Department OverviewThe Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center (HSDHC) at OHSU has outstanding clinicians, learners and researchers in diabetes, obesity, metabolic disorders, and their complications.
The HSDHC works across disciplines, serving as the central hub to coordinate exceptional research, education and patient and family centered care. A defining strength of the Center is the partnership between adult and pediatric diabetes programs, bringing together clinicians, researchers, learners, patients and families to advance diabetes care, research, and education across the lifespan.
The HSDHC seeks a Managing Director to grow and sustain an interdisciplinary coalition of researchers, clinicians, staff, learners, patients, families, and educators.
Function/Duties of PositionStrategic and Administrative Leadership - Partner with the HSDHC Center Director and other Center leaders to develop, implement, and evaluate short- and long-term strategic priorities across the Center's clinical, research, educational, and community missions.
- Implementing the HSDHC strategic aims, which include integrating current and future projects and programs and using knowledge of business administration, diabetes related science, research, to run a thriving center.
- Translate Center strategy into operating plans, resource requirements, organizational structures, timelines, performance measures, and clear accountability.
- Serve as a key administrative liaison among HSDHC, Department of Medicine leadership, the Division of Endocrinology, OHSU Health, the School of Medicine, institutional partners, and external collaborators, with particular emphasis on promoting effective collaboration between adult and pediatric stakeholders and supporting alignment of Center initiatives with the strategic priorities of the Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics and OHSU, recognizing the essential contributions of each to the Center's mission and success.
- Participate together with HSDHC Director in institutional meetings, committees, planning processes, and external forums as appropriate; identify and resolve complex administrative and organizational issues and anticipate emerging opportunities and risks
Research Strategy and Academic Program Development- Provide senior administrative leadership and serve as a principal HSDHC liaison for the Breakthrough T1D Center of Excellence, partnering with the PI and Center leadership to support strategy, operations, resources, collaboration, and alignment among the Center of Excellence, HSDHC, and participating entities.
- Support the Center Director and the Leadership to identify new funding opportunities and mechanisms to loop discoveries into practice and policy.
- Engage in active communications and collaboration with colleges and schools across campus and beyond to develop partnerships, shared resources and common projects.
- Support the Center Director and affiliated faculty in securing and coordinating new interdisciplinary research grants, such as program project grants, center grants, and multidisciplinary university research initiative grants.
- Provide administrative leadership for major multidisciplinary research initiatives, including center grants, program project grants, shared resources, and other complex research programs; support development, implementation, renewal, and sustainability of NIH-funded centers and other major sponsored initiatives.
- Partner with scientific leadership to assess research infrastructure needs, identify opportunities for investment and collaboration, and remove barriers to growth; facilitate collaboration among translational, clinical, population, and implementation researchers.
- Support strategic faculty recruitment and retention through development of programmatic, financial, space, and infrastructure plans.
- Developing and facilitating Scientific Advisory Boards and meetings related to goals and initiative, and implementing relevant directions that derive from board input.
Clinical Strategy, Integration and Program Development- Identifying ideal patient and family experience across key clinics/areas where patients with diabetes, metabolic disease, and associated disorders are seen, and working with stakeholders to implement improvements.
- Partner with clinical leaders to advance an integrated strategy for diabetes care across relevant OHSU programs and settings, identifying opportunities to improve patient access, coordination, quality, outcomes, and patient and family experience.
- Support development and expansion of innovative multidisciplinary models of diabetes care and develop and evaluate business and operational plans for new or expanded clinical programs.
- Facilitate collaboration among physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, behavioral health, and other disciplines involved in diabetes care.
- Partner with clinical and financial leaders to evaluate clinical program performance, access, capacity, productivity, financial sustainability, and opportunities for growth.
- Evaluate opportunities to optimize resources, infrastructure, and program development across adult and pediatric diabetes services while supporting the unique needs of each population.
Financial Strategy and Resource Stewardship- Partner with the Center Director and develop annual and long-range financial plans aligned with HSDHC strategic priorities.
- Work with the Center Director to oversee Center budgets, forecasts, financial performance, and resource allocation in partnership with appropriate departmental and institutional finance leaders.
- Integrate financial information across relevant funding sources, including clinical programs, sponsored research, institutional resources, foundation/philanthropic support, and other sources.
- Develop business plans and feasibility analyses for new programs, faculty recruitment, infrastructure, and strategic investments; identify financial opportunities, risks, and variances and recommend appropriate actions to Center and Department leadership.
Organizational and Team Leadership - Ensure effective administrative and operational infrastructure for HSDHC programs and initiatives, reinforcing a collaborative, learning-oriented, accountable, and high-performance culture.
