Executive Director, Ethical and Applied AI Hub

Fordham; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Retirement plans

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Tuition remission

Generous time off

Descripción de la vacante

Fordham University is seeking an Executive Director for the Ethical and Applied AI Hub in New York. The role leads strategy, partnerships, operations, and business development to translate AI advances into practical programs across the University.

Reporting to the Dean of the Gabelli School of Business, the director builds a cross‑school platform, sustains funding, and guides external collaborations with industry, government, and community partners.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, public policy, education, or a related field.
• Experience developing AI, data science, or technology programs and partnerships.
• Strong collaboration across disciplines and with external partners.

Responsabilidades

• Designs and operationalizes the Hub’s strategic plan and goals.
• Cultivates corporate and civic partnerships and funds the hub’s ecosystem.
• Oversees programming, pillar delivery, and budget with annual priorities.
• Manages capital build-out and facility partnerships for Hub spaces.

Conocimientos

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Grant & contract administration

Strategic leadership

AI knowledge & ethics

Community engagement

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in business/tech/public policy/education

Descripción del empleo

Executive Director, Ethical and Applied AI Hub

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.
The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program ( EAP ); tuition remission; and generous time off.
Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Title of Position

Title of Position Executive Director, Ethical and Applied AI Hub

Reporting to the Dean of the Gabelli School of Business, the Executive Director, Ethical and Applied AI Hub translates emerging developments into practical programs and partnerships.
The role provides leadership for Hub strategy, partnership engagement, community engagement, business development, financial management, day-to-day operations, and the Hub’s capital build-out, creating the capacity for faculty leaders, deans, and the Hub’s academic champions to focus on programming, research, teaching, and thought leadership.
The Executive Director operationalizes the Hub’s platform promise (space, external partnerships, programming, community outreach, communications, and coordination across schools) and serves as the connective tissue between the Hub’s core pillars and CoLabs, as well as its external fellows, community partners, funders, and the University. The role stewards significant public commitments, including capital and programmatic funding from New York State and NYCEDC , and represents the Hub to civic, corporate, philanthropic, community, and academic audiences citywide.

Essential Functions

Strategic Planning, Governance, and Operations
Designs, implements, and operationalizes the Hub’s strategic plan. Establishes, monitors, and reports on annual goals. Oversees day-to-day Hub operations and staff, including contractors or team members. Convenes and supports the AI Hub Fellows, University leadership, and external partners and supporters. Assess developments in AI and emerging technologies, engages relevant industry and research networks, and identifies current and emerging needs among employers and community partners to inform Hub priorities.
Partnership and Ecosystem Development
Cultivates, deepens, and broadens the Hub’s ecosystem of corporate partners, AI Hub Fellows, civic and government relationships, higher-education collaborators, and community-based organizations at the institutional level. Leads cross-sector convenings and executive roundtables on responsible AI adoption, governance, and workforce readiness.
Programming and Pillar Delivery
Ensures programming across the Hub’s four pillars is planned, resourced, delivered, and evaluated. Sets annual priorities and resource allocation across pillars in line with the strategic plan. Maintains balanced activity across pillars, and reviews pillar performance against outcome and engagement targets. Works with faculty, AI Hub Fellows, and external partners to develop responsive initiatives, including proactive AI upskilling opportunities and interdisciplinary, problem-based research and discovery programs.
CoLab Model and Cross-School Infrastructure
Operationalizes the Hub’s CoLab model: administers faculty, fellow, and student intake; supports CoLab (co)chairs with convening, communications, and event infrastructure; manages the pilot-to-charter lifecycle and annual reporting cycle; coordinates the Hub-wide annual showcase; builds and leads the staff supporting the CoLab portfolio as it scales. Ensures each CoLab anchors to one of the Hub’s four pillars.
Financial Management and Development
Prepares and manages the Hub’s annual budget. Directs compliance, deliverables, and outcome reporting for public funding, including the metrics and outcomes commitments made to the City. In partnership with Development and University Relations, builds and stewards a philanthropic and corporate sponsorship pipeline, including naming opportunities, program underwriting, and grant proposals. Develops earned-revenue lines, including executive education and corporate programs, that advance long-term sustainability.
Capital Build-Out
Coordinates with University Facilities, the architecture firm, and University leadership on the design, construction, and opening of the Hub’s Lincoln Center space. Stewards use of Hub spaces (labs, collaboration pods, event space) to maximize engagement.
Communications, Brand, and External Representation
Serves as a primary spokesperson and public face for the Hub alongside University leadership and AI Hub Fellows. Builds and stewards internal, cross-campus relationships so the Hub functions as a cross-University platform. In collaboration with University communications teams, directs the Hub’s web presence, media relations, and publications; translates program outcomes into compelling narratives and metrics for funders, partners, university leadership, and the public.
Related Duties
Performs related duties as assigned by the Dean, Provost’s office, and Hub’s governance structures.

