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Senior Associate Director, Senior Leadership Engagement
Harvard University · 🇺🇸 Cambridge, MA, US
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 123 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 73 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Harvard University paid sponsored hires in similar roles10 certified filings for “Research Associate” (Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary) in MA: $74k–$101k, median $91k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Harvard University
The US Department of Labor certified 123 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 73 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
The Senior Leadership Engagement team manages and implements donor and alumni engagement activities involving the President, Provost, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean, SEAS Dean, and additional FAS academic leadership of Harvard University. These activities include planning AA&D-focused travel, facilitating event participation, and organizing donor and prospect meetings. To do this, the team builds strategic partnerships with AA&D colleagues from across the University to help coordinate and facilitate alumni engagement, donor cultivation and stewardship opportunities, with University and FAS leadership. This is a strategic leadership position within the Senior Leadership Engagement team and includes management responsibilities for an assistant director, a coordinator, and an additional assistant director with a dotted line. The position is responsible for establishing and overseeing best practices related to supporting FAS academic leaders in trips, prospect meetings, and event participation. As part of this responsibility, the role serves as a strategic thought partner with FAS Development leadership and fundraisers to ensure that FAS academic leaders’ development time is aligned with fundraising objectives. In addition to leadership responsibilities, this position also carries the FAS Dean’s portfolio and other FAS academic leaders, including but not limited to: itinerary and visit pipeline management, communication with prospects, briefing review, coordination with event hosts, trip logistics oversight, and partnership with academic leaders’ offices. Job-Specific Responsibilities: • Works with the Executive Director, Director, and FAS Development leadership to develop fiscal-year plans for FAS academic leaders and administrators, including virtual visits, travel plans, event participation, and other FAS development needs. • Serves as a key partner to the FAS management team and regional leads to ensure effective engagement of FAS academic leaders with donors, volunteers, and prospects. This includes developing reporting processes, establishing criteria for engagement activity, and prioritizing leadership time. • Manages and oversees the work of two assistant directors supporting the FAS leaders and a coordinator. • Oversees all data management practices of the SLE team. This includes implementing tracking best practices, ensuring team regularly updates information, overseeing regular audits of Advance data, creating reports for senior management, and providing data to inform annual planning. This also includes working with Operation partners to identify new and better opportunities for data management. • Manages the FAS Dean’s portfolio and select FAS academic leaders. • This position will partner closely with the Associate Vice President and Dean of FAS Development, the Associate Dean of FAS Development, and FAS Administrative and Academic Leadership on leadership engagement with donors, prospects and alumni through 1:1 meetings and events. This includes: • Partnering with the FAS Development management team and regional leads to deploy leaders in trips, prospect meetings, and events, including itinerary development and pipeline prioritization. • Overseeing (with support from the coordinator and development assistant) all aspects of meetings and events arranged by AA&D, including outreach, scheduling, logistics, travel arrangements, briefing coordination, and record-keeping. • Working with senior leaders and prospect managers to review, finalize, and package all materials for leaders as they relate to their engagements with AA&D. • Maintaining ongoing communication with staff in FAS academic offices to prepare and coordinate AA&D activity, serving as their first point of contact for scheduling and logistics