Your Role and Responsibilities
At IBM Research, we invent things that matter to the world. Today, we are pioneering the most promising and disruptive technologies that will transform industries and society, including the future of AI, Blockchain and Quantum Computing. We are driven to discover. With more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents, IBM Research is one of the world’s largest and most influential corporate research labs.
We are seeking a project administrator to work with key clients at our Albany lab, including top semiconductor manufacturers, equipment suppliers, EDA vendors, and materials suppliers from around the world. The ideal candidate will promptly develop an understanding of the IBM Albany lab infrastructure and logistics and serve as a hub providing guidance and contact points to our on-site clients. Responsibilities for this role include client care, such as onboarding administration and facilitating interlock with the client home teams, as well as coordinating project deliverables and schedule. Your overarching goal will be to enable clients to engage effectively and contribute in a meaningful way to the projects they participate in at the IBM Albany lab, enabling their future success. Key qualities in the ideal candidate for this role are exceptional organization skills, clear written and verbal communication, ability to learn quickly, and dedication to our client’s success.
You should have the following skills:
Adept at using project management and computer applications
Standard business applications (Excel and Powerpoint)
Collaboration tools (Box and Slack)
Strong written and verbal communication
You must be willing to work in the following location: Albany Center for Semiconductor Research (Albany, NY)
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, or a related area is required.
The World is Our Laboratory: No matter where discovery takes place, IBM researchers push the boundaries of science, technology, and business to make the world work better. IBM Research is a global community of forward-thinkers working towards a common goal: progress.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines ‘What’s Next in Computing’ to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.
Are you craving to learn more? Prepared to solve some of the world’s most unique challenges? And ready to shape the future for millions of people? If so, then it’s time to join us, express your individuality, unleash your curiosity and discover new possibilities.
Every IBMer, and potential ones like yourself, has a voice, carves their own path, and uses their expertise to help co-create and add to our story. Together, we have the power to make meaningful change – to alter the fabric of our clients, of society and IBM itself, to create a truly positive impact and make the world work better for everyone.
It’s time to define your career.
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
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At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM offers a wide range of resources for eligible IBMers to thrive both inside and outside of work. In addition to a competitive benefits program consisting of medical and life insurance, retirement plans, and time off, eligible employees may also have access to:
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
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