About the Role
Bryant & Stratton College seeks a System Manager of AI Solutions to lead the planning, implementation, and governance of artificial intelligence initiatives system-wide. This role manages the institution's AI-enabled vendor solutions, leads pilots with emerging AI capabilities, and operationalizes AI governance practices for responsible adoption. The manager will champion AI literacy and adoption, partnering with departments to identify use cases and support institutional change.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate AI-enabled vendor solutions against institutional requirements, including structured pilots with defined success criteria.
- Monitor vendor performance against contractual commitments; document gaps and lead remediation discussions.
- Maintain a portfolio view of AI-enabled tools in use across the institution, including cost, performance, and risk profile.
- Design, build, and evaluate pilots of emerging AI capabilities, including large language model applications and agentic workflows.
- Establish criteria for advancing successful pilots to production and retiring unsuccessful ones.
- Partner with IT and functional owners to ensure implementations meet security, privacy, and integration requirements.
- Maintain the institutional AI use inventory and administer the intake and risk review process for proposed AI use cases.
- Develop and maintain AI policies, standards, and guidelines aligned with recognized frameworks.
- Ensure AI initiatives comply with applicable regulations and institutional obligations, including FERPA and accreditation standards.
- Support the institutional AI Steering Team, including agenda development, documentation, and follow-through on decisions.
- Develop and deliver AI training and enablement programs for faculty and staff.
- Serve as an accessible institutional resource for AI-related questions and guidance.
- Build collaborative relationships across academic affairs, IT, finance, admissions, marketing, and student services.
- Communicate program status, risks, and outcomes to executive leadership through briefings and written reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Three or more years of experience managing technology programs, implementations, or vendor relationships, including recent direct experience with AI or machine learning initiatives.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with current AI tools, including large language model applications.
- Experience managing vendor relationships, including performance monitoring and issue resolution.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor content for executive, technical, and general audiences.
- Experience in higher education or another regulated environment such as healthcare, government, or financial services (preferred).
- Familiarity with FERPA and data privacy considerations in an educational setting (preferred).
- Experience establishing a new program, governance function, or center of excellence (preferred).
- Experience with agentic AI frameworks, workflow automation, or AI application development (preferred).
- Change management or instructional design experience, with demonstrated results in driving adoption of new tools or processes (preferred).
- This position requires a background check.
Skills
- AI
- Machine Learning
- Large Language Models
- Agentic Workflows
- AI Governance
- Vendor Management
- Risk Management
- FERPA
- Data Privacy
- Change Management
- Instructional Design
Location
- Buffalo, New York Area
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Manager
- 3+ years of experience managing technology programs, implementations, or vendor relationships
- Recent direct experience with AI or machine learning initiatives
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Salary/Compensations
- $90,000 - $110,000 per year
About the Company
- Bryant & Stratton College is an institution committed to providing quality education.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. Bryant & Stratton College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
