Executive Director, AI Institute

Job Location:

Fort Wayne Campus - Fort Wayne, IN 46803, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: Doctorate Degree Preferred, Job Category:
Artificial Intelligence, Indiana Tech is a thriving, independent, teaching-oriented university that delivers career-oriented programming in a wide variety of disciplines that includes business, engineering, computer sciences, criminal justice, cybersecurity, marketing, health sciences, communication and helping professions. Indiana Tech enrolls nearly 1,500 students in its traditional undergraduate programs on its picturesque main campus, and nearly 5,000 students in its adult and online program.

We offer degrees at the associate, bachelor’s, master's, and doctoral levels and undergraduate and graduate certificates.

Over 41% of our students are either globally or domestically diverse; this contributes to our unique vibrant and inclusive campus community. All academic programs are designed to provide students with relevant and practical experiences, including an emphasis on internships. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

Indiana Tech is committed to fostering a welcoming and respectful environment for all. We actively support the recruitment, engagement, and retention of students, faculty, and staff from a wide range of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. We believe that creating a sense of connection and support across our campus community plays an essential role in preparing students to succeed and contribute in a global society.

Indiana Tech has big plans for its future. Learn more at Indiana Tech Strategic Plan or strategic plan.indianatech.edu.

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…