- Help the Center Director design and develop the administrative structure necessary to support HSDHC's evolving mission and strategic priorities.
- Recruit, supervise, develop, and evaluate assigned Center staff; establish clear roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and accountability
- Foster a collaborative, high-performing culture characterized by accountability, innovation, inclusion, transparency, and continuous improvement, and lead organizational change associated with Center growth and evolving strategic priorities.
- Helps to build effective teams across organizational boundaries, including situations in which participants do not report directly to the Managing Director.
Performance, Quality and Operational Excellence- Develop and maintain a Center-level performance framework that translates strategic priorities into measurable objectives.
- Establish executive-level dashboards and reporting across relevant clinical, research, financial, educational, workforce, community, and programmatic measures.
- Monitor performance against strategic objectives, identify emerging risks or performance gaps, and work with accountable leaders to develop corrective actions.
- Promote continuous improvement, effective use of data, operational efficiency, and appropriate standardization.
Community Engagement, Philanthropy and External Partnerships - Communicating effectively to a multitude of audiences, using the appropriate medium/s of communication at the appropriate time in order to elicit feedback, share information and construct messaging that will have the maximum impact.
- Support the Center Director and leadership to connect with departments and partners to expand programs through state, regional and national contacts.
- Partner with the Center Director, Division Head, Department leadership, and OHSU Foundation/Development to identify and advance philanthropic priorities aligned with the Center's strategic plan, translating strategic priorities into compelling programmatic opportunities with defined resource requirements, implementation plans, and measures of impact.
- Develop and sustain meaningful relationships with patients, families, community organizations, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders affected by diabetes; strengthen advisory structures so lived experience informs Center priorities and program development.
- Develop strategic local, regional, and national partnerships and help position HSDHC as a regional and national leader in diabetes care, research, education, and innovation.
- Oversee creation of annual donor report with the Center Director, OHSU Foundation and other participating entities.
Required QualificationsEducationBachelor's degree in a related field and seven (7) years of progressively responsible program leadership, management, or administrative experience;
OR equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Experience- Administrative leadership experience
- Experience in securing and managing research and program grants.
- Experienced in strategic planning and building new programs, including establishing data/metrics framework, strong local and national partnerships, and building relationships with national nonprofits, health systems and government agencies.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategy, leading complex programs and teams, and operating effectively in a matrixed organization, including achieving results through influence as well as direct authority.
- Experience in development and oversight of budgets. Experience with finance, accounting, and spreadsheet applications and analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and to find solutions.
- Experience with NIH-funded research programs, including center grants, large collaborative grants, research cores, or comparable complex sponsored programs.
Competencies- Demonstrated executive judgment and ability to resolve complex, non-routine problems requiring significant analysis, business acumen, diplomacy, and sound decision-making.
- Demonstrated financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, business planning, and resource allocation.
- Experience in utilizing quality improvement processes and tools.
- Developing and managing services and programs that support and sustain improved patient outcomes, including determining pursuing unmet patient/community needs.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills, extensive experience with grant writing and proposal administration. Experience building and coordinating teams of faculty and staff across disciplines, experience with outreach and partnership building.
- Advanced program development, strategic planning, and organizational development skills.
- Strong public speaking and community relation experience.
- Established ability to analyze and integrate information from complex data sources into comprehensive executive summaries.
- Demonstrated people leadership, organizational/change management, executive-level communication, and ability to synthesize complex clinical, scientific, financial, and operational information into clear recommendations and executable plans.
Preferred QualificationsEducationMaster's degree in business administration, health administration, public health, research administration, health sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of advanced education and highly relevant experience.
Experience- Eight years of progressively responsible administrative leadership experience, preferably in academic medicine, an academic health system, biomedical research, or another comparably complex organization.
- Experience working with organizational partners, donors, potential donors and development
- Experience in working with patient, family and community partners.
- Experience in quality improvement efforts in clinical settings.
- Prior experience working in a multifaceted, multi-department and multi-school institute or center.
- Experience administering multidisciplinary academic centers, institutes, service lines, or comparable programs.
- Experience supporting major faculty recruitment and program-building initiatives and partnering with institutional advancement/development organizations.
CompetenciesKnowledge and experience with the diabetes research at OHSU and national landscape.
Additional DetailsWorking ConditionsMonday-Friday with occasional weekends or evenings as needed. Onsite required
Physical Demands & Equipment UsageWorks on computer ~50% of day (requires working at a desk); some reaching over head, bending and sitting or standing for long periods of time.
