South Midwest HERC

The Administrative Director will shape and focus the organizational direction of the Artificial Intelligence Institute, the university's cross-school hub for AI, developing cross-school support structures to unify and amplify existing major strength in AI research education existing across NYU schools and departments. Provide operational leadership and oversee the Institute during its launch and initial growth. Oversee activities across research, education, and partnership initiatives, support the faculty leadership of these initiatives and integration across schools these require, and serve as the primary liaison to central administration and NYU's schools. Position the Institute as a platform and intellectual hub to represent NYU's AI-related efforts externally, engaging across academia, industry and government.

Required Education:
Master's Degree

Required Experience:
10+ years of progressively responsible administrative and/or operational leadership experience, including demonstrated experience managing cross-cutting initiatives, budgets and staff.

Preferred Experience:
10+ years Progressively responsible experience, preferably in higher education or a complex organization.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence and work effectively, diplomatically, and collaboratively with key stakeholders across all NYU schools and central administration in a complex academic environment. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to initiate and manage multiple projects concurrently. Strategic thinker with strong execution ability. Financial and operational management expertise. Experience with media and publications.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Background in STEM disciplines, a degree in a STEM discipline preferred. Ability to follow, at a high level, the developments in AI technology and their relation and impact in other disciplines. Experience launching or managing a center, institute or interdisciplinary initiative. Familiarity with academic governance and research environments. Experience with global initiatives, managing multi-stakeholder coalitions, engaging donors.

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $185,000.00 to USD $225,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.

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NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.

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About New York University

New York University (NYU) is one of the top private universities in the United States, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering traces its roots back to 1854, building on an illustrious past as Brooklyn Poly and the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. Our mission is to excel in research, teaching, and entrepreneurship and inspire and educate engineers for the 21st century — backed by an historic commitment of $1 billion to recruit new faculty, fuel groundbreaking basic and applied research in key areas, and expand the Downtown Brooklyn campus. NYU Tandon faculty are world renowned leaders in science and technology, with a strong commitment to research, innovation, and entrepreneurship that make a difference in the world. We lead and have ties to multidisciplinary centers in wireless technology, cybersecurity, urban informatics, data sciences, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and health, among others. Our faculty and students are part of the high-tech start-up culture in New York City and in downtown Brooklyn, and we support three “future lab” business incubators that connect our students and faculty to today’s innovation economy. We are deeply committed to teaching and le...arning, and with NYU's unrivaled global network of campuses, we promote a truly global engineering education. NYU Tandon is committed to substantially increase the proportion of our faculty from historically underrepresented groups in STEM and we encourage candidates from such groups to apply. We aspire to create a climate where diversity and inclusion are not only appreciated but considered an asset for creativity and innovation, and we seek faculty who have a real passion for a culturally diverse environment. We take pride in our high numbers of female students and students who are the first in their family to go to college. NYU belongs to the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), which assists with dual-career searches, and our faculty are supported by a range of work-life balance programs provided by the NYU Office of Work Life

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