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Executive Director, IDE
  • Job Number: 25633
  • Functional Area: Administration
  • Department: MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Econ
  • School Area: Sloan School of Management
  • Pay Range Minimum: $144,505
  • Pay Range Maximum: $195,900
  • Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:
  • Pay Grade: 12


Posting Description

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IDE, Sloan Initiative on the Digital Econ, to work with the President, Provost, and other leaders at the Institute within the context of the Institute’s broader effort to develop Presidential Initiatives; work with the IDE Directors, the Dean’s office, and other research centers at Sloan to match the school’s overall strategy for research and fundraising; manage and steward key relationships of the Sloan School that optimize the global impact of Sloan and the IDE; broaden the support of key faculty to further enable their research and educational excellence; and further develop both short-term tactics and longer-term strategic planning to meet the IDE’s Key Performance Indicators to drive growth and impact.

A full job description is available, here: https://web.mit.edu/sloan-hr/jobs/IDEExecutiveDirector.pdf


Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of seven years of related work experience in senior organizational roles; strong leadership and management experience in an academic, non-profit, or professional services; robust people management skills; ability to collaborate and influence leaders and partners at all levels of the organization; experience taking projects to successful completion; interest, exposure to, and familiarity with digital technologies; be a creative and strategic thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit, and a customer-centric mindset; highly developed interpersonal skills and excellent judgment; highly organized; demonstrated success at building organizations and new programs including the ability to develop resources and human capital; and exceptional written, oral, and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with multiple constituencies (including faculty, students, media, policy makers, advisory board members and alumni) internally and externally. PREFERRED: Graduate degree; familiarity with MIT or a peer institution; and an understanding of the cultural and interpersonal dynamics of a large university.

4/9/2026