Institute Operations & Strategy Lead

UC San Diego Health; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Institute for Applied Health Intelligence at UC San Diego Health seeks an Institute Business Officer to manage administrative services and daily operations across health and academic partners. The role oversees budgeting, contracts, HR, IT, facilities, and program administration to enable health transformation and innovation.

You will lead financial strategy, governance updates, and cross-institute collaboration, ensuring compliance and impactful program delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and five or more years of relevant experience.
• Solid knowledge of financial analysis, reporting, HR, and risk management planning.
• Ability to develop sound annual budgets and manage multiple projects within budgets.
• Expert knowledge of extramural contract and grant requirements and university policies.
• Strong organizational, negotiation, and decision-making skills; conflict resolution.
• Proficiency with office software and administrative systems; Excel and Adobe tools.

Responsibilities

• Build multi-year operating plans and budgets with forecasting and grants administration.
• Coordinate contracts, grants administration, philanthropy and industry funding.
• Establish core administrative processes, planning cycles, risk tracking, and service standards.
• Prepare budgets, dashboards, and materials for executive governance; translate decisions into workplans.
• Develop cross-school administrative agreements across Medicine, Engineering, Data Science, Public Health, and Health.
• Support research administration, training, implementation, and shared-resource programs.
• Coordinate workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, and administrative team design.
• Provide business planning, financial modeling, and coordination for philanthropy and contracts.
• Translate goals into measurable indicators and maintain executive dashboards.

Job description

Institute for Applied Health Intelligence at UC San Diego Health seeks an Institute Business Officer to manage administrative services and daily operations across health and academic partners. The role oversees budgeting, contracts, HR, IT, facilities, and program administration to enable health transformation and innovation.

You will lead financial strategy, governance updates, and cross-institute collaboration, ensuring compliance and impactful program delivery.