Executive Director

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement fundraising strategy with donors, philanthropic foundations, industry partners and public funders (e.g., NSF, NIH, DoD/DoE). Cultivate and steward relationships with major donors, foundations, and institutional partners.
• Partner with faculty and MACSS co-directors on developing annual priorities and a three-year implementation roadmap.
• Support MACSS professors in the launch of the new undergraduate CSS major, expanded MACSS tracks, doctoral CSS certificate, GIScience Minor, and possible partial or complete overseas (e.g., Hong Kong, Beijing) versions of UChicago degrees.
• Development and cultivation of strategic partnerships with key units at the University of Chicago, including the Data Science Institute, the Polsky Center, the College, and other academic divisions and schools.
• Use best practices to develop and execute organization's operational and overall strategic plan. Develops and implements relevant policies and procedures and ensures compliance.
• The ED is charged with generating and overseeing a diversified financial portfolio-external grants (donors, philanthropic foundations, NSF, NIH, DoD/DoE), industry partnerships, and indirect cost recovery-with a five-year goal of full-self-sufficiency.
• Develop industry partnerships (e.g., Google, Microsoft, etc.) and civic partnerships (e.g., City of Chicago, Department of Transportation, etc.) through sponsored research agreements, data-sharing MOUs, internships and fellows-in-residence programs.
• Develop collaborations with national and international universities to develop joint initiatives for research and pedagogy.
• Advise Social Science Division leadership on computational needs of affiliates.
• Lead and executes communications for C3S2 and elevates news of affiliates.
• Plan, manage and execute C3S2's signature events - colloquia and workshop series, a summer institute (with SISRM and SICSS ), open house, and annual capstone activities related to AI.
• Build and manage a unified C3S2 identity through a coordinated web portal , online engagement with digital and AI tools, events calendar, and a new newsletter and working-paper series.
• Lead cross-disciplinary research initiatives and co-mentored student projects.
• Provide executive-level management of C3S2's budget, human resources, and administrative operations.
• Oversee financial management across all revenue streams.
• Provide leadership for a Center with senior management and serves as a liaison to academic departments, professional organizations and administrative units of the University.
• Facilitate leadership review by the Advisory Committee.
• In partnership with colleagues, structure, recruit, and organize an Advisory Board of eminent internal and external professionals to assist with the

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Department SSD Chicago Center for Computational Social Science - C3S2 Staff and Temporary Employees About the Department The Chicago Center for Computational Social Science (C3S2) - informally known as "the Cube" - is a new strategic initiative within UChicago's Division of the Social Sciences. C3S2 consolidates the University's diverse CSS programs (MACSS, the CSS Ph.D. certificate, the undergraduate CSS minor, CSDS, and the CSS Workshop) into a single hub spanning 20+ departments and labs, organized around three core arms: Research, Education, and Engagement. Its dual mission is to advance social science through computation and to examine AI and computation as social phenomena in their own right. More information and Cube website can be found here. Job Summary The job manages multiple related teams of managers and professional staff responsible for leadership within a Center and serves as a liaison to academic departments, professional organizations, and administrative units of the University. Has overall responsibility for the management, operations, financial, outreach, and programming for the center. The Executive Director (ED) will lead all operational aspects of C3S2, translating an ambitious intellectual vision into institutional reality. The ED is charged with generating and overseeing a diversified financial portfolio - external grants (donors, philanthropic foundations, NSF, NIH, DoD/DoE), industry partnerships, and indirect cost recovery - with a five-year goal of full self-sufficiency. Working closely with Faculty Co-Directors James Evans (Knowledge Lab) and Marc Berman (Environmental Neuroscience Lab), the Executive Committee, and an External Advisory Board, the ED serves as the Center's primary operational strategist, fundraiser, external liaison, and community builder across the social sciences and other divisions and units. The Executive Director will also be subject to oversight and maintain a reporting relationship with the Dean's Office through the Chief of Staff/Associate Dean. As the Executive Director, this role provides an opportunity to be a part of a new strategic initiative, while benefiting from the deep institutional infrastructure of the University of Chicago.

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