Senior Vice President & Dean - School of Public and Population Health

Minimum Qualifications:

M.D., Ph.D, Ed.D or equivalent terminal degree is required along with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in an administrative capacity.

An exceptional leadership record at a top ranked school, academic health center, or health system in a senior level administrative position.  Ideally, this experience would be obtained in a similar interdisciplinary environment with NIH funding. 

Preferred Qualifications:

The preferred candidate will have graduated from an accredited program, have a PhD,  or equivalent degree and 10 or more years relevant experience in an administrative capacity.  A record of successful innovation, a demonstrated ability to lead teams effectively, and demonstrated scholarship through teaching awards, publications, and extramurally funded research. Service on state and/or national organizations is preferred. 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Possesses the executive presence, professionalism, and communication abilities that can inspire an organization to do its best and stay the course even in difficult circumstances.
• Possesses a collaborative and entrepreneurial leadership style characterized by upfront and direct communications and results oriented behavior.
• A visible and accessible leader to the faculty, the students, and the community.
• Warm, friendly, and interpersonally agile; easy to approach and talk to; relates well to all kinds of people; makes a pleasant first impression and builds solid relationships.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems in familiar and unfamiliar domains.
• Creative, a visionary who can manage innovation; is an effective strategist full of ideas and possibilities; sees multiple futures; has broad interests and knowledge; can both create and bring exciting ideas to market; comfortable speculating about alternative futures without all of the data.
• Politically aware and agile; knows what the right thing to do is; presents views well.
• At ease and relaxed, easy to talk to and get to know; listens attentively; deals calmly with stress and gives people a chance to catch up.
• Has effective written and oral communications skills; works well in a team environment and has a track record of developing effective and trusted relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated success in aligning various stakeholders’ needs and expectations and leading through successful style of negotiation to ‘win-win’ solutions.
• Strategic focus with ability to delegate and hold accountable multiple high-functioning direct reports.
• Ability to work constructively with new and existing external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to balance School affairs with institutional priorities and to identify actions necessary to complete tasks and obtain results.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.