is essential).
• Responsible for other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications: A masters degree in economics or related disciplines with at least 3 years relevant work experience, or bachelor’s degree with a least 5 years of relevant work experience are required. Experience in large-scale quantitative research and experimental methods is preferred.

Additional Qualifications: PhD, MBA, JD, etc. degree preferred. Experience managing others and successfully working as part of a research team. Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively present information in a range of ways and to varied audiences. Proven ability to prioritize and successfully manage several programs, projects and stakeholders at a time while adhering to deadlines, working independently, showing initiative and communicating regularly and succinctly with senior staff, managers, and partners. Proven critical and strategic-thinking qualities, sound judgment, flexibility, and creative problem-solving essential. The candidate must have extremely high standards in terms of quality of work, attention to detail, strong organization skills, and absolute commitment to task completion. Candidates with more years of experience may be considered at a higher salary grade (57).