Executive Director, AI Institute

Indiana Tech•Fort Wayne, IN

About The Position

Indiana Tech is seeking a visionary, collaborative, and results-driven leader to serve as its Executive Director of the AI Institute. Reporting to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Executive Director will provide strategic vision and operational leadership for Indiana Tech’s AI Institute. This position will build a coordinated pathway that moves faculty, staff, and students from AI awareness to hands-on curriculum redesign while positioning Indiana Tech as a regional leader in the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence in higher education. The Executive Director will establish the Institute’s strategic vision, annual priorities, and multi-year roadmap in alignment with Indiana Tech’s Strategic Plan and the AIHE grant. This leader will oversee the Institute’s faculty AI-development pipeline, spanning awareness, coaching, and curriculum execution, and will supervise a multidisciplinary team responsible for AI readiness, faculty strategy, curriculum design and integration, regional partnerships, and intelligent institutional operations. The Executive Director will serve as principal administrator for the AIHE grant, with responsibility for budget oversight, milestone tracking, funder reporting, and renewal or expansion proposals. This position will also oversee the Institute’s operating and grant budgets and establish shared metrics and reporting tools that clearly communicate progress across the AI-development pipeline. As the Institute’s principal liaison to the University AI Council, the Executive Director will ensure that programs, tools, and data practices align with Indiana Tech’s Artificial Intelligence Policy and applicable FERPA, GLBA, and data-governance obligations. This leader will convene and chair an AI Institute Advisory Board composed of academic deans, faculty, Information Technology, and Human Resources representatives to establish priorities and review new AI tools before campus-wide implementation. The Executive Director will build regional employer and community partnerships, represent the AI Institute to grantors, accreditors, and external funders, and monitor the national AI-in-higher-education landscape to inform institutional priorities. Additional responsibilities include leading change-management and communication efforts, publishing an annual “State of AI at Indiana Tech” report, sponsoring a faculty AI fellows or seed-grant program, and supporting the hiring, onboarding, and performance management of Institute employees.

Requirements

Master’s degree in higher education administration, educational technology, computer science, artificial intelligence, business, or a related field.
At least seven years of progressively responsible leadership experience in higher education.
Experience supervising professional staff.
Experience managing budgets and personnel.
Strong understanding of generative AI technologies, their applications in higher education, and related risks and compliance considerations (FERPA, GLBA, data governance).
Ability to balance innovation with responsible technology adoption.
Ability to translate complex technical, academic, and compliance matters for varied institutional audiences.
Experience administering grant-funded programs, including budget oversight and funder reporting.
Experience developing partnerships with external organizations (employers, community organizations, regional/national networks).
Outstanding written, verbal, and executive presentation skills.
Ability to build consensus and advance complex initiatives across academic and administrative units with competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

Doctoral degree in higher education administration, educational technology, computer science, artificial intelligence, business, or a related field.
Experience leading institutional AI, educational technology, or digital-transformation initiatives.
Experience working with or reporting to institutional governance and policy bodies (data-governance or AI-governance committees).
Experience leading organizational change associated with emerging technologies.
Experience developing institution-wide professional learning initiatives.
Experience supporting responsible AI adoption.
Experience building partnerships that connect higher education with employer and community needs.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic vision and operational leadership for Indiana Tech’s AI Institute.
Build a coordinated pathway for faculty, staff, and students from AI awareness to hands-on curriculum redesign.
Position Indiana Tech as a regional leader in the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence in higher education.
Establish the Institute’s strategic vision, annual priorities, and multi-year roadmap.
Oversee the Institute’s faculty AI-development pipeline (awareness, coaching, curriculum execution).
Supervise a multidisciplinary team responsible for AI readiness, faculty strategy, curriculum design and integration, regional partnerships, and intelligent institutional operations.
Serve as principal administrator for the AIHE grant, including budget oversight, milestone tracking, funder reporting, and renewal/expansion proposals.
Oversee the Institute’s operating and grant budgets.
Establish shared metrics and reporting tools to communicate progress across the AI-development pipeline.
Serve as the Institute’s principal liaison to the University AI Council.
Ensure programs, tools, and data practices align with Indiana Tech’s Artificial Intelligence Policy and applicable FERPA, GLBA, and data-governance obligations.
Convene and chair an AI Institute Advisory Board.
Build regional employer and community partnerships.
Represent the AI Institute to grantors, accreditors, and external funders.
Monitor the national AI-in-higher-education landscape to inform institutional priorities.
Lead change-management and communication efforts.
Publish an annual “State of AI at Indiana Tech” report.
Sponsor a faculty AI fellows or seed-grant program.
Support the hiring, onboarding, and performance management of Institute employees.