Director of Finance and Administration, Biomedical Data Science
Company: Stanford University
Location: Stanford
Posted on: February 12, 2025
Job Description:
Our Purpose Stanford Medicine is leading the biomedical
revolution in precision health and medicine. We are transforming
health care away from after-the-fact diagnosis to prediction and
prevention and away from one-size-fits-all medicine to personalized
care that empowers individuals to lead healthy lives. We are
leveraging the art and science of medicine to predict and prevent
disease before it strikes and cure it decisively if it does.To
achieve our Precision Health vision, we are integrating, building,
and leveraging our strengths in fundamental research, the new field
of biomedical data science, and nine transformative biomedical
platforms. As a learning health system, we will apply these
advances in our hospitals and health care delivery systems within
Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children's Health.Our
ValuesFulfilling our promise to humanity requires the engagement of
a diverse, creative, and collaborative team of professionals who
work together to advance our research, education, and patient care
mission. We strive to create a culture of inclusion and belonging
to ensure all employees have the meaningful employment experience
that is necessary to do their best work. We value and integrate
justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion into all that we do to
ensure equitable outcomes for our faculty, staff, and students. We
are looking for leaders who can contribute to making excellence
inclusive.Our WorkThe Department of Biomedical Data Science (DBDS)
works collaboratively across academic disciplines, harnessing the
power of biomedical informatics, biostatistics, computer science,
and advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make fundamental
discoveries and revolutionize health care. We are driven by a deep
commitment to research and education and a strong desire to explore
the boundaries of what is possible and thereby transform biomedical
science and human health. As one of 19 Clinical departments and 12
Basic Science departments within the School of Medicine (SoM), DBDS
has a total annual budget of $24 million, over 65 faculty and
staff, and over 150 graduate students working towards Stanford's
innovative culture: cross-disciplinary interests and a
collaborative approach generate a prime incubation environment for
transformative thought, learnings, processes, and systems.The DFA
must be an experienced operational leader with a strong ability to
support strategic long-range planning activities. They must
understand a multitude of functional areas while also demonstrating
the soft skills of collaboration and working across the
organization to create cultural and operational change.Reporting
RelationshipsThe Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) has a
primary reporting relationship to the Chair of Department of
Biomedical Data Science, with a secondary reporting relationship to
the Associate Dean/Chief Financial Officer for the School of
Medicine, which ensures organizational alignment between DBDS'
strategy and the broader SoM mission. The DFA partners with the
chair, and other faculty and staff, to manage the financial and
administrative areas of the department to include grant management,
faculty and academic affairs, student affairs, external relations,
and human resources. Additionally, the Director of Finance and
Administration works with the Chair, and other faculty and staff,
on areas of strategic planning and execution, grant portfolio
development, educational programs and process excellence. The DFA
partners with the Associate Dean/Chief Financial Officer, peers,
and cross-functional teams to enhance the SoM's operations in
support of its research, teaching, and patient care mission.Job
Summary
Lead finance and administration
operations for a School of Medicine's unit or units (institute and
academic department). Manage staff to achieve one or more School of
Medicine missions, goals and objectives. Ensure compliance in all
areas. The duties of this position are typically split between 50%
operational and 50% strategic activities.
Develop operational and financial
plans for new departmental strategic initiatives, with a focus on
execution, implementation, and scaling of these initiatives, in
partnership with DBDS Chair, DBDS Executive Director, Associate
Dean/CFO, CIO, CTO, and direct and indirect reports. New
initiatives include the development of a new center in the
department focused on AI in precision medicine, with DFA providing
support of strategic planning and execution, with oversight of
center's operations and finances, and its coordination with
partners including SOM/SHC's Technology Digitals Solutions (TDS).
Partner with senior leadership on
departmental affairs and advocate the unit's needs and goals to
internal and external parties. Evaluate business processes and
operational and/or financial effectiveness Working with the senior
administration, develop or revise current processes where needed
for better efficiencies and outcomes, participate in execution and
oversee implementation. Develop annual operational business plans,
including financial modeling, to support departmental goals.
Analyze department needs and make
recommendations to senior leaders for changes in staffing,
facilities, health and safety compliance, finance, technology
and/or administrative functions. Work with the Chair and /or Dean's
Office regarding resources to support faculty activities and
interests.
Responsible for overall fiscal
wellness and financial operations. Develop and monitor consolidated
budget and analyze research funding; implement financial growth and
sustainability strategies.
Recommend and develop strategies for
general cost containment, strategic investments, and growth
management.
Direct department operations.
Responsible for hiring and retaining staff, clarifying role and
responsibilities, career coaching, ensuring required training is
completed, personal development of direct reports and accountable
for the performance of employees. Ensure work completion within
schedule and constraints.
Oversee management of core department
activities, including management of faculty affairs and research
portfolios, and related pre- and post-award activities; management
of all student, fellow, and education-related activities and
graduate program administration; and management of events,
communications and marketing activities.
Recommend and develop strategies for
general cost containment, strategic investments, and growth
management.
Oversee Chair's Executive Assistant
and relevant staff to ensure effective management and coordination
of the Chair's activities.
Guide faculty supervisors in the
interpretation and implementation of human resources policies,
procedures and programs.
Represent the unit's needs in regard
to research and service facilities; negotiate on behalf of the
unit's current and future needs with the school.
Interpret, implement and ensure
compliance with academic and administrative policies and procedures
within the unit. Minimum Required Education and Experience
Master's degree (MBA, Public Health,
Health Care Informatics or related field) or combination of
education and relevant experience. Five years of progressively
responsible managerial experience, including financial and budget
preparation. Three years of supervisory experience. Minimum
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Demonstrated leadership and
supervisory, planning and change management skills.
Demonstrated experience implementing
financial funding concepts and regulatory agency policies and
guidelines throughout multiple unit(s). Working knowledge of grants
and contract administration.
Demonstrated expertise in business
and management concepts; demonstrated success in operationalizing
large strategic initiatives in a complex environment.
Strong knowledge of industry
standards and/or regulatory requirements.
Demonstrated ability to identify and
analyze all pertinent information/data to make and communicate
decisions to meet the unit(s) current and future financial,
research, academic and administrative needs.
Strong negotiation and effective
interpersonal skills.
Excellent communication skills. Able
to influence people, solve problems, troubleshoot, think creatively
and resolve conflicts.
Ability to establish a culture of
integrity, supportive teamwork, respectful communication, positive
intent, inclusivity, and continual improvement within their unit(s)
and with those external to the unit.
Demonstrate to others that they are
direct, truthful and credible.
Demonstrated skills as a receptive
listener, influential and persuasive and seeks to understand the
differing sides of each situation. Makes decisions effectively and
decisively. The expected pay range for this position is $205,050 -
$283,688 per annum. The DFA leadership role will start the position
on the Stanford campus 4 days a week, with the possibility of
flexibility to 3 days a week. Stanford University provides pay
ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university
reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a
selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but
not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the
qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget
availability, internal equity, geographic location and external
market pay for comparable jobs.At Stanford University, base pay
represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package.
The Cardinal at Work website () provides detailed information on
Stanford's extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to
employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position
may be discussed during the hiring process.#executive-search
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