Director, Oncology Strategic Partnerships - 135315

The Moores Cancer Center (MCC) is one of just 57 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States and the only one in San Diego County. As a consortium cancer center, it is a collaborative partnership between the UCSD: encompassing 28 departments, 6 schools (School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Public Health, Jacobs School of Engineering, School of Biological Sciences & the School of Physical Sciences), UCSD Health oncology hospitals and clinics; the basic and public health research and outreach of San Diego State University (SDSU), and the basic and translational research of the La Jolla Institute of Immunology (LJI). These various programs and units are all dedicated to fulfilling the Moores Cancer Center's mission of reducing cancer's burden. As such, it ranks among the top centers in the nation conducting the continuum of cancer research, providing advanced patient care, and serving the community through outreach and education programs. As a top-ranking, future-oriented organization, we offer challenging career opportunities in a fast-paced and innovative environment. Moores Cancer Center follows a progressive philosophy of career-path development for its employees including opportunities for cross-training, professional development, and progressive responsibility.MCC's mission is to transform cancer care in our catchment area and beyond by driving exceptional scientific discoveries and innovations in prevention, detection, care, and training. MCC will make a global impact on improving health by reducing the cancer burden through accelerated discovery and translation, compassionate and interdisciplinary care, education, and community engagement, with the foundation of our core values - Excellence, Innovation and Risk-Taking, Collaboration, Diversity, and Service.The Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center (MCC) at UCSD Health is embarking on a new trajectory to leverage its significant research and clinical strength embedded in an environment that values innovation and collaboration. We are re-envisioning how we prevent, detect, and treat cancer to improve the lives of cancer patients and the communities we serve. With a robust commitment from UC San Diego executive leadership, attractive resources across the MCCC/UCSD, an exciting San Diego biotech environment, and a new Cancer Center Director leading a dynamic senior leadership team, we seek a Deputy Director for Administration to fill a key leadership role as we launch the next era of impact by the Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center.The UCSD Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center (MCC) Director of Strategic Partnerships and Research Administration (DSPRA) is the senior administrative executive who oversees all research operations, oversees all strategic affiliations with drug development and industry partners, and partners with the MCC Cancer Center Director and Chief Administrative Officer to envision, map out, and executive the strategic plan for the MCC. This position also partners with the MCC Director and the other members of the MCC senior leadership team, as well as UC San Diego Health System (HS) and School of Medicine (SOM) leaders to advance the MCC to a position of academic and clinical eminence by fostering exceptional cancer research, patient care, education, and training, community outreach, and education. The ideal candidate is a creative and dynamic leader with the ability to inspire, collaborate, and work effectively in a complex academic health system. The DSPRA is responsible for strategic planning and evaluation, research administration, personnel management, budgeting, and financial operations, space and shared resources management, training and education, community outreach, and engagement.Responsible for financial and administrative leadership for large, or multiple, health sciences interdisciplinary research departments or centers with clinical subdivisions. Partners with other senior leaders to establish strategic plans and objectives. Makes decisions on operational matters and ensures achievement of clinical, educational, and research objectives. Reviews and approves recommendations for operational planning and control.

• A Bachelor's degree in related area plus eight years of relevant experience; or twelve years of combined relevant experience, education and training.
• Excellent leadership skills to oversee large or multiple academic departments, research centers and/or institutes through subordinate managers.
• Advanced knowledge of financial analysis and reporting techniques, accounting principles, forecasting, budgeting, audit and internal control systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to lead, facilitate relationships, collaborate, persuade and influence. Ability to successfully drive a true sense of teamwork, as well as innovation through collaboration.
• Ability to inspire and build strong, collaborative relationships with colleagues, physician leaders and a staff in a complex, multi-site environment. Ability to interact with key stakeholders across the organization to identify and solve problems.
• Highly advanced analytical, organizational, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Highly advanced skills in strategy development, systems planning and change management. Advanced negotiating skills.
• Highly advanced HR administration skills.
• Highly advanced project management skills, including the ability to manage capital projects.
• Highly advanced ability to identify, develop, and prioritize objectives.
• Demonstrated excellence in team building, strategy setting and execution of complex decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and strong grant writing skills in particular.
• Ability to engage and motivate a diverse senior professional team and provide the necessary guidance, mentorship, and direction to achieve strategic goals and high employee engagement and productivity
• Demonstrated managerial and business acumen, with exceptional analytical skills. In particular, strong business and financial aptitude, with the experience and demonstrated understanding of complex pressures facing academic health systems and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers.
• Experience identifying, supporting and developing future leaders. Demonstrated ability to work well with people at all levels. Culturally sensitive and compassionate. Skill to creatively solve problems and resolve difficult situations.
• Ability to achieve consensus for change management/implementation of performance improvements and innovations to achieve optimal success in both the academic and research enterprise. Ability to manage through ambiguity to create effective solutions.
• Experience to drive operational excellence by contributing to innovation and through the creation and tracking of data metrics, built upon a foundation of broad- based collaboration and sustained through the facilitation of an effective governance model.
• Management experience in research administration in a multi-faceted research or clinical department/division in an academic environment, preferably in the field of cancer. Thorough knowledge of grants administration, management principles, business finance, strategy, change management and applicable laws/regulations.

• Master's Degree in business, health administration or clinical degree preferred.
• Five or more years of progressive leadership experience in research administration.
• Leadership experience within a NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check.

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.