University of Texas at Austin

Senior Director, Operations & Strategy

AUSTIN, TX · Director · Contract

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About the role

Help shape the future operational model supporting the nation's first AI-native academic health system.

Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, and long-range operational planning.
Build scalable governance structures, operating models, and organizational processes supporting continued departmental growth.
Develop executive dashboards, key performance indicators, and operational analytics to support informed decision making.
Recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing administrative leaders while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Support organizational readiness for continued growth, new research initiatives, faculty recruitment, and enterprise expansion.
Build the administrative infrastructure for one of the newest academic departments in the country.
Partner directly with executive leadership to shape long-term departmental strategy.
Build financial and organizational infrastructure supporting rapid institutional growth.
Create data-driven operational dashboards, governance structures, and performance metrics.
Recruit, develop, and mentor high-performing administrative teams.

Advanced degree combined with a technical or scientific undergraduate degree is also highly desirable.
You are equally comfortable discussing long-term organizational strategy with executive leadership as you are solving operational challenges alongside faculty and administrative teams.
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Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MPH, MPA, MS, or related discipline).
Fifteen or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience.
Experience supporting AI, biomedical informatics, computational science, engineering, or research-intensive academic departments.
Experience managing significant federally funded research portfolios.
Experience leading organizations through periods of rapid growth or transformation.
Professional certifications such as FACHE, PMP, CRA, or equivalent.
$ 191,868 + depending on qualifications
Working Environment

$ 191,868 + depending on qualifications
The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Develop scalable operational models supporting research, education, faculty affairs, and innovation.
Lead enterprise initiatives spanning artificial intelligence, digital health, biomedical informatics, and translational science.
The University of Texas at Austin is undertaking a once-in-a-generation transformation to build the nation's first AI-native academic health system.
Develop and execute departmental strategic plans aligned with Dell Medical School and UT Medicine priorities.
Partner across Dell Medical School, UT Medicine, UT Austin, UT System, and external collaborators to advance enterprise initiatives.
Coordinate complex interdisciplinary programs spanning research, education, AI, digital health, computational science, and clinical innovation.
The ideal candidate is an accomplished academic healthcare administrator and strategic operator who thrives in complex, rapidly evolving organizations.
You understand how to transform ambitious strategic vision into sustainable operational execution and enjoy building organizations from the ground up.

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action.
The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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