Executive Director, NYU Wireless
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Brooklyn, NY · HybridTemporary / Full-time$160–200K/yrPosted 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Executive Director, NYU Wireless will serve as the center’s primary architect of external partnerships, supporting its long-term growth and research leadership. The role bridges technical expertise with executive strategy to pursue large-scale, multi-sector research opportunities. It is a two-year fixed-term position focused on wireless research, industry collaboration, and organizational leadership.
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The Executive Director, NYU Wireless will serve as the primary architect of the center’s external partnerships, ensuring its long-term growth and sustained leadership. This role is designed for a visionary who can bridge deep technical expertise with executive-level strategy to capture large-scale, multi-sector research opportunities.This is a 2 year fixed term position.
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Required Education:Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline.Preferred Education:Doctoral Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related technical field with an emphasis on advanced wireless communications, networking, or signal processing. Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related technical field with an emphasis on advanced wireless communications, networking, or signal processing.Required Experience:7+ years executive-level leadership in industrial R&D, global technology standardization, or technology strategy within the telecommunications or semiconductor sectors, supervision and budget management.Preferred Experience:7+ years extensive experience in top-level technical executive or managerial roles within leading wireless industry organizations, global telecommunications firms, or semiconductor leaders; proven track record of managing multi-million dollar R&D portfolios and successfully bridging industry and academic research initiatives.Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:Technical Eminence: Internationally recognized expertise in advanced wireless architectures, physical layer design, or radio interface technologies. Network: A vast, active professional network of executive and technical leaders across the global technology ecosystem. Scholarly Prominence: A world-class record of research contributions and scientific publication. Consortium Leadership: Proven experience establishing, leading, or scaling complex multi-party research consortia or joint industry-university centers.Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:Demonstrated expertise in large-scale budget oversight and organizational management; deep technical knowledge of commercial wireless product development, physical layer design, standards bodies (e.g., 3GPP, IEEE), and spectrum policy; expansive network of C-level and technical leaders across global industry, academia, and government funding agencies (NSF, NTIA, DoD).
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In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $160,000.00 to USD $200,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.
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Posting Number2026-16782
Posted Date (11/5/2026 1:47 PM)
Location : LocationUS-NY-Brooklyn
Hybrid Remote Work ClassificationHybrid: 60% to 80% Onsite
DepartmentNYU Wireless (Administrators)
School/DivisionNYU Tandon School of Engineering (PE1001)
Compensation GradeBand 54
UnionN/A
FT/PTFull-Time
CategoryAcademic Program Support
How this job compares
Set against the 542 open Executive Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$160–200K/yr
- New York median$171–260K/yr92 salary ranges
- US median$180–260K/yr383 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $180K, is 15% below the New York median midpoint ($212K) — in the middle half of Executive Director salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 96 open Executive Director jobs in New York and 542 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Executive Director postings that state a minimum ask for 10 years at the median (404 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 269 of the 542 open Executive Director jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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