Director of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Core
Executive leadership of a premier biomedical research library serving Harvard Medical School, Public Health, Dental Medicine, and affiliated hospitals.
Role type
Senior IC library director (academic health sciences)
Builds
Strategic library services, collections, and facilities for health and biomedical sciences research, education, and clinical practice
Domain
Academic health sciences / Biomedical research
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Strategic vision and leadership, budget stewardship, collection development, stakeholder partnership, staff mentorship, accreditation leadership, digital scholarship, rare collections stewardship
Preferred skills
PhD or equivalent scholarly achievement, experience in academic health sciences context, expertise in open science and data services, knowledge of AI in research
Technologies
AI, digital scholarship tools, library technologies
Responsibilities
Provide strategic vision for library services and collections; Partner with medical schools and research institutes; Lead budget and resource allocation; Oversee Center for the History of Medicine; Represent library in university governance and external communities; Ensure alignment with curricula and LCME accreditation needs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC