Senior Vice President and Chief Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Officer

Job Summary

Reporting to the President, the Senior Vice President and Chief Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Officer provides executive leadership and strategic vision for three interconnected institutional priorities: (1) enterprise-wide AI implementation across operations, academics, and research; (2) innovation ecosystem development, including research commercialization and technology transfer; and (3) strategic technology leadership through executive oversight of the Division of Information Technology. The SVP is responsible for driving AI adoption equally across operations, academics, and research;

building FIU's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem; and advancing the University's strategic goals. The SVP fosters a culture of innovation that drives research excellence, operational efficiency, student success, and economic impact across the University's strategic focus areas as defined in the current Strategic Plan. The SVP provides executive oversight of the Vice President & Chief Information Officer and the Division of Information Technology, unifying technology infrastructure, AI strategy, and innovation initiatives under a single executive.

The SVP chairs the AI Governance Council and coordinates directly with the President, Provost, CFO, SVP and Chief of Staff, and all Vice Presidents to ensure AI implementation, innovation, and technology strategy are enterprise-wide, fiscally disciplined, and aligned with the University's Strategic Plan. This individual brings private‑sector execution discipline to the university environment, working collaboratively with the university community—including StartUP FIU, the Office of Research and Economic Development, and industry partners—to define the vision and lead the implementation of innovation-driven initiatives that position FIU as a national leader among public research universities and a catalyst for economic prosperity in the State of Florida.

• Reports to the President of the University and provides executive oversight of the Vice President & Chief Information Officer and the Division of Information Technology, unifying AI strategy and technology infrastructure under a single executive.
• Develops and executes the University-wide AI strategy, governance framework, and implementation roadmap across operations, academics, and research equally serving as the institutional authority on AI policy, ethics, vendor selection, and deployment priorities.
• Chairs the AI Governance Council and establishes enterprise AI standards, data governance policies, and vendor approval requirements that all units must follow. Ensures no AI platform, tool, or application is deployed university-wide without SVP review and approval.
• Leads AI implementation in research domains coordinating AI‑augmented research infrastructure (HPC, data warehouses, ML pipelines) with Division of IT and Office of Research and Economic Development to expand faculty capacity and increase industry‑sponsored research across the University's strategic focus areas accelerating Total Research Expenditures in alignment with the University's Strategic Plan.
• Builds FIU's innovation ecosystem by positioning the University as a premier research and AI partner for Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, and technology firms. Fosters research commercialization, technology transfer, and intellectual property licensing in coordination with ORED and StartUP FIU, directly supporting the University's strategic goals for external funding growth and maximizing FIU's economic impact to the State of Florida.
• Leads AI implementation in operational domains including HR, finance, travel, audit, and procurement to reduce costs, improve accuracy, and accelerate service delivery, targeting measurable efficiency gains in administrative processes.
• Ensures all AI governance frameworks comply with federal, state, and Board of Governors regulations, including FERPA, HIPAA, and emerging AI‑specific legislation, in coordination with General Counsel.
• Coordinates directly with the President, Provost, CFO, SVP and Chief of Staff, and all Vice Presidents to ensure AI adoption is enterprise-wide, balanced…