Temporary Associate Director, Mass AI Hub Data Commons Collaborative

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Competitive total rewards package

Job summary

An emerging tech initiative in Boston is seeking a temporary Associate Program Director to lead the Data Commons Collaborative. This role involves ensuring AI development aligns with public interest and overseeing technical implementation for data management. Candidates should have significant experience in research and development. This position requires in-office work at least two days a week, offering a hybrid work schedule and a competitive rewards package.

Qualifications

• Fifteen years of professional experience in research, development, and/or industry.
• Experience in academia, federal research labs, and industry is preferred.
• Ability to work at the Boston or Westborough office as required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that AI development aligns with public interest.
• Oversee technical development for a data commons platform.
• Guide working group deliberations for data management.
• Inform policies on data access, governance, and use-case prioritization for data collection and sharing.
• Develop vision and policies for the Data Commons addressing data contributors and cross-agency collaboration.

Skills

Research and development experience

Policy development

Data governance

Strategic planning

Job description

The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative has established the Massachusetts Artificial Intelligence Hub (Mass AI Hub) as its newest operating division focused on furthering the Commonwealth's position as a global leader in artificial intelligence innovation. This pioneering initiative will drive collaboration between government, industry, startups, and academia to pursue solutions to critical challenges and unlock economic opportunities for businesses and residents across the state. The AI Hub will strive to make AI technology more accessible to enterprises, enable researchers, entrepreneurs, and startups to pursue development and commercialization of innovative ideas, and prepare the state's workforce for opportunities in AI while enabling all citizens to benefit from AI-driven changes.

The AI Hub is seeking to appoint a temporary Associate Program Director for its emerging Data Commons Collaborative, a stakeholder-driven initiative focused on enhanced access to public and private datasets to catalyze the discovery of new product innovations in artificial intelligence. The Data Commons Collaborative will be developed in partnership with the Artificial Intelligence Compute Resource (AICR) at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC).

This is a 10-15 hour a week position.

Role & Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Mass AI Hub Director, ensure that the development and deployment of AI in Massachusetts aligns with the public interest and respects the rights of the Commonwealth's citizens.
• Oversee the technical development and implementation of operating guidelines and standards for a data commons platform to support end-to-end development and lifecycle management of AI models and algorithms in priority sectors.
• Guide the deliberations of the Data Commons Collaborative working group, providing support for workstreams that establish policies and program requirements for data management (infrastructure), data security and governance, and a use case prioritization framework.
• Inform Mass AI Hub policies related to priority sector selection, legal and ethical data access considerations, and operating guidelines for data collection, sharing, access, and usage best practices.
• Develop and implement the vision, plans, and policies for the Data Commons, addressing the needs of data contributors (state agencies and quasi-governmental organizations) and coordinating with MGHPCC resources, Mass Tech Collaborative staff, and internal teams.

Requirements

• Fifteen years of professional experience in research, development, and/or industry.
• Experience in academia, federal research labs, and industry is preferred.
• Ability to work at the Boston or Westborough office as required or attend offsite meetings/events not easily accessible by public transportation.
• This position requires the ability to work at our Westborough or Boston Massachusetts office at least two days per week. This is not a fully remote position.

Benefits

MassTech offers a hybrid work schedule and a competitive total rewards package.