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Vice Chair of Research for Basic & Translational Sciences

Boston, US💼 Full-time💰 $220,000–$220,000🗓 2026-06-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Provide strategic leadership for the discovery research enterprise, guiding the development of a department-wide vision to advance high-impact basic and translational science and accelerate the translation of discoveries into clinical innovation.

Role type

Senior academic research leader (Vice Chair)

Builds

Externally funded research programs, laboratory and core infrastructure, and interdisciplinary collaboration networks.

Domain

Academic Medicine / Basic & Translational Sciences

Deliverable

production ML models | research | infrastructure

Required skills

Strategic leadership, external grant acquisition, faculty recruitment and mentorship, team building, institutional governance, inclusive excellence advocacy

Preferred skills

National recognition in the field, track record of building successful research teams

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Guide the development and execution of a department-wide vision for basic and translational science; expand externally funded research; enhance laboratory and core infrastructure; recruit, mentor, and retain top-tier investigators; oversee an equitable research compensation strategy; represent the Department in institutional governance.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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