Executive Director, Data Driven Social Science Initiative

Overview

Reporting to the Faculty Director of the Data-Driven Social Science Initiative (DDSSI) and working closely with deans, chairs, faculty, and senior administrators within Princeton’s social sciences, the executive director will take a leading role in the development of Princeton University’s Data Driven Social Sciences Initiative. The executive director will serve as the public face of the DDSS in building a durable, sustainable, state-of-the-art infrastructure—including computing resources, processes, guidelines, administrative and legal support, secure data analysis environments, etc.—to encourage and support the use of data in academic and scholarly research at Princeton.

The executive director will lead the initiative, identifying challenges, garnering information and resources, and developing a strategic framework for future planning. The executive director will collaborate with a wide range of campus partners—including faculty in the social sciences, the offices of the Provost, Dean for Research, Information Technology, General Counsel, Finance and Treasury—to articulate and expand the initiative’s vision, long-term goals, short-term objectives, and measurements for success.

Responsibilities