Tufts University
Senior Director of Research Operations and Academic Space Management
Medford, Massachusetts · Director
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About the role
- This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and strategic leader to shape the future of research operations and academic space across a highly research-intensive environment.
- Please review the Application Instructions section below for additional details.
Responsibilities
- In this highly visible leadership role, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for research operations, laboratory and academic space planning, building operations, and space governance.
- You will partner with faculty, department leaders, and university stakeholders to ensure that research, teaching, and academic spaces effectively support faculty success, faculty recruitment, research growth, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the long-term priorities of both schools.
- Develop and implement short- and long-range space strategies, including a multi-year research space plan that supports the schools' academic, research, and strategic priorities.
- Advise school leadership on the effective, safe, and compliant use of research laboratories, teaching labs, offices, classrooms, and academic support spaces.
- Partner with faculty, academic departments, and university stakeholders to assess space, equipment, infrastructure, and access needs in support of faculty recruitment, onboarding, retention, and research growth.
- Lead and support space assignments, renovations, decommissioning efforts, and new construction planning across the schools' research and academic portfolio.
- Partner with school leadership on capital planning and budgeting efforts, ensuring that space and infrastructure priorities are aligned with long-term institutional goals.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the schools to support building operations, infrastructure planning, access management, technology needs, furniture planning, equipment storage, and related operational initiatives.
- Space Analytics, Governance, and Decision Support
- Maintain and oversee space inventories, databases, utilization metrics, and related reporting tools that support data-informed decision making.
Requirements
- Knowledge and experience typically acquired by:
- Ph.D. in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related scientific discipline with experience working in a wet-laboratory environment.
- 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in research operations, laboratory management, academic administration, facilities management, space planning, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of laboratory infrastructure, research equipment needs, space utilization, hazardous materials considerations, and faculty research support.
- Ability to analyze operational, utilization, project, and budget data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, databases, project tracking systems, and space management tools.
Nice to have
- Experience as a research faculty member, postdoctoral researcher, laboratory leader, research administrator, or similar professional actively supporting sponsored research in a wet-laboratory environment.
- Experience supporting science, engineering, or interdisciplinary research programs.
- Experience with Archibus or similar integrated workplace management or space management systems.
- Minimum $143,900.00, Midpoint $179,800.00, Maximum $215,800.00
- generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.
Compensation
- Minimum $143,900.00, Midpoint $179,800.00, Maximum $215,800.00
- Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity
- generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.
Benefits
- Experience working in a higher education, academic research, science, engineering, healthcare, medical, or other research-intensive environment.
Company info
- What We're Looking For Application Instructions: Please submit a resume and cover letter (2 pages maximum) for consideration.
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