Regional Network Program Director, Silicon Valley

• Full-time
• Unit:
  Inst for Ethics and the Common Good - 28013
• Job Family:
  Academic Aff

The University of Notre Dame, founded in 1842 in Notre Dame, Indiana, is a premier American research university. As a Catholic institution, it uniquely blends faith with intellectual inquiry, striving for excellence in teaching, research, and serving the common good. Notre Dame offers a dynamic and rewarding environment for its diverse community of students, faculty, and staff, who are all dedicated to fostering an inclusive campus and being a force for good in the world.

With world-class facilities, acclaimed academic programs, and a strong commitment to innovation and ethical leadership, Notre Dame is an ideal place to make a meaningful impact.

Are you interested in joining a highly collaborative, talented team at an exciting time in the history of Notre Dame? Do you want to help advance a major strategic priority for the University focused on applied and virtue ethics, including AI ethics and the love ethic? Are you motivated to build from the ground up high impact programs that assist corporate, faith communities, non-profits, and education leaders tackle ethically complex issues?

Do you want to lead a Network-building campaign that will elevate Notre Dame’s impact and reputation in AI ethics? If so, please apply to be the Regional Network Program Director, Silicon Valley for the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative (ND-EI) and the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (ECG). Emerging from the University’s Strategic Framework, ND-EI is a collaborative cross-campus initiative to establish Notre Dame as a premier university for research in ethics, offering superb training for future generations of ethicists and ethical leaders and directing all of our efforts toward guiding and strengthening public understanding of the most significant ethical issues of our time.

The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good is the administrative flagship of the Ethics Initiative and serves as the primary home for interdisciplinary groups of faculty fellows, researchers, non-profit and faith leaders, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate scholars studying questions that engage complex ethical challenges of our time and affect our ability to lead valuable, meaningful lives. Over the next five years the ECG will execute three major grants: one from IBM to advance technology ethics, one from the John Templeton Foundation focused on love and its role in social transformation, and one from the Lilly Endowment Inc.,

to forward and expand DELTA, a faith-based ethical framework which seeks to shape a Christian-inspired vision of humanity in an AI-driven world. The DELTA grant is the largest private grant in Notre Dame’s history. The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good seeks a Regional Network Program Director (RNPD) to design, lead, and sustain Notre Dame and ECG’s strategy to build a vibrant hub and network of educators, technologists, faith-based leaders, young adults, and public audiences within Silicon Valley and across key locations on the West Coast.

This requires sophisticated and experienced strategic leadership for advancing the DELTA framework, moving well beyond implementation toward shaping its long-term vision and impact. The position is responsible for formulating program strategies, developing policies, and leading multi-year planning that aligns DELTA’s ethical principles with institutional priorities in light of emerging trends, opportunities, and challenges arising within the Silicon Valley eco-system. By setting direction, identifying opportunities for growth and influence, and guiding cross-functional collaboration, the role ensures that the DELTA framework evolves as a coherent, sustainable, and mission-driven network with lasting relevance and reach.

The DELTA Network will be built into an active coalition of educators, faith leaders, technologists, and emerging adults committed to shaping a Christian-inspired vision of humanity in an AI-driven world—and using it to guide their lives and communities. DELTA is an acronym for the ethical framework which animates the…