AI Hub Program Lead

Description

Holtzbrinck is a global leader in media, science, and education, combining iconic brands such as Nature and Macmillan with impactful innovation to shape the future of learning, research, and knowledge dissemination.

Launching in San Francisco, Holtzbrinck's AI Hub serves as a premier AI nexus, connecting top global talent, innovative startups, tech leaders, and researchers. Our mission is to advance transformative AI-driven innovation, enhance strategic foresight, and foster partnerships across the science, education, and media sectors.

The AI Hub Program Lead is a critical, hands-on generalist role that reports directly to the Managing Director and plays a key part in building the AI Hub from the ground up, with exposure to community building, event organization, strategic partnerships, market analysis, as well as internal and external communications.

We are looking for a curious, resilient, and highly organized teamplayer with strong communication skills who is eager to contribute ideas and drive the development of the AI Hub.

What you'll do :

• Provide strategic guidance on emerging AI trends, market insights, and potential investment opportunities.
• Identify and evaluate promising AI startups, technologies, and strategic partnership opportunities.
• Offer expert consultation to internal stakeholders on best practices for AI implementation across media, science, and education sectors.
• Advise on the design and execution of AI-focused initiatives, including innovation sprints, fellowships, and executive education programs.
• Facilitate thought leadership by contributing to strategic foresight reports, events, and stakeholder communications.

What you'll bring :

This role will have an annual salary of $160k-$190k.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.

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