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Arizona State University is hiring a Director, AI Outcome Acceleration. This role leads cross-enterprise collaboration to accelerate institutional goals through strategic application of artificial intelligence, overseeing a team of AI Learning Specialists to drive AI adoption and measurable academic impact for students and faculty while ensuring ethical use of AI aligned with ASU's mission.

Highlights

Lead AI integration initiatives in teaching, learning, research, and operations in partnership with the University Provost.
Design and implement data systems to measure AI adoption impact and report outcomes.
Build and maintain trusted relationships with academic, administrative, and external partners.
Supervise, mentor, and grow the AI Learning Specialists team.
Ensure ethical and responsible AI usage following ASU's principled innovation framework.
Leverage AI to improve unit efficiency and performance.
Foster a relational, visionary, inclusive, and empowering culture within the team.
Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree with at least seven years of relevant experience, including two years in management, or equivalent experience.
Desired qualifications include an advanced degree, experience leading cross-functional initiatives in higher education, proficiency with data systems, and a strong commitment to inclusion, ethics, and sustainability.
Salary range: $95,000 to $130,000 annually, dependent on experience.

Director, AI Outcome Acceleration Full Description

Job Profile:Instructional Design Manager 3

Job Family:Instructional Design and Technology

Time Type:Full time

Max Pay - Depends on experience:$130,000.00 USD Annual

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Implements and manages teams that provide instructional design support for in one or more units to develop resources and materials to support teaching and learning. Collaborates in the creation of instructional design strategy for the unit.

Job Description:

Enterprise Technology's Learning Experience team partners across the ASU Enterprise to advance effective, impactful, and delightful technological experiences in campus and digital immersion learning environments. ASU's leadership in AI — both as a technology and a driver of human learning and creativity — calls for the addition of a team member who can bring strategic vision and strengthen action and data-driven partnerships across the university and with external partners.

The Director, AI Engagement, will lead cross-enterprise collaboration, partnering closely with the Office of the University Provost to accelerate institutional goals through the strategic application of artificial intelligence. In partnership with the Provost's office, this role is responsible for advancing measurable academic impact for both students and faculty by coordinating partnerships, scaling innovative practices, and ensuring alignment with ASU's mission of access, excellence, and principled innovation.

The successful candidate will have experience driving initiatives within higher education, creating trusted relationships across the enterprise. You will establish and extend data systems that track the impact of AI efforts at various points in the adoption and integration lifecycle. You will lead and expand a team of AI Learning Specialists who will drive strategy and adoption.

As with all members of the Enterprise Technology team, this role carries core responsibilities, including fostering a sense of belonging and cultivating a culture that is relational, visionary, and empowering. With a strong emphasis on authenticity and compassion, this position is dedicated to embodying and advancing our culture.

Salary: $95,000 - $130,000 per year / Depends on Experience

Essential Duties:

Partner with the Office of the University Provost to guide strategic initiatives that integrate AI into teaching, learning, research, and operations to improve student success and faculty effectiveness.
Design and implement systems to measure and report the impact of AI adoption and integration across the institution.
Build and sustain trusted relationships with academic, administrative, and external partners to advance outcomes.
Supervise and extend the AI Learning Specialists team, providing mentorship and professional growth.
Ensure ethical and responsible use of AI technologies in alignment with ASU's principled innovation framework.
Leverage AI in routine tasks and contribute ideas for using AI to improve the unit's efficiency and overall performance.
Take responsibility for fostering a positive culture, upholding organizational values, and championing engagement in all its forms.
Collaborate across teams and actively participate in ET/ASU events and programs.

Desired Qualifications:

Advanced degree (master's or doctorate) in education, information science, organizational leadership, or a related field.
Demonstrated ability to model empathy, compassion, and emotional intelligence.
Experience in a values-driven organization with a strong commitment to inclusion and belonging.
Ability to cultivate a psychologically safe environment where all team members can thrive.
Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional initiatives, including the adoption of emerging technologies in higher education.
Experience with data systems for tracking outcomes and continuous improvement.
Familiarity with AI ethics, bias mitigation, and responsible innovation practices.
Capacity to inspire and drive meaningful change in individual, institutional, and corporate behaviors to support a more sustainable environment.
Commitment to leading by example through effective communication, active participation, and advocacy for the institution's sustainability programs.

