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Job Description:

This is not a traditional higher education IT role.

The successful candidate will help move ASU from fragmented systems and isolated data environments toward connected “data rivers” capable of powering real-time intelligence, institutional agility, and AI at scale. 

Salary Range: $132,300.00 - $200,000.00; depending on experience

Special Instructions to Apply: Please include a cover letter in your application speaking to your experience advancing AI and data transformation at an Enterprise scale.

Essential Duties:

The Executive Director of AI and Data will help shape how AI becomes embedded responsibly, securely, and strategically into the fabric of a modern public research university. This includes helping establish the technical foundations that support:

• AI-enhanced student success

• Personalized and adaptive digital experiences

• Intelligent institutional operations

• Research acceleration

• Responsible AI governance

• Human-centered automation

• Cross-functional interoperability at enterprise scale

This role will define and advance the enterprise architecture required to support:

• AI-enabled institutional operations

• Intelligent workflow orchestration

• Modern enterprise integrations

• Trusted and governed data ecosystems

• Semantic and analytics infrastructure

• Agentic AI systems and services

• Scalable digital experiences for students, faculty, researchers, and staff

This leader combines enterprise architecture, data engineering, AI platform strategy, systems integration, organizational transformation, and executive leadership to:

• Engage with executive leadership, faculty innovators, operational leaders, and cross-functional teams in conversations about institutional change, human-centered design, and the future of work in higher education.

• Advance architectures and practices that enable experimentation, interoperability, responsible AI adoption, and continuous organizational learning.

This leader will help ensure ASU remains at the forefront of AI innovation while aligning technology decisions with the university’s charter commitments to access, inclusion, student success, and public value.   

Desired Qualifications:

Most importantly, we are looking for a leader who understands that the future of AI is not simply about replacing human work — it is about amplifying human capability, accelerating insight, and creating more adaptive and responsive institutions. An  executive-level technology leader who combines deep technical credibility with institutional imagination.

The ideal candidate brings experience leading complex AI, data, or platform modernization initiatives within large-scale environments such as:

• Research universities

• Global enterprises

• Cloud and platform organizations

• Digital-native organizations

• Large healthcare, technology, or public-sector ecosystems

This individual should be equally capable of:

• Executing on strategic vision

• Designing modern AI-ready architectures

• Leading enterprise integration strategies

• Building trusted data ecosystems

• Scaling teams, platforms, and enterprise services 

• Driving organizational transformation

• Influencing executive stakeholders

• Bridging technical and non-technical audiences

• Developing high-performing technical teams

• Leading with empathy, curiosity, and a growth mindset

• Translating emerging technology into measurable institutional value

• Operating amid ambiguity and rapid technological change  

Successful candidates will demonstrate expertise in many of the following areas:

• Enterprise data architecture and governance

• AI/ML platforms and AI operations

• Cloud-native infrastructure and platform engineering

• Enterprise systems integration and APIs

• Semantic data models and modern analytics ecosystems

• Intelligent automation and agentic workflows

• Scalable AI deployment patterns

• Cybersecurity, privacy, and responsible AI practices

• Organizational change leadership

• Fostering a positive culture, upholding organizational values, and championing engagement

• Cross-functional collaboration in decentralized environments 

Working Environment:

• Activities primarily take place in a standard, climate-controlled office environment and may involve extended periods of sitting, standing, or moving between office spaces.

• This role involves regular use of a computer (desktop and/or laptop), including a keyboard and mouse.

• Effective communication and proficiency with a variety of technologies are essential for collaboration with the broader team.

• Frequent standing for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.

Driving is not required for this position.

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Instructions to Apply:

Current employees, student workers seeking staff opportunities, and students applying for student worker positions must apply directly through the Workday Jobs Hub.

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To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

• Cover letter

• Resume or CV

Multiple documents may be uploaded in the attachments section. Alternatively, applicants may combine all required materials into a single PDF for submission. Please ensure uploaded documents are clearly labeled and include your name.

Please ensure your resume includes all employment information in month and year format, for example 6/04 to 8/14, along with job title, job duties, and employer name for each position. Your resume should clearly demonstrate how your experience and background meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position. Incomplete applications or missing required materials may not be considered.

Important: Do not withdraw your application to make edits. Once an application is withdrawn, it cannot be edited, reactivated, or replaced with a new submission. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact The Office of Human Resources Talent Acquisition before the posting close date.

Graduate Assistant, Intern and part-time positions are counted as half time for experience equivalency, meaning one year equals six months of experience.

Only electronic applications will be accepted for this position. By submitting an application, you confirm that the information provided i