Executive Director for Krantz Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Humanity

Boston College; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston College’s Krantz Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Humanity seeks an Executive Director to build and lead an early-stage platform. You will partner with faculty leadership, external partners, and University Advancement to scale AI initiatives across schools, balancing rigorous academics with ethical discernment.

The role demands a decade of leadership, a terminal degree preferred, and a demonstrated commitment to the Jesuit mission, with a salary range of

Qualifications

• Leadership experience directing large, multi-disciplinary programs.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Ph.D. preferred.
• Internationally recognized scholarly or professional achievement.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
• Commitment to Boston College’s Jesuit and Catholic mission.

Responsibilities

• Strategic and operational leadership of the institute.
• Interdisciplinary integration across fields.
• Faculty support for proposals, hires, mentors.
• External partnerships and public voice.
• Fundraising and advancement collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Education background

Credibility

Communication

Relationship-building

Mission commitment

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Ph.D. or equivalent

Job description

ExecutiveDirector

Krantz Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Humanity at BostonCollege

Institutional Overview & MissionAlignment

Boston College is embarking on a transformative initiative withthe establishment of the Krantz Institute for ArtificialIntelligence, Ethics, and Humanity. Enabled by a majorgift from University Trustee Jason Krantz '95, P'23, and Keely(Fitzgerald) Krantz '95, P'23, the Institute will leverage BC’sformative and ethical strengths as a Jesuit, Catholic university toexplore the opportunities, implications, and pitfalls of artificialintelligence.

Inspired by Pope Leo’s recently published encyclical,Magnifica Humanitas, which underscores education’s roleinan era of rapid technological change, the Institute brings BC’srich heritage of thoughtful reflection and discernment into alively engagement with the promise and perils of a particularlytransformative technology. The institute aims to inform emergingdiscussion of AI and to instill in students the judgment, wisdom,and critical thinking necessary to become moral leaders andcreators of AI, ensuring that humanistic values and ethics remainfoundational to the world's evolving approach to AI.

Position Overview & Strategic Direction

Reporting to the Provost and Dean of Faculties, the ExecutiveDirector will build an Institute that will position Boston Collegeas a national and global leader in teaching, research, anddiscussion about the opportunities and implications of artificialintelligence as well as to scale foundational and applied AIinitiatives across all nine of the schools and colleges at BostonCollege. Working closely with faculty colleagues, academicleadership, and external partners, the successful candidate willbuild this early-stage platform into a sustainable, world-class hubof institutional excellence.

The Executive Director will be charged with driving threeprimary goals:

1. Convene Global Thought Leaders: Organizeworld-class conferences and symposia at Boston College to exploreAI’s potential impact on education and humanity. TheExecutive Director will partner with academics across and beyondcampus to sustain a lively and ongoing conversation about AI,ethics, and humanity.
2. Cultivate Student Formation and Leadership: Offer fellowships, internships, and experiential learningopportunities to equip BC students with the experience andexpertise to participate thoughtfully in how the world shouldengage with AI.
3. Advance Curricular & Internal Innovation: Imagine and implement campus-wide AI programs, support theintegration of AI-related topics across disciplines, and awardinternal seed grants to support innovation in applying AI toteaching, research, and higher education operations.

Core Programmatic Pillars

The Executive Director will develop, operationalize, and guidethe institute's core strategic pillars to catalyze campusengagement with AI and to establish a clear framework forinvestment and prioritization with an ambition to inform nationaland global conversations about AI:

• AI & Human Flourishing: Exploring AI inlight of fundamental questions about ethics and human dignity, anddrawing on the University’s distinctive strengths in thehumanities.
• AI & Democracy: Examining AI’s variouseffects on government and public life, in the United States andbeyond.
• AI & the Economy: Guiding organizations onhow to responsibly leverage AI and engaging with industry leaders(including partnering with the Carroll School of Management and the2027 Finance Conference).
• AI & Health Care: Investigating how AI canimprove healthcare outcomes while recognizing emerging threats tohuman-centered care for the vulnerable.
• AI & Formative Education: Imagining newpossibilities for BC’s distinctive approach to teaching andlearning in the context of the AI revolution.
• AI & Faith: Rooted in BC's Jesuit,Catholic heritage and mission, this pillar is at once theInstitute's clearest differentiator and an area where BostonCollege is called to provide leadership to colleges, schools, andother faith-based organizations.

Within each pillar, the Executive Director will develop a robustset of mechanisms appropriate to the theme; examples includeresearch grants, undergraduate fellowships, curriculum integration,industry partnerships, conferences and symposia, and visitingscholars.

Key Responsibilities and Scope

• Strategic & Operational Leadership: Partner with faculty and academic leadership to execute long-termstrategies, balancing academic priorities with rigorous operationalexecution.
• Interdisciplinary Integration: Connecttechnical AI researchers with diverse fields, including business,law, education, social work, nursing, and the humanities, toadvance an expansive portfolio of creative pedagogy anduse-inspired research.
• Faculty Support: Facilitate large-scale,multi-investigator research proposals and support the recruitment,retention, and mentorship of senior faculty, tenure-track hires,postdoctoral scholars, and students.
• External Partnerships & Public Voice: Build strong partnerships with non-profit organizations, for-profitcompanies, government agencies, and policymakers to enablereal-world experimentation. Serve as an important public voice onthe ethical and social implications of emerging technologies.
• Fundraising & Advancement: Partner withUniversity Advancement in fundraising and donor engagement effortsto expand the Institute's reach and global impact.

Experience, Qualifications, andExpectations

• Leadership Experience: At least 10 years ofdemonstrated leadership experience leading complex organizations,large collaborative initiatives, and/or multidisciplinary researchprograms.
• Education: A bachelor’s degree is required. APh.D. or the equivalent terminal degree is preferred. Given theinstitute’s fundamentally interdisciplinary mission, the universitywelcomes candidates from a broad range of disciplines, includingthe humanities and social sciences, as well as from computationalfields such as computer science, engineering, statistics, and datascience.
• Academic and Professional Credibility: Theideal profile includes an internationally recognized record ofscholarly or professional achievement sufficient for a tenuredfaculty or professor of the practice appointment, along with theproven ability to navigate a mission-driven organizationalenvironment.
• Core Competencies: Exceptional communication,resource management, and relationship-building skills. Anentrepreneurial mindset capable of building institutions from theground up and bridging academia, civil society, and industry.
• Mission Commitment: A profound, demonstrablecommitment to advancing Boston College’s defining Jesuit andCatholic mission of formative education and ethicaldiscernment.

The expected salary range for this position is$250,000-$350,000. The actual pay offered to the selected candidatewill be determined based on factors such as, but not limited to,candidate qualifications and prior experience, scope ofresponsibilities, internal equity, and market considerations.

About Boston College

Founded in 1863, Boston College is one of the 27 Jesuit,Catholic universities in the United States. It enrollsapproximately 14,000 students and is dedicated to the pursuit oftruth and the use of knowledge in service to the common good. TheUniversity’s mission is rooted in a world view that values rigorousintellectual development and ethical formation.

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as partof the hiring process.

Boston College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does notdiscriminate on the basis of any legally protected category,including disability and protected veteran status. Boston College'sNotice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.