DIRECTOR OF SIMULATION OPERATIONS

Arizona State University; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 104,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arizona State University is searching for a Director of Simulation Operations to provide strategic, operational, financial, and staff leadership for simulation-based education across ASU Health facilities. The role drives readiness for clinical skills, OSCEs, clerkship transitions, and interprofessional simulations while planning future ASU Health Simulation Center operations.

The position requires leadership experience in healthcare simulation, budget management, and collaboration with multiple

Qualifications

• Master's degree in business administration, healthcare administration, education, healthcare simulation, engineering, or related field.
• Senior-level experience leading healthcare simulation operations or a similarly complex academic/healthcare unit.
• Experience within a medical school, academic medical center, health system, or interprofessional simulation program.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for medical school simulation in alignment with ASU priorities.
• Lead, supervise, and develop assigned simulation operations personnel.
• Establish staffing models based on program volume, complexity, and service requirements.
• Translate curricular and assessment requirements into operational plans for staffing, space, equipment, and tech support.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Staff development

Budget management

Project management

Communication skills

Healthcare simulation

Education

Master's degree (MBA / Healthcare Admin)

Job description

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Description:

The John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering seeks a Director of Simulation Operations to provide strategic, operational, financial, and staff leadership for simulation-based education.

The Director is responsible for the operational infrastructure required to deliver medical school simulation across existing ASU simulation facilities and clinical partner sites while developing the operating model for the future ASU Health Simulation Center at ASU Health Headquarters (HQ).

Working in close partnership with the Director of Grace Center Operations and other ASU Health simulation leaders, the Director will develop coordinated approaches to staffing, scheduling, technology, equipment, procurement, data, quality, and resource utilization across the Shufeldt School simulation enterprise.

The Director will ensure operational readiness for the medical school's expanding simulation needs, including clinical skills, OSCE assessments, Transition to Clerkship, core clerkship simulations, post-clerkship simulations, procedural activities, and interprofessional simulations.

Salary Range: $103,700.00 to $110,000.00; DOE

Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for medical school simulation in alignment with Shufeldt School, ASU Health, and ASU priorities.
• Lead, supervise, and develop assigned Shufeldt School simulation operations personnel.
• Establish staffing models based on program volume, complexity, operating hours, and service requirements.

Simulation & Technical Oversight

• Ensure operational readiness and lifecycle management of simulation equipment, technology, and learning assets.
• Establish processes for preventive maintenance, calibration, inventory, repair, replacement, and asset management.

Medical Education Operations

• Ensure operational readiness for simulation-based education across the medical school curriculum.
• Translate curricular and assessment requirements into operational plans for staffing, standardized patients, space, equipment, technology, supplies, and technical support.

ASU Health HQ Simulation Center Planning

• Lead Shufeldt School operational planning for the future ASU Health Simulation Center at ASU Health HQ.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree in business administration, healthcare administration, education, healthcare simulation, engineering, or related field.
• Senior-level experience leading healthcare simulation operations or a similarly complex academic or healthcare operational unit.
• Experience within a medical school, academic medical center, health system, or interprofessional simulation program.
• Experience opening, expanding, or activating a simulation center, healthcare education facility, or comparable start-up operation.
• Experience with facility planning, design, commissioning, or activation.
• Experience managing operating and capital budgets.
• Knowledge of simulation technology, audiovisual systems, procedural simulation, immersive technologies, and simulation management systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, process improvement, project management, or change management.
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS®), CHSOS-A®, Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE®), or ability to obtain an appropriate simulation certification within two years of hire
• Demonstrated experience managing complex operations involving personnel, facilities, technology, and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience developing or managing operating budgets and supervising professional staff.
• Experience with strategic planning, project management, resource allocation, and operational implementation.
• Experience with simulation technology, digital learning platforms, artificial intelligence, or other emerging technologies used in healthcare education and operations.
• Strong financial, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Department Statement:

The John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering at Arizona State University, a flagship component of the broader ASU Health initiative, is boldly re-imagining medical education by merging clinical medicine, biomedical science, engineering, and technology into one integrated student experience. Built from the ground up for today’s health-care challenges, the school trains physicians who not only provide exceptional patient care but also lead innovation, applying artificial intelligence, advanced diagnostics, and human-centered design to transform the future of medicine.

The school has received preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) and welcomed its inaugural class in Fall 2026 on the Downtown Phoenix campus.

By educating physician-engineers fluent in medicine, engineering, and the humanities, the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering is creating leaders who will rethink how care is delivered, measured, and improved — for Arizona’s communities and beyond.

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Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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