Managing Director, Center for Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence & Physics

(30%) Personnel & Project Management: Hire, supervise, and develop six full-time staff supporting the Center’s integrated research and broader impacts initiatives. Set performance objectives, motivate personnel to achieve desired results, and ensure staff support of faculty efforts across research, workforce development and education, broadening participation, and knowledge transfer. Lead and manage daily operations, including supervise and facilitate cross-institution collaboration and internal and sub-award milestones achievements staff development, technology, and space, and ensure that operations are defined by and aligned with the Center’s academic priorities and University policy. 

(30%) Finance & Operations: Work with the Engineering School and other University-wide offices to build, manage, and report upon a $5M annual operating budget, including monitoring sub-award agreements and milestones achievements of four partner universities. Report on financial affairs to the federal agency sponsor, and communicate sponsor requests and other updates to University partners. Administer the Center’s seed funding program and the disbursement of funds to awardees. Facilitate the recruitment and supervision of postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate researchers, and work study students.

(20%) Leadership Support: Staff the Center’s monthly Executive Committee meetings, and delegate staffing duties for all other advisory and subcommittee meetings. Ensure that Center faculty and leadership have the administrative support necessary to achieve excellence in intellectual activities, societal impact, and overall operations. Represent the Center Director and Deputy Director’s goals and vision and serve as a liaison to faculty, schools, and administrative units of Columbia University, including senior University leadership. Facilitate integration, engagement and check deliveries from all members of the Center’s 50+-person/multi-institutional team of faculty, trainees, non-academic institutional partners, and administrators.

(20%) Communications, Events & Special Projects: Spearhead special projects as directed by the Center Director and Deputy Director, including but not limited to external communications, partnership development, event planning, new program design, and/or personnel recruitment. Manage Institute internal and external communications initiatives to align with the Center Director and Deputy Director’s strategic priorities.  Oversee Center-wide communications, regular events and annual meetings, NSF Site Visits, and outreach. Facilitate joint initiatives and expand impact through strong and productive relationships with key business, academic, and government leaders both locally and globally. Represent the Center at meetings, conferences, symposia, and other events. Oversee education programming, in partnership with the Universities’ schools, and identify areas to expand, grow offerings, and enhance interaction among programs and students. Develop new initiatives to foster collaborative inter- and transdisciplinary programming (e.g. seed funding, networking, seminars), including broadening the Center’s activity across underrepresented disciplines.