Director and Chief Scientific Officer

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc. seeks a Director and Chief Scientific Officer for the Human Language Technology Center of Excellence at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The ideal candidate is an experienced researcher with a doctorate in an HLT-related field, proven leadership skills, and the ability to manage a collaborative environment. Responsibilities include leading research activities, recruiting staff, and engaging with government sponsors. A competitive salary between $250,000 - $400,000 is offered along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership directing applied and theoretical efforts and managing research organizations.
• Has a current or recent TS/SCI clearance with full-scope polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Lead the research activities of the HLTCOE.
• Set strategic directions and identify, recruit, and mentor research staff.
• Work collaboratively with HLTCOE researchers to extend technical accomplishments.

Skills

Extensive experience in a related and relevant role

Excellent communication skills for broad-ranging audiences

Strong networking skills

Ability to recognize, recruit, and mentor high quality researchers and staff

Ability to instill and maintain a highly collaborative work environment

Experienced in building consensus through engagement

Education

Doctorate in an HLT-related field

Tools

TS/SCI clearance

Job description

Director and Chief Scientific Officer – Human Language Technology Center of Excellence

Salary: $250,000 - $400,000

Role Overview

The Johns Hopkins University Human Language Technology Center of Excellence (HLTCOE) seeks a highly respected, peer‑recognized researcher to serve as its Director and Chief Scientific Officer. Reporting to the School of Engineering’s vice dean for research, the director is charged with leading the research activities of the HLTCOE to ensure it maintains its leadership position and aligns with the needs of its government sponsor. This includes working collaboratively with HLTCOE researchers to extend their record of technical accomplishments, setting strategic directions, and identifying, recruiting, and mentoring new research staff. HLTCOE researchers develop advanced algorithms for analyzing speech, text, and multimodal data in multiple languages, extracting useful information from massive amounts of data to advance the state of the art in human language technology.

Location

Full‑time position located in Baltimore, Maryland. Starting date to be negotiated on availability.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a related and relevant role
• Doctorate in an HLT‑related field
• Proven leadership directing applied and theoretical efforts and managing research organizations
• Excellent communication skills for broad‑ranging audiences
• Strong networking skills
• Ability to recognize, recruit, and mentor high quality researchers and staff
• Ability to instill and maintain a highly collaborative work environment that values employees
• Experienced in building consensus through engagement
• Has a current or recent TS/SCI clearance with full‑scope polygraph (will consider candidates with a current or recent TS clearance)

Total Rewards

Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found at https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. The university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.