Vice President of Health Sciences Strategic Management and Operations (VPSMO) - Georgetown University Medical Center

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Job Overview

The Vice President of Health Sciences Strategic Management and Operations (VPSMO) reports to the Executive Vice President of Health Sciences (EVP-HS) and is responsible for supporting him/her in connecting all of the major strategic, clinical, academic, research and enterprise processes across the University and with the community.

This position works closely with the EVP-HS to collaborate with each of the university’s academic campuses and central departments, fostering alignment between the priorities of GUMC and the University by ensuring a cohesive connection between resources, strategy, and performance. The VPSMO coordinates across the University and within the EVP-HS leadership team to ensure effective operations and manages essential activities and strategic initiatives within the Health Sciences.

The VPSMO will work with the Chief of Staff to enable the EVP-HS to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to respond quickly to changing priorities, all keys to the success of the EVP-HS. The VPSMO works on behalf and at the direction of the EVP-HS interacting regularly with key university stakeholders and board members, at times, providing guidance and counsel on EVP-HS related matters and engaging with the Health Science Leadership team.

The VPSMO serves as a senior leader responsible for directing a team of professionals responsible for the day-to-day smooth operations of the Health Sciences enterprise, and tracking, management and implementation of the Health Sciences Strategic Plan goals and other Health Science initiatives.  The VPSMO will close the gap between strategy formulation and strategy execution, ensuring the implementation and execution of goals is accomplished in an integrated fashion across the Health Sciences Enterprise. This will require comprehensive and frequent communication of the goals and strategic objectives of the overarching plan, ensuring that enterprise level plans are translated into the plans of the various units and departments, executing strategic initiatives to deliver the over-all visions, missions and goals of Health Sciences, and inspire and motivate employee’s passion to embrace the strategic objectives.  The VPSMO and her/his team, will also ensure that individual units/offices/depts strategic goals align not only with Health Sciences Strategic goals and objectives, but align with the University’s overall goals and missions. The VPSMO will work closely with other health system partners, industry leaders, community and government leaders, and other partners to ensure success, reduce expenses, and increase the return on investments.

The position has direct oversight of several operational areas within and across GUMC which include but are not limited to: GUMC Facilities; Office of Operations and Planning; Medical Center Capital Planning; GUMC Shared Resources, Business Administrator Clinical Trials Office; School of Medicine Technical and Educational Support Services (TESS), Medical Center Central Temporary Pool; and GUMC Professional Development Services.  This position will also work closely with the Vice President for Biomedical Graduate Education and Research and the Main Campus Vice Provost for Research in collaborative oversight and development of the Joint Office of Research and Administration, and the Clinical Research Operations Office (CROO).

The VPSMO will work with the Chief of Staff in the planning, development and finalization of all materials for the Board of Directors meetings; develop and manage agendas for leadership meetings; follow up on action items; and drive for decisions when appropriate to ensure the EVP-HS strategy advances in a timely and collaborative manner.

The VPSMO ensures communication and messaging is streamlined across functional areas within Health Sciences, and more broadly across the University. The VPSMO leads the preparation of materials for Board presentations; represents the EVP-HS on committees and working groups, as assigned, to internal and external stakeholders. Works with EVP-HS leadership to manage development of Health Sciences staff, ensuring continuous building of capabilities and skills.

Work Interactions

The VPSMO is a member of the EVP-HS leadership team and serves as an advisor and liaison to the EVP-HS. The VPSMO reports directly to the EVP-HS. The VPSMO serves as a key advisor to the EVP-HS on matters of strategy, operations and other significant project issues.