Director and Chief Scientific Officer

Director and Chief Scientific Officer – Human Language Technology Center of Excellence

Salary: $250,000 - $400,000

Role Overview

The Johns Hopkins University Human Language Technology Center of Excellence (HLTCOE) seeks a highly respected, peer‑recognized researcher to serve as its Director and Chief Scientific Officer. Reporting to the School of Engineering’s vice dean for research, the director is charged with leading the research activities of the HLTCOE to ensure it maintains its leadership position and aligns with the needs of its government sponsor. This includes working collaboratively with HLTCOE researchers to extend their record of technical accomplishments, setting strategic directions, and identifying, recruiting, and mentoring new research staff. HLTCOE researchers develop advanced algorithms for analyzing speech, text, and multimodal data in multiple languages, extracting useful information from massive amounts of data to advance the state of the art in human language technology.

Location

Full‑time position located in Baltimore, Maryland. Starting date to be negotiated on availability.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a related and relevant role
• Doctorate in an HLT‑related field
• Proven leadership directing applied and theoretical efforts and managing research organizations
• Excellent communication skills for broad‑ranging audiences
• Strong networking skills
• Ability to recognize, recruit, and mentor high quality researchers and staff
• Ability to instill and maintain a highly collaborative work environment that values employees
• Experienced in building consensus through engagement
• Has a current or recent TS/SCI clearance with full‑scope polygraph (will consider candidates with a current or recent TS clearance)

Total Rewards

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