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Executive Director

Boston, MA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-25

Core

Senior research administrative officer providing strategic leadership for departmental research administration, operations, and faculty support within a biomedical informatics department.

Role type

Senior IC research operations executive (academic)

Builds

Departmental research programs, administrative infrastructure, and faculty recruitment pipelines

Domain

Academic research administration / Biomedical informatics

Deliverable

Dashboards & analysis | Client delivery (internal faculty/staff)

Required skills

Strategic planning, team leadership, research operations management, faculty recruitment support, regulatory compliance, stakeholder management, organizational change management

Preferred skills

PhD in CS/Biomedical Informatics, experience leading strategic initiatives, managing organizational change

Technologies

None explicitly listed

Responsibilities

Oversee full portfolio of research-related activities; lead and develop high-performing administrative team; serve as trusted strategic advisor to Chair and faculty; manage departmental resource needs including space, funding, and technology; ensure compliance with institutional and external sponsor requirements; partner on faculty recruitment and appointments; facilitate faculty-industry collaborations; represent department on institutional committees

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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