Vice Chancellor Industry Engagement and Executive Director, SUNY Industry Engagement Hub

The Leadership Opportunity:

The State University of New York (SUNY) System Administration and the Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF) seek an accomplished and entrepreneurial leader to launch and lead the SUNY Industry Engagement Hub, a transformative initiative designed to accelerate industry-sponsored research, strengthen corporate partnerships, and expand industry engagement across the SUNY system. The inaugural Vice Chancellor and Executive Director will report to the SUNY Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and President of the Research Foundation and will work in close strategic partnership with the SUNY Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development.

The Senior Vice Chancellor will provide guidance, context, and perspective on SUNY's research and economic development priorities. The Vice Chancellor and Executive Director will also work closely with the RF Vice President for Innovation and Partnerships to advance opportunities for innovation, industry engagement, and partnerships across SUNY. This is a rare opportunity to build an organization and shape the future of university-industry engagement at one of the nation's largest public higher education systems.

This position will help define how industry engages with SUNY's world-class research enterprise for years to come. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build a new organization, influence system-wide strategies, and create partnerships that accelerate innovation, economic development, and research impact across New York State.

The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States. Its impact in New York State and across the globe begins with its 64 institutions, including research universities, academic medical centers, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, colleges of technology, and an online learning network. SUNY serves nearly 1.3 million students in credit-bearing courses and programs and through continuing education and community outreach programs.

The institution's nearly 3 million SUNY alumni are located around the globe, each making their own unique impact. SUNY was created out of a commitment to opportunity and access and designed to meet diverse needs across a vast geographic landscape. SUNY reflects both the land-grant mission reborn and a reputation for embracing new thinking and brighter ideals. Its faculty and students are constantly seeking, generating, analyzing, and sending knowledge back into the world through informed citizens, revitalized communities, and experts who transform entire sectors.

SUNY's colleges and universities are state-supported, and its graduates have been giving back and transforming the lives of local and global citizens since it was established over 70 years ago. Millions of SUNY alumni are working in their communities every day, changing and improving the world with exceptional contributions - whether defined as a medical breakthrough, a technological innovation, an inspirational piece of art, or the birth of a new business.

By leveraging its talents and resources in targeted, quantifiable ways, SUNY bolsters New York's economy and enhances quality of life for its citizens. Find more information about SUNY here.

Chartered in 1951 by the New York State Board of Regents as a non-profit education corporation, the SUNY Research Foundation (RF) is the largest comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country. The RF supports a vibrant research ecosystem that cultivates innovation and entrepreneurship across multiple key areas, including Artificial Intelligence, Clean Energy, Biotechnology, Longevity, Substance Addiction, Next-gen Quantum Computing, Environmental Health, and Resiliency.

• $1.27 billion in total revenue (FY26);
• $5.1 million in technology accelerator funds;
• $40M in capital secured by 84 supported companies.

Driving social impact, enhancing human well-being, and stimulating economic growth, the RF provides SUNY's campuses with an infrastructure of people, technology, and processes that enable faculty to:

• write and submit grant proposals to agencies, foundations, and companies;
• establish contracts and manage funding awarded to run campus-based research projects;
• protect and commercialize intellectual property created within those projects;
• establish enduring partnerships that shape the future.