Associate Vice President, Research Computing and Data - Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
About the role
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a global leader in research and innovation, invites candidates to apply for the newly created role of Associate Vice President for Research Computing and Data (AVP RCD). This role offers a unique opportunity to elevate and transform CMU’s research computing ecosystem, positioning it to better support groundbreaking research, enhance collaboration, and enable leading-edge innovation across the university’s research enterprise.
Responsibilities
Define and execute a university-wide vision for leadership-class research computing and data that aligns with CMU's mission and strategic goals as a world-leading computing and AI university.
Expand upon scalable, sustainable models for service delivery, funding, and resourcing.
Represent the university in national and international research computing communities, such as the Campus Research Computing Consortium.
Partner with the Office of Government Relations in engaging with local, state, and federal officials, and Business Engagement Center to expand strategic industry partnerships.
Lead the expansion of CMU research computing to best-in-class levels, including advanced capabilities in cloud integration and specialized hardware utilization.
Develop a roadmap for translational computing that fosters innovative architectures and services that may be scaled across CMU researchers and, potentially, beyond the immediate CMU ecosystem.
Ensure the security, reliability, and scalability of research computing infrastructure to meet the demands of current and future research.
Optimize a multi-year approach to balancing on-premises resources and cloud resources with attention to all factors and ramifications of the approach including sustainability.
Establish and maintain user support mechanisms to assist researchers in effectively utilizing the research-computing resource.
Build the capacity to support research involving controlled/restricted data.
Engage sponsors, funders, advisors, donors, and elected officials in support of advancing CMU’s research computing vision.
Manage a team of research computing professionals and promote a collaborative and service-oriented culture.
Represent the University externally at conferences, corporate, or industry forums to position CMU as a preferred partner in research, innovation, and societal impact.
Qualifications
A master’s degree, with a PhD preferred, and 10 or more years of experience in research computing, with demonstrated success in leadership roles.
Proven management and strategic leadership skills, with exemplary communication skills to lead research computing development and coordination across the university’s colleges and programs.
A combination of education and relevant experience from which comparable knowledge is demonstrated may be considered.