Director - Strategic Partnerships (Technology—AI frontier labs, major technology)

Employment Type: Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Vacancy ID: NF0009870

Salary Range: Dependent on experience and qualifications

Position Summary/Description:
Bottom line: You will make Carolina the best university partner for the technology industry AI frontier labs and major technology companies, and help build the next chapter of Carolina’s excellence.

Reporting directly to the Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, the Director owns this vertical end to end. You own your vertical and you will work shoulder-to-shoulder with the other Directors of Strategic Partnerships, individual academic units (schools, institutes, and faculty), and the Partnership Success Managers who steward each relationship through the life of the partnership.

This role demands deep industry knowledge and contacts. Table stakes on day one is the ability to pick up the phone and call the leaders of five major firms in your domain for ex...