Job Details
Job Title: Managing Director of Research and Campus Engagement
Exemption: Exempt
WORK SCHEDULE
Hybrid work arrangement
BUDGETED SALARY
The expected pay range for this position is $206,749 to $261,619 per annum
SCHOOL/UNIT DESCRIPTION
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) is a rapidly growing institute. The research institute, under the purview of Stanford’s Vice Provost and Dean of Research, has a mission to advance AI research, education, policy, and practice to improve the human condition.
POSITION SUMMARY
HAI seeks an experienced leader of proven effectiveness to serve as Managing Director of Research and Campus Engagement of the Institute. Reporting to the Executive Director and working closely with the faculty director of the Institute, the Managing Director of Campus and Research Engagement provides strategic leadership and day-to-day management of HAI’s research centers, computing infrastructure, grant and cloud credit program, and on-campus education programs. The role oversees the activity of world-class centers within the institute (Causal Science, Open and Reproducible Science, and more), leads Stanford’s academic compute strategy including the Marlowe cluster, and directs an average of $10M per year in research grant and cloud credit funding. The Director also leads HAI’s on-campus education programs, including the AI and Data Scholars program and the Amazon AI Fellows program. In this leadership capacity, the Managing Director provides strategic leadership and direction, including resource allocation, to achieve the Institute’s goals and objectives.
We are hiring one (1) full-time (100% FTE) continuing term position
PREFERRED/DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Prior experience in a higher education, research institute, or think tank environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing research grant portfolios including cloud credit or in-kind compute grant programs and compliance with sponsor requirements.
- Experience overseeing or supporting research computing infrastructure.
- Track record of building or scaling academic/educational programs in a university or research institute setting.
- Proven people-management experience, including hiring, coaching and performance management of managerial and individual-contributor staff.
- Financial acumen including experience with multi-source budgeting and forecasting.
- Familiarity with AI/ML research landscape.
- Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with experience navigating complex bureaucracy and balancing multiple stakeholder interests.
Responsibilities
Core Duties
- Direct staff and provide leadership to achieve goals and vision of the organization. Responsible for hiring and retaining staff, career coaching, personal development for direct reports and accountable for the performance of employees.
- May independently or in collaboration with human resources managers, direct faculty supervisors and managers in the interpretation and implementation of human resources policies, procedures and programs.
- Independently initiate and create strategic plans for organization or program(s) managed. Make recommendations that may impact the unit's academic and research capabilities. Identify and resolve strategic issues of substantial significance that affect the overall functioning beyond the immediate unit, consult and advise senior leadership. Oversee allocation of all resources.
- Manage the direction of internal academic and administrative policy development for programs and administrative operations.
- Oversee and/or manage the finances across all sources for the annual budget cycle, including developing, monitoring, analyzing forecasting and reporting to ensure the financial success of the organization.
- Manage and coordinate grants and contracts for the department. Ensure compliance with institutional and external requirements.
- Advise senior management on programmatic and policy development. May provide input to university leadership on institutional academic and administrative policies and guidelines.
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Experience
seven years of relevant experience in administrative and financial management, or combination of education and relevant experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated leadership and supervisory, planning and change management skills.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication skills. Able to influence people, solve problems, troubleshoot, think creatively and resolve conflicts.
- Advanced financial expertise in accounting budget planning, and financial forecasting.
- Advanced expertise in grants and contract administration.
- Advanced analytical and problem solving skills Strong knowledge of industry standards and/or regulatory requirements.
- Strong negotiation and effective interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Advanced expertise in business and management computer applications and databases.
- Subject matter expertise for area(s) of responsibility.
- Ability to multi-task and manage deadlines.
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