The Program Manager, Events & Hospitality is a key operational leader within the IVMF Entrepreneurship Team's Shared Services vertical, responsible for end-to-end planning and execution of in-person, hybrid, and hospitality-intensive events across the entrepreneurship portfolio. The position serves as a central operational partner to program leads, Shared Services staff, and institute partners to ensure events are well planned, cost effective, participant-centered, and aligned with university and institute policies.
This role supports entrepreneurship programming that serves veterans, military spouses, military-connected entrepreneurs, and their supporters across start-up, growth-stage, executive, and community-based experiences. The position requires strategic planning capability and hands-on execution across venue sourcing, hotel and rooming management, catering and banquet planning, vendor coordination, onsite logistics, transportation, and participant hospitality operations.
The role demands strong judgment, exceptional organizational ability, polished stakeholder communication, and the ability to manage multiple event workstreams simultaneously while maintaining a high standard of service and mission alignment. Preference will be given to candidates with substantial hospitality-industry experience, particularly in hotel sales, conference services, catering, convention services, or venue-based event management.
This position may be filled on a fully remote basis if the identified candidate is not currently located in Syracuse, NY (within 50 miles). Not all geographical areas within the United States are eligible. Employment offers at Syracuse University are based on a combination of factors including, but not limited to, the job responsibilities; the candidate’s education, training, work experience and key competencies; the university’s strategic priorities; internal peer equity; applicable federal, state, local laws, grant funding and contractual requisites; and external market analyses.