Dean of Engineering: Strategy, Innovation & Industry Impact

Idaho Society of Professional Engineers; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) seeks a Dean for the William States Lee College of Engineering, reporting to the provost. The dean provides strategic vision and operational leadership for all programs, research, and industry engagement, with emphasis on collaboration and the college’s growth in key engineering disciplines.

The successful candidate will hold a doctorate, possess distinguished scholarship, and bring extensive administrative experience and a proven

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will hold a doctorate or terminal degree in an appropriate academic discipline and will have a distinguished academic record with qualifications and experience that warrant tenure and appointment at the rank of professor in a William States Lee College of Engineering department or school.
• The individual will bring significant administrative experience, experience leading innovation, a track record of collaboration across disciplines, outstanding communication skills, authenticity, self-confidence balanced with humility, integrity of the highest order, a positive solutions-based approach to problem-solving, and a clear understanding of the challenges facing colleges of engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic vision and operational leadership for all aspects of the college's portfolio of academic programs, research, and industry engagement.
• Lead and manage administrative structures, faculty, and staff to advance engineering education.
• Foster collaboration across disciplines and strengthen partnerships with industry.
• Oversee tenure and appointments at the professor rank.

Skills

Academic leadership

Strategic vision

Communication skills

Collaboration across disciplines

Integrity & ethics

Education

Doctorate or terminal degree

Job description

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) seeks a Dean for the William States Lee College of Engineering, reporting to the provost. The dean provides strategic vision and operational leadership for all programs, research, and industry engagement, with emphasis on collaboration and the college’s growth in key engineering disciplines.

The successful candidate will hold a doctorate, possess distinguished scholarship, and bring extensive administrative experience and a proven