Essential Functions Note

Essential Functions Note This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Management Responsibilities

Management Responsibilities Provides strategic leadership and contributes to higher-level direction. Typically oversees managers via direct and indirect reports. Responsible for hiring, developing leaders, managing performance, corrective action, and compensation decisions.

Required Qualifications: Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in business, technology, public policy, education, or a related field.
Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in partnership development, institute or consortium leadership, business development, or a comparable role spanning academia, industry, government, or the nonprofit sector, including demonstrated experience developing or leading AI, data science, or technology-related programs, partnerships, or initiatives.

Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills

Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with faculty and technical experts across disciplines.
Demonstrated success building and sustaining multi-stakeholder partnerships in which independent organizations work toward shared goals, including measurable success acquiring new members, partners, or funders.
Experience with grant and contract administration, including compliance and outcome reporting to public funders.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to deliver complex concepts to diverse audiences spanning industry, academia, government, and community organizations.
Applied knowledge of AI and emerging technologies, their workforce implications, and responsible adoption considerations, with the ability to assess developments and translate them into relevant opportunities for the Hub and its partners.
A collaborative, ethical leadership style with strong emotional intelligence and a genuine commitment to the Hub’s mission of AI in service of human dignity and the common good.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s or other advanced degree in business, technology, public policy, education, or a related field.
Experience working with or within university-industry consortia, research institutes, innovation hubs, or academic centers.
Technical expertise or hands-on experience in applied AI, data science, or technology implementation, particularly in workforce development, organizational adoption, or interdisciplinary research settings.
Experience reporting to executive steering committees, boards, or comparable governance bodies.
Experience overseeing capital, construction, or facilities projects in partnership with a university or institutional facilities team.
Deep New York City civic, corporate, and philanthropic networks.
Track record advancing equity, access, or community engagement through programs serving small businesses, nonprofits, MWBEs, or K-12 communities.

Minimum Starting Salary

Minimum Starting Salary $140,000

Maximum Starting Salary

Maximum Starting Salary $170,000

Note

Note Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.

Is this a Union position?

Is this a Union position? No

Posting Number

Posting Number A1186P

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 1

Start Date

Start Date ASAP

Posting Date

Posting Date 11/06/2026

EEO Statement

Fordham University is committed to excellence and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.
Fordham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Physical Activity and Work Environment

Physical Activity

Sitting Nearly Continuously

Repetitive Hand Motion (such as typing)

Repetitive Hand Motion (such as typing) Nearly Continuously

Hearing, Listening, Talking Nearly Continuously

Standing

Standing Not Required

Walking

Walking Not Required

Running

Running Not Required

Bending, Stooping, Kneeling, squatting, Crouching, Crawling

Bending, Stooping, Kneeling, squatting, Crouching, Crawling Not Required

Climbing stairs Not Required

Climbing ladders

Climbing ladders Not Required

Reaching overhead

Reaching overhead Not Required

Pulling, pushing

Pulling, pushing Not Required

Shoveling

Shoveling Not Required

Lifting – up to 20 pounds

Lifting – up to 20 pounds Not Required

Lifting – up to 50 pounds

Lifting – up to 50 pounds Not Required

Lifting – over 50 pounds Not Required

Work Environment Office Environment: Employees are protected from weather conditions or contaminants, but not necessarily occasional temperature changes.