BRCA Center Director

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is seeking applicants for an inaugural BRCA Center Director. The Director of the BRCA Center (Center) will provide overall executive direction and strategic leadership for all clinical operational academic fundraising and business development activities involving the Center consistent with the high aspirations of the program. The Director will lead these activities in partnership with academic hospital and health system leadership including relevant Department Chairs Institute Directors and scientific faculty and medical staff. Collaboration and partnership skills are essential for the Director to shape an environment for creative entrepreneurial scientific investigation and clinical implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee a robust clinical program for the assessment and care of patients and families with BRCA mutations.
• In cooperation with leadership draft and deploy a strategic plan for the center required to support the successful development of a nationally recognized and extramurally funded research and clinical program of excellence for BRCA cancers including talent space and financial requirements.
• Create an integrated collaborative team science culture that will enhance all clinical and research activities.
• Develop a robust mechanism for the exchange of scientific knowledge to the national and international scientific communities such as databases and web sites that can accelerate research globally on BRCA relevant cancers.
• Actively participate in philanthropic efforts to support and grow the Center.

Qualifications

• Multidisciplinary patient care collaboration:Demonstrated commitment to building and sustaining multidisciplinary collaboration to improve BRCA patient care and experiences across the care continuum.
• Scientific leadership in BRCA research:Nationally and/or internationally recognized scientific leader with demonstrated expertise and a strong publication/innovation record in a BRCA-related research area.
• Program development expertise:Demonstrated experience designing launching expanding and scaling BRCA-related programs (clinical research education and/or operational initiatives).
• Visionary collaborative executive leadership:Experience providing collaborative and visionary leadership that sets clear strategic direction for the BRCA Center.
• Proven administrative and organizational leadership:Track record of administrative accomplishment including leadinginterdisciplinary teamsandoversight of departments centers and/or institutes; able to translate strategy into measurable outcomes.
• Collegial participative leadership style:Effective team leader who works constructively within collaborative settings; demonstrates a participative management style that promotes engagement and shared ownership.
• Talent leadership (recruitment retention development):Demonstrated ability to attract retain and lead diverse high-performing teams of clinicians scientists leaders and staff; strong workforce development capability.
• Stakeholder leadership beyond formal authority:Ability to inspire mobilize and align key stakeholders across the organization and external partners outside direct reporting lines.
• Influential ethical decision-making and communication:