Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) (Research Administration)

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore (MD)

Hybrid

USD 102,000 - 179,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Johns Hopkins University seeks a Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) to lead and administer programming across the IPS portfolio. The role reports to the Vice Dean for Policy and Health Systems Transformation and serves as the institute’s senior operational leader, coordinating with research cores, the Policy Leadership Academy, and external partners.

Key duties include program leadership on major proposals, knowledge management, and performance reporting, with focus on

Qualifications

Demonstrated experience leading communications and marketing—integrated strategy, media relations, and brand—and supervising communications staff.
Minimum qualifications include a Master's Degree in Finance, Business or related field and five years of related experience, with at least three years managing staff.
On-call and non-standard hours with occasional travel.

Responsibilities

Serve as program lead and writer for large, complex or global proposals.
Review and provide feedback on country-level narrative and budget submissions to donors.
Ensure a knowledge management system to track requests and submissions.
Lead work planning and reporting across project core areas; troubleshoot as needed.
Develop and track metrics to gauge project performance.

Skills

Communications leadership

Marketing leadership

Staff supervision

Knowledge management

Proposal development

Performance metrics

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Financial acumen

Project planning

Education

Master's Degree in Finance, Business or related field

Job description

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first researchuniversity and home to nine world-class academic divisions workingtogether as one university.

We are seeking a Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) who will work incollaboration to support and administer programming within theassigned project or portfolio. This position will work closely withproject partners towards common project goals and serve as thefocal point for consortium partners. They will play a key role inknowledge management, reporting, and work planning for the overallproject.The Managing Director of the Institute for PolicySolutions (IPS) at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Theposition is the institute’s senior operational leader—reporting tothe Vice Dean for Policy and Health Systems Transformation, whoalso serves as IPS Executive Director—and it owns the operationalexecution of a newly structured, growing policy institute acrossits research cores, the Policy Leadership Academy, and itscommunications and external engagement.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Serve as program lead and/or writer of sections for very largeand complex and/or global proposals.
Reviews and provides feedback on country level narrative andbudget submissions to donor
Ensures a knowledge management system to track all requests andsubmissions
Network and liaise as needed to promote the project.
Lead work planning and reporting across all projecttechnical/core areas, as well as troubleshooting as needed.
Develop and then track metrics to gauge performance across theproject.
Acts as Project Director, in the absence of the ProjectDirector.
Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

Communications and marketing leadership: own the institute’sintegrated communications, marketing, and brand strategy acrossearned, owned, and paid media; supervise the Senior Communicationsand Marketing Strategist; and manage external communicationscontracts. This absorbs most functions of a Director ofCommunications and Marketing role being eliminated and fallsentirely outside the generic Finance — Business description.
Senior operational leadership of a new institute: build theoperating infrastructure and coordinate day-to-day work acrossthree research cores, contributing centers, and the PolicyLeadership Academy, protecting the Executive Director’s strategicand scientific capacity.
Earned-revenue program operations: direct the business model,pricing, enrollment, and continuing-education/certificateadministration of a national, fee-based policy-training program,and administer the Policy Pitch Program’s proposal cycle, pitchevent, and milestone-tied awards.
Sponsored-program administration: oversee research-grantadministration with School of Nursing research administration(proposal support, award set-up, effort reporting, andsponsor/university compliance) and administer discretionary andendowment funds.
Policy convening and events: plan and execute instituteconvenings and policy-facing briefings, including programming atthe Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC, and supportthe advisors and affiliates network.

Required

Demonstrated experience leading communications andmarketing—integrated strategy, media relations, and brand—andsupervising communications staff (scope beyond the generic Finance— Business description).

On call or non-standard work hour requirements

Occasional travel to Washington, DC (Johns Hopkins BloombergCenter) and evening or weekend hours as needed for convenings,briefings, and policy-facing events.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Degree in Finance, Business or related field.
Five years of related experience, with at least three yearsmanaging staff.
Additional education may substitute for required experience andadditional related experience may substitute for required educationbeyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extentpermitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience developing or operating a fee-based, earned-revenueeducational or professional-development program.
Sponsored program (grants) administration, including federallyfunded awards.
Working knowledge of health policy, nursing, or health servicesresearch environments.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency