Associate VP, Research Computing & Data - Strategic Leader

The Goddard School of Deerfield; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Carnegie Mellon University invites candidates to apply for the newly created role of Associate Vice President for Research Computing and Data (AVP RCD). This leadership position will spearhead the creation, operationalization, and long-term advancement of CMU's leadership-class research computing and data ecosystem, coordinating across research, academic, administrative, and IT domains.

The AVP RCD reports to the VP for Research and collaborates with the CIO to build and sustain a scalable,

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a university-wide vision for leadership-class research computing and data that aligns with CMU's mission and strategic goals as a world-leading computing and AI university.
• Expand upon scalable, sustainable models for service delivery, funding, and resourcing.
• Define CMU’s engagement with Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center in terms of complementary investments and synergies.
• Represent the university in national and international research computing communities, such as the Campus Research Computing Consortium.
• Partner with the Office of Government Relations in engaging with local, state, and federal officials, and Business Engagement Center to expand strategic industry partnerships.
• Lead the expansion of CMU research computing to best-in-class levels, including advanced capabilities in cloud integration and specialized hardware utilization.
• Develop a roadmap for translational computing that fosters innovative architectures and services that may be scaled across CMU researchers and, potentially, beyond the immediate CMU ecosystem.
• Oversee the deployment of emerging technologies such as AI accelerators and machine learning frameworks, advanced engineering platforms, and next-gen physics simulations capabilities.
• Partner with external organizations and vendors to bring cutting-edge solutions to campus.
• Ensure the security, reliability, and scalability of research computing infrastructure to meet the demands of current and future research.
• Optimize a multi-year approach to balancing on-premises resources and cloud resources with attention to all factors and ramifications of the approach including sustainability.
• Continue to develop cyberinfrastructure suited to researchers across all of CMU.
• Lead the design, build-out, and operational maturation of controlled research data and computing environments across cloud and on-premises platforms, including the policies, technical safeguards, service models, and cross-campus coordination required to support compliant research at scale.
• Act as the primary liaison for research computing and data across CMU’s colleges, ensuring alignment with and engagement across diverse disciplinary needs.
• Actively participate in the development of competitive proposals for external funding opportunities.
• Consult with stakeholders across the university and with partners at PSC to develop an operating model for leadership-class computing resources that enshrines a strategic and equitable approach to ongoing development and refresh, access and utilization, funding model, and user policy.
• Collaborate with university stakeholders to identify emerging trends and technologies in research computing and data; develop strategies to leverage new technologies for research capabilities.
• Establish and maintain user support mechanisms to assist researchers in effectively utilizing the research-computing resource.
• Build the capacity to support research involving controlled/restricted data. Ensure CMU adapts and responds to changing regulatory paradigms and competes for funding across a broad spectrum of regulated/restricted research.
• Collaborate with the Information Security Office and Research Security.

Job description

Carnegie Mellon University invites candidates to apply for the newly created role of Associate Vice President for Research Computing and Data (AVP RCD). This leadership position will spearhead the creation, operationalization, and long-term advancement of CMU's leadership-class research computing and data ecosystem, coordinating across research, academic, administrative, and IT domains.

The AVP RCD reports to the VP for Research and collaborates with the CIO to build and sustain a scalable,