Founding Executive Director, Energy Innovation Center

University of Missouri-Columbia; Columbia Township (MO); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The University of Missouri-Columbia seeks a Founding Executive Director for the Payne Energy Innovation Center, a nation-leading interdisciplinary energy research initiative. The role requires strategic leadership to launch the Center, align priorities across engineering, science, and policy, and build partnerships with industry and government.

As a tenured professor, you will guide research development, recruit faculty, secure funding, and shape programs that advance energy technologies,

Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in engineering, science, or a closely related field.
• Qualifications for appointment as a tenured Professor at the University of Missouri.
• Distinguished record of scholarship, innovation, leadership, and externally funded research.
• Demonstrated success leading interdisciplinary research initiatives, centers, institutes, or comparable organizations.
• Experience building partnerships with industry, government agencies, national laboratories, foundations, or other external stakeholders.
• Strong record of strategic planning, organizational leadership, and program development.
• Outstanding communication, organizational, and leadership skills.

Responsabilités

• Lead planning activities associated with occupancy and activation of the Energy Innovation Center facility.
• Guide the development of research programs, educational initiatives, workshops, conferences, and collaborative activities.
• Oversee strategic deployment of shared research infrastructure, instrumentation, and collaborative spaces.
• Foster a vibrant and inclusive research community that promotes innovation and interdisciplinary engagement.
• Secure philanthropic support and identify opportunities for major gifts, endowments, and strategic partnerships.

Formation

Earned doctorate in engineering, science, or a closely related field

Description du poste

The University of Missouri-Columbia seeks a Founding Executive Director for the Payne Energy Innovation Center, a nation-leading interdisciplinary energy research initiative. The role requires strategic leadership to launch the Center, align priorities across engineering, science, and policy, and build partnerships with industry and government.

As a tenured professor, you will guide research development, recruit faculty, secure funding, and shape programs that advance energy technologies,