Research Program Coordinator

Milestone Technologies is a global IT managed services firm that partners with organizations to scale their technology, infrastructure and services to drive specific business outcomes such as digital transformation, innovation, and operational agility. Milestone is focused on building an employee-first, performance-based culture and for over 25 years, we have a demonstrated history of supporting category-defining enterprise clients that are growing ahead of the market. The company specializes in providing solutions across Application Services and Consulting, Digital Product Engineering, Digital Workplace Services, Private Cloud Services, AI/Automation, and ServiceNow. Milestone culture is built to provide a collaborative, inclusive environment that supports employees and empowers them to reach their full potential.

Our seasoned professionals deliver services based on Milestone's best practices and service delivery framework. By leveraging our vast knowledge base to execute initiatives, we deliver both short-term and long-term value to our clients and apply continuous service improvement to deliver transformational benefits to IT. With Intelligent Automation, Milestone helps businesses further accelerate their IT transformation. The result is a sharper focus on business objectives and a dramatic improvement in employee productivity. Through our key technology partnerships and our people-first approach, Milestone continues to deliver industry-leading innovation to our clients. With more than 3,000 employees serving over 200 companies worldwide, we are following our mission of revolutionizing the way IT is deployed.

The Research Conference Outreach team manages Google Research's presence at external academic research conferences globally. The program serves as a platform for Google Research to promote our innovative and groundbreaking work, as well as foster connections within the academic community with a goal of building a healthy collaboration pipeline. We do this by funding sponsorship for priority research conferences and partnerships, as well as developing robust, on-site programming.

As a Research Program Coordinator, you'll work on complex, multidisciplinary projects, and support every aspect of a program lifecycle - managing schedules, coordinating program tasks, and clearly communicating goals to project stakeholders. Projects often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres, and this role will help to keep all the players coordinated on the project's progress and deadlines.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Assist program managers in the development of conference programming, which includes coordination of event logistics, scheduling, preparing documentation, tracking, and reporting
• Coordinate venue management, caterers, stand designers, collateral, contractors, and equipment hire
• Collaborate with internal and external research stakeholders and partners on program strategy, logistics, and execution
• Develop program assets, such as creation of an internal event website and drafting of internal and external communications
• Support finance and contracting processes, such as drafting SOWs and tracking expenses

What You Will Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• Strong organizational and project management skills; attention to detail
• Proficient in Google products (e.g., gmail, calendar, spreadsheets, docs)
• Ability to prioritize and multitask, and to positively contribute in a fast-paced and changing work environment
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Enthusiasm, team spirit, and exceptional customer service focus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in project/event management a plus
• Experience managing multiple projects/events concurrently
• Travel 10-20%

Estimated Pay Range: The estimated pay range for this position is USD $119,000/Yr. - USD $120,000/Yr. This is an exempt role. Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.

Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.