Founding Director For The Elaine And John Harmon Center For Leadership In Technology And Harmon Professor Leadership In Technology

Cedar Crest College-a women's college in Allentown, PA-seeks a dynamic and entrepreneurial faculty leader to serve as Founding Director for The Elaine and John Harmon Center for Leadership in Technology. Cedar Crest has partnered with the national search firm of Scott Healy & Associates to assist in this search.

Supported by a $3.3M gift, The Harmon Center for Leadership in Technology is part of a bold vision to transform technology education at Cedar Crest for its innovative and socially responsible uses. The Harmon Center will also serve as a hub to help community leaders and our regional Lehigh Valley workforce develop the ethical uses of technology to positively shape people's lives and our communities. The Founding Director will help lead the creation of the Harmon Center, while building new bachelor-degree programs spanning fundamental computer and data science to applied technology fields, including potential areas such as machine learning, modelling of complex systems, and other grand challenges in technology. Additional programs that leverage existing institutional strengths in forensics and health would also elicit enthusiasm.

The Harmon Center will develop academic programs that span basic science fields that may include computer science, data science, and applied math, as well as applications to major inquiry areas such as the modeling of complex, adaptive systems. The Founding Director may also assist academic departments in the development of technology-focused graduate study areas that are part of our existing degrees in Forensic Science, Crime Science, and Business Administration.

The Founding Director position offers a unique opportunity to shape the vision for the Harmon Center as a strategic priority for Cedar Crest College, as part of our "Open the Door to What's Next" plan for 2026. Serving as the prestigious Harmon Professor of Leadership in Technology, the director will create leading-edge undergraduate curricula in emerging technology areas, help shape the scope of applied technology general education for our undergraduates, and build a community center for the ethical use of technology for our common good.

The Founding Director will hold an appointment at open faculty rank based upon experience and qualifications, while serving as a member of the Department of Business, Management & Economics. The faculty appointment shall be tenure-track/tenured and 12-months annually. The position will be resident on Cedar Crest's Allentown, Pennsylvania campus.

An ideal candidate should meet the following qualifications:

• A doctoral degree earned in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technology field (e.g., PhD, DCS, DBA).

• Five or more years of progressive levels of leadership, organizational responsibility, and technology expertise in education, preferably at the college or university level.

• An entrepreneurial record and administrative experience including, curriculum building, program planning and implementation, personnel management and evaluation, community engagement, and program budgeting.

• Demonstrated effectiveness in teaching, scholarship, service, and academic administration in an institution of higher education or (if not coming from higher education professional experience) the promise of such ability from related technology industry experience.

• Success as a creative and collaborative leader with experience in working with communities and securing external grant or other revenue sources.

• Excellent leadership, interpersonal relationship, and communication skills, with experience marketing a new program or product being a plus.