Executive Director – Penn Center for Language and Vision - Penn Engineering

University of Pennsylvania•Moore, OK

About The Position

The Executive Director of the Penn Center for Language and Vision will work closely with the Center’s Faculty Director to develop new AI research initiatives, support collaborative grant proposals, and promote the Center through outreach and industry partnerships. The role also conducts research aligned with the Center’s activities, contributes to scientific publications, and prepares presentations, reports, and other grant-related materials.

Requirements

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
5–7 years of related experience.
Strong background and proven research experience promoting the development of NLP/ML and multimodal models for learning fundamental and complex concepts and their relationships; representing and retrieving explicit and implicit information; evaluating and grounding information; examining the relevance of linguistic and cognitive models of attention and salience in learning; and related areas.
Demonstrated interdisciplinary expertise in Language Technologies, Cognitive Science, and Educational Theory.
Experience with evaluation methodologies and human evaluation studies of AI systems.
Experience with grant writing and research management.

Responsibilities

Recruit, organize, and assist faculty teams and industry collaborators in writing grants, sponsored research agreements, and partnership proposals.
Conduct research and contribute to scientific publications.
Prepare presentations and reports and provide other grant-activities support for the Center.
Organize workshops, seminars, industry outreach, and other Center activities.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
Flexible spending accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
Tuition assistance for employees, spouses, and dependent children, including dependent-child tuition assistance at other institutions.
Basic, matching, and supplemental retirement plans.
Time away from work, including time for vacation, personal affairs, illness, injury, and family needs.
Long-term care insurance.
Wellness and work-life programs and resources.
Professional and personal development resources.
Access to University resources, libraries, athletic facilities, and cultural and recreational activities.
Discounts and special services, including arts and cultural admission and discounts on other goods and services.
Flexible work options and hours.
Forgivable home-purchase loan for eligible employees for closing costs or home improvements in West Philadelphia.
Adoption assistance reimbursement for eligible expenses, for up to two adoptions in the household.