Chief Research Enablement Officer (CREO)
Core
Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for the full research enterprise at Harvard Kennedy School, aligning research administration, computing, and library services to support the research lifecycle.
Role type
Strategy-level principal research enablement officer
Builds
A cohesive research ecosystem supporting faculty, students, and fellows across discovery, data acquisition, analysis, and dissemination
Domain
Higher education + research operations + data governance
Required skills
Strategic leadership, organizational transformation, cross-functional integration, regulatory compliance, budgeting, stakeholder management, change management
Preferred skills
Experience with open science initiatives, digital scholarship, AI ethics in research, data security frameworks
Technologies
Data warehousing, secure computing environments, data governance tools, research compliance systems
Responsibilities
Develop and execute strategic plans for research and library services; oversee shared data warehousing infrastructure and data governance protocols; lead research compliance and sponsored award functions; represent the school in external forums on research policy and data security; coordinate staffing and resource allocation across portfolio units.
Seniority
Executive, strategic leadership