8 department lead jobs found in Cambridge

The Senior Manager for Program Delivery will manage a portfolio of in-person and virtual executive education programs for the Program on Negotiation (PON).  The Senior Manager provides logistical oversight and management of executive education sessions to ensure high-quality courses and programmatic offerings. In this role the Senior Manager for Program Delivery directs staff (both internal and external), makes strategic decisions that effect and impact the success of the program and ensure a seamless participant experience. The Senior Manger establishes and manages expectations with faculty, participants and vendors, serving as a point person between all constituents.   As a Senior Manager for Program Delivery, you will:   Serve as manager and main point of contact of both in-person and virtual programs and responsible for including but not limited to: developing and maintaining strong working relationships with faculty, staff, and external clients, negotiating vendor...

Job Summary: The Director of Learning Experience and Design serves as a key senior member of the Professional Education (PPE) team at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The Director joins the Portfolio Director (PD) team and reports to the Senior Portfolio Director. In this critical leadership role, the Director manages the Learning Experience and Design (LXD) team of learning designers and learning technologists to drive the strategic development and continuous improvement of high-quality, learner-centered programs and extensions, focusing primarily on online, hybrid, and on-demand. The Director collaborates closely with the other Portfolio Directors, faculty, practitioners, and external partners to ensure the design and implementation of innovative learning experiences that align with HGSE’s mission and advance its positive impact on the education sector. The Director oversees the program design process—including instructional design and course development—and...

The Computational Policy Lab at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with specialized expertise in software development, generative AI, and data science. This position is housed within the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Through teaching and research at the Kennedy School of Government and its program of visiting fellows, conferences and initiatives, the Center is at the forefront of its area of inquiry.  Application Requirements Applications must include the following, or they will be considered incomplete: Resume Cover letter including: A link to a piece of code on GitHub that you wrote, ideally something that demonstrates your technical skills and you’d enjoy walking us through if you were selected for an interview A short description of the project you linked to Confirmation that you are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship for at least two years...

Professor Goel’s Computational Policy Lab at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School is seeking a Software Engineer with specialized expertise in software development, generative AI, and data science. This position is housed within the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Through teaching and research at the Kennedy School of Government and its program of visiting fellows, conferences and initiatives, the Center is at the forefront of its area of inquiry. Application Requirements Applications must include the following, or they will be considered incomplete: Resume Cover letter including: A link to a piece of code on GitHub that you wrote, ideally something that demonstrates your technical skills and you’d enjoy walking us through if you were selected for an interview A short description of the project you linked to Confirmation that you are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship for at least two years...

Admissions and Enrollment Specialist Responsibilities:  The Admissions and Enrollment Specialist will serve a critical role within Professional Education (PPE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), which serves over 15,000 professionals in early childhood, K-12, and higher education around the world each year through a diverse portfolio of 100+ professional learning offerings. Reporting to the Admissions and Engagement Manager, you will manage the engagement, business development, and admissions for a set of programs within an assigned portfolio. You will work closely with accomplished leaders and educators from throughout the world who are seeking professional development through PPE’s programs. You will execute outreach and follow-up to stimulate interest and convert it to enrollment, providing exceptional relationships, service, and guidance. You will own all aspects of the application, review, decision, and enrollment process for a large volume and diverse...

Harvard Capital Projects (HCP) is an internal resource for the Harvard community providing project management services across the entire campus. HCP works collaboratively with a variety of Harvard Schools and Departments, providing project management services for a variety of campus renewal, campus growth, and development and undergraduate house renewal projects. HCP prides itself on being a center of excellence for capital project delivery. The Project Manager reports to the Associate Director for Campus Renewal and will be responsible for managing primarily energy and utility related projects including mechanical and electrical infrastructure upgrades, building system upgrades, and building envelope upgrades. The project manager may also manage tenant fit outs for both academic and commercial use. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Project Management Works independently and successfully manage, in whole or in part as assigned, core project activities: budget, scope, and...

Job Summary: The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University seeks a Senior Research Manager to oversee and further develop the analytical work of the Center. CEPR partners with school districts, charter school networks, and state education agencies to bring high quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decisions. CEPR seeks to transform education through the power of research and evidence. CEPR and its partners believe all students will learn and thrive when education leaders make decisions using evidence, rather than hunches and untested assumptions. In pursuit of this end, CEPR both conducts cutting-edge quantitative research on critical topics for the field and develops new and faster models of education research that can better support education leaders. The SRM will be a critical part of the CEPR team, helping education leaders to learn what’s working and what’s not in education. The Senior Research...

Design, plan, and implement software and data services that support and enrich research productivity and reliability.  Develop software and data services with researchers to ensure that modern standards of reproducible research are kept. Job-Specific Responsibilities: The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is hiring a Senior Research Software Engineer (RSE) to support a portfolio of faculty-led research projects under the HDSI–AWS Impact Computing Alliance. This role is designed for an engineer who thrives in research settings and enjoys translating scientific goals into robust, efficient, and reproducible AI/ML systems. Rather than being tied to a single lab, the RSE will provide shared, cross-project engineering support—helping multiple teams accelerate discovery by building and optimizing machine learning infrastructure, improving performance on modern hardware (including AI accelerators), and enabling scalable execution in AWS and HPC environments. Projects may span...