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The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Project Manager, Sensitive Data & AI Systems in NEW YORK, New York
- Job Type: Officer of Administration * Bargaining Unit: * Regular/Temporary: Regular * End Date if Temporary: * Hours Per Week: 35 * Standard Work Schedule: * Building: * Salary Range: $185,000 - $195,000The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.Position SummaryReporting to PIs on the Mosaic Inference Defender against LLM-Assisted Threats (MIDLLMAT) project. The Project Manager will lead the day-to-day execution of a multi-institutional research program to develop and evaluate advanced AI systems for sensitive information extraction, access control, and malicious user detection. The project integrates large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), knowledge graphs, and human-in-the-loop evaluation, using millions of declassified documents.The Project Manager role, requires exceptional experience managing large, interdisciplinary technical teams, overseeing AI systems that process sensitive data, coordinating human-subjects research, and ensuring compliance with complex data governance, privacy, and security frameworks. The Project Manager will serve as the operational nexus between computer scientists, statisticians, historians, external evaluators, and government stakeholders.This position is supported by external grant funding. Continued employment is contingent on funding availability.ResponsibilitiesProject & Team Leadership - 30% * Lead operational management of a complex, distributed research program involving Columbia University faculty and students, consultants, and external partners. * Coordinate work across teams of computer scientists, statisticians, historians, data scientists, and evaluation specialists. * Oversee timelines, milestones, deliverables, and reporting requirements across multiple technical workstreams.The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.Position SummaryReporting to PIs on the Mosaic Inference Defender against LLM-Assisted Threats (MIDLLMAT) project. The Project Manager will lead the day-to-day execution of a multi-institutional research program to develop and evaluate advanced AI systems for sensitive information extraction, access control, and malicious user detection. The project integrates large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), knowledge graphs, and human-in-the-loop evaluation, using millions of declassified documents.The Project Manager role, requires exceptional experience managing large, interdisciplinary technical teams, overseeing AI systems that process sensitive data, coordinating human-subjects research, and ensuring compliance with complex data governance, privacy, and security frameworks. The Project Manager will serve as the operational nexus between computer scientists, statisticians, historians, external evaluators, and government stakeholders.This position is supported by external grant funding. Continued employment is contingent on funding availability.ResponsibilitiesProject & Team Leadership - 30% * Lead operational management of a complex, distributed research program involving Columbia University faculty and students, consultants, and external partners. * Coordinate work across teams of computer scientists, statisticians, historians, data scientists, and evaluation specialists. * Oversee timelines, milestones, deliverables,