Position Details
Position Information
Title of Position
Executive Director, Ethical and Applied AI Hub
Position Number
A11330
FLSA
Exempt
Scheduled Hours Per Week
35
Department
GBA Administrative
Campus
Lincoln Center
Work Arrangement
Onsite
Hybrid Policy:
Please review the Hybrid Policy at www.fordham.edu/hybridpolicy.
Position Summary
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. Assesses 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
This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.
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.
Additional Functions
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
$140,000
Maximum Starting Salary
$170,000
Note
Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.
Is this a Union position?
No
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
A1186P
Number of Vacancies
1
Start Date
ASAP
Posting Date
11/06/2026
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