Working Environment:

Activities primarily take place in a standard, climate-controlled office environment and may involve extended periods of sitting, standing, or moving between office spaces.
This role involves regular use of a computer (desktop and/or laptop), including a keyboard and mouse.
Effective communication and proficiency with a variety of technologies are essential for collaboration with the broader team.
Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.
Regular responsibilities may require the ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.

Special Instructions:

Your cover letter (not to exceed two pages) should reflect your genuine perspective and address the following topics. Please also disclose how, if at all, AI tools assisted in preparing your application materials. This disclosure will not affect the evaluation of your application.

Please address the following questions in your cover letter:

Strategic AI Leadership:

How do you envision artificial intelligence driving measurable academic impact in higher education? Please share an example of how you have previously led an initiative that integrated emerging technologies to advance teaching, learning, or research outcomes.

Partnership & Collaboration:

Describe a time when you built and sustained trusted relationships across diverse stakeholders (e.g., faculty, administrators, or external partners). How did you ensure alignment with institutional values and goals while advancing innovation?

Ethical AI & Responsible Innovation:

Given ASU's commitment to principled innovation and responsible technology use, how do you approach ensuring ethical AI adoption? Please include examples of how you have addressed issues of equity, bias, or inclusion in technology-related work.

Team Leadership & Culture Building:

This role includes leading and expanding a team of AI Learning Specialists and fostering a culture of belonging, authenticity, and empowerment. What is your approach to mentoring, creating psychologically safe environments, and developing teams that thrive in innovation-driven contexts?

Measurement & Impact:

Please describe your experience with designing or extending data systems to measure impact. How have you used data to track outcomes, guide continuous improvement, and scale successful practices?

Enterprise Technology (ET) embraces its role as both an enabler and catalyst for advancing the vision and work of the New American University. We are a values-driven organization. Our commitments are reflected in all of the work we do in pursuit of operational excellence, the experience and delight of our community, and our strategic and innovation initiatives. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

Join the team that sparks human-centered innovation

ET is a rapidly reconfigurable and entrepreneurial organization at ASU that prioritizes and executes to meet the needs of our community of learners, faculty, researchers and staff. Our work emphasizes autonomy, flexibility and distributed decision-making to leverage the strengths of individuals. Together, we embrace a culture that nurtures, engages and embraces many voices with a shared lens of positive community impact and expanded opportunities for collaboration.

Why join us?

Mission oriented. Everything we do is to advance ASU's charter -- measuring who we include and how they succeed. We are staunch champions of learner success and put people first.

Flexibility. Our flexible work environment allows employees to explore opportunities with their supervisor beyond the traditional work schedule. Opportunities include hybrid work where staff are in person three days per week.

Culture forward. We embrace a Positive Core culture: Belonging, Relational, Authentic, Visionary and Empowered.

Scale of impact. Our work changes the world. With 200k+ learners, faculty, researchers and staff, working with ET means you have the capacity to improve many lives and entire communities.

World-class, low cost education. Our professional development is built in! ET encourages staff to seek additional certificates and degrees via ASU's top ranked programs with major tuition breaks.

Exposure to industry giants. ET partners with Amazon, Apple, Arista, Cox, Verizon, Salesforce, Alteryx and a diversity of technology companies to enhance our innovations and deepen their impact.

Driving Requirement:Driving is not required for this position.

Location:Campus: Tempe

Funding:No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply:

Current Employees and Students should apply directly within Workdayusing the Jobs Hub. Use this link and log in using SSO:

https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$13778.htmld

To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

Cover letter
Resume/CV

Note: Multiple documents can be submitted into the attachment box. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position. Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position. NOTE: GA and Intern positions are counted as .5 for job experience (ie. 1 year equals 6 months experience equivalency). Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

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ASU Statement:

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Background Check Statement:

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