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Executive Director, Expanded Pathways to Entrepreneurship- Robotics Institute

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The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. Seeking to combine the practical and the theoretical, we have diversified efforts and approaches to robotics science while retaining the original goal of realizing the potential of the robotics field.

The Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University seeks an Executive Director for its new Expanded Pathways to Entrepreneurship project funded via Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant. In the Expanded Pathways to Entrepreneurship project, CMU will lead a fellowship program for aspiring entrepreneurs and technologists from historically excluded communities.

The fellowship will be directed by the Robotics Institute and co-created with industry partners and community organizations such as InnovatePGH, Women in Tech PGH, Black Tech Nation and the Pittsburgh Robotics Network. The project will integrate new, diverse talent, including people of color, women and individuals from rural and coal communities, into the region's top-tier robotics and autonomy ecosystem, preparing them to launch companies or enter high-impact positions at existing local companies.

Reporting to the faculty Project Director, this position provides executive direction and project management.

Job Functions:
  • Takes project from original concept through final implementation.
  • Accountable for project planning, scheduling, and budget and risk assessment throughout project cycle. Facilitates communications for project teams, sponsors and university constituents.
  • Consults/partners with multi-departmental stakeholders, technical managers, and vendors.
  • May direct/garner technical or staff resources at various stages in the project cycle. Has shared accountability for project outcomes.
  • Provides day to day execution of program, relationship management with other partners, meeting grant milestones and objectives, connecting fellows and faculty mentors, fellow cohort management and admissions.
  • May coordinate or oversee stipend and housing payments for fellows, events, calendaring, meetings, scheduling for program, on-boarding and off-boarding of fellows.
Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree
  • 5-8 years of experience
  • A combination of education and relevant experience from which comparable knowledge is demonstrated may be considered.
Requirements:
  • Successful background check
The salary range for this position is $100,917 - $ 125,850.00

Inclusion, collaboration and cultural sensitivity are valued competencies at CMU. Therefore, we are in search of a team member who is able to effectively interact with a varied population of internal and external partners at a high level of integrity. We are looking for someone who shares our values and who will support the mission of the university through their work.

CMU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements: As a condition of employment, Carnegie Mellon University requires all staff and faculty working in the United States to be fully vaccinated, including a booster when eligible, against COVID-19. Prior to commencement of employment, new hires in the United States must provide proof of vaccination or obtain an approved exemption. (Exemptions may be requested for medical reasons or for religious or strong moral or ethical conviction.) Staff and faculty must comply with all applicable COVID-19 mitigation requirements. Please see Minimum Requirements to Return to Campus for details regarding the university’s current COVID-19 mitigation requirements.

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function

Program, Project and Operations Management

Position Type

Staff – Regular

Full Time/Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary

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  • Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran .

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Carnegie Mellon Univesity

Carnegie Mellon University challenges the curious and passionate to imagine and deliver work that matters.

A private, global research university, Carnegie Mellon stands among the world's most renowned educational institutions, and sets its own course. Start the journey here.

Over the past 10 years, more than 400 startups linked to CMU have raised more than $7 billion in follow-on funding. Those investment numbers are especially high because of the sheer size of Pittsburgh’s growing autonomous vehicles cluster – including Uber, Aurora, Waymo and Motional – all of which are here because of their strong ties to CMU.

With cutting-edge brain science, path-breaking performances, innovative startups, driverless cars, big data, big ambitions, Nobel and Turing prizes, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn't imagine the future, we create it. 

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