Director, AI-Driven Health Ops & Strategy

University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); Vor Ort; USD 173.000 - 211.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Senior Director, Operations & Strategy to drive the transformation of its AI-native academic health system. You will shape long-term departmental strategy, build scalable operations, and partner across Dell Medical School, UT Medicine, and the broader university ecosystem.

You will lead financial planning, governance, and analytics while mentoring senior administrative teams to support rapid growth and innovation in AI, digital health, and translational

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Science Administration, Engineering Management, or related field.
• Advanced degree with a technical or scientific undergraduate degree is also highly desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive executive leadership experience in academic medicine, healthcare administration, research administration, scientific operations, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success leading large, complex administrative organizations.
• Strong financial management, strategic planning, and organizational leadership experience.
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Aufgaben

• Serve as the chief administrative and strategic advisor to the Department Chair across all operational functions.
• Develop and execute departmental strategic plans aligned with Dell Medical School and UT Medicine priorities.
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, and long-range operational planning.
• Oversee research administration, sponsored programs, faculty affairs, academic operations, human resources, communications, and administrative services.
• Build scalable governance structures, operating models, and organizational processes supporting continued departmental growth.
• Develop executive dashboards, key performance indicators, and operational analytics to support informed decision making.
• Partner across Dell Medical School, UT Medicine, UT Austin, UT System, and external collaborators to advance enterprise initiatives.
• Coordinate complex interdisciplinary programs spanning research, education, AI, digital health, computational science, and clinical innovation.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing administrative leaders while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with university, sponsor, state, and federal regulations governing academic, research, and operational activities.
• Support organizational readiness for continued growth, new research initiatives, faculty recruitment, and enterprise expansion.

Kenntnisse

Executive leadership

Financial management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration, Science Administration, Engineering Management, or related field

Advanced degree desirable

Master’s degree preferred

Jobbeschreibung

University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Senior Director, Operations & Strategy to drive the transformation of its AI-native academic health system. You will shape long-term departmental strategy, build scalable operations, and partner across Dell Medical School, UT Medicine, and the broader university ecosystem.

You will lead financial planning, governance, and analytics while mentoring senior administrative teams to support rapid growth and innovation in AI, digital health, and translational