Chief Operating Officer, School of Dentistry
Chief Operating Officer, School of Dentistry
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Job Description
Department Overview
The School of Dentistry shares the mission of the Oregon Health & Science University to provide educational programs basic and clinical research and high quality care and community programs. We strive to foster an environment of mutual respect where the free exchange of ideas can flourish. The dental school prepares graduates in general dentistry and the dental specialties to deliver compassionate and ethical oro-facial health care. Read more about the School of Dentistry: OHSU School of Dentistry
Function/Duties of Position
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a School of Dentistry executive and key member of the School
leadership team responsible for implementing strategic initiatives for all mission areas with an
emphasis in clinical education. The COO partners with the Dean and other leaders to implement a
culture of accountability and responsibility data-driven decisions planning measuring and learning
while fostering inclusion equity support and caring.
The COO supports the clinical academic and research mission areas by facilitating strategic
planning as well as tracking and reporting on key performance metrics with the goal of improving
enterprise performance and outcomes.
The COO partners with members of the School leadership team to implement short- and long-term
plans to ensure the operations of the School are integrated and high performing and aligned with the
mission goals and objectives of the organization and those it serves.
Required Qualifications
- Masters Degree in Business Administration or similar advanced degree
- Minimum 7 years of senior or executive level leadership
- Minimum 5 years operations experience in a healthcare and/or academic setting
- Multi-disciplinary financial and administrative experience within a complex organization
- Experience in strategic planning goal setting and metrics tracking in a healthcare and/or academic setting
- Experience leading mentoring and developing high-performing teams
- Strong information technology skills and experience with a broad array of data
management strategies - Experience with productivity management systems
- Experience with facility and space management
- Experience providing guidance to ensure compliance with regulatory legal and
institutional policy and rules.
Preferred Qualifications
- 10 years of senior or executive level leadership
- Experience with OHSU systems and organizational relationships including internal and external
partners - Experience in the dental industry or dental education
Additional Details
Job Related Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to develop and execute strategicand operational plans to support the Schools mission and goals
- Astute implementation skills including tight follow-through and management of a complex multifaceted agenda
- Strong analytical acumen with proven ability to use data as an explicit part of leadership decision making and practices.
- Strong negotiation skills and the facility to drive solutions
- Strong communicator with the ability to convey complex issues in relatively simple understandable transparent terms
- Collaborative decision maker whose strong listening and communication skills form the foundation for productive team-based working relationships
- Excellent written oral and electronic communications skills
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
- Capacity to attract develop and retain high-performing team members
- Creative strategic thinker
- Self-directed self-starter
All are welcome
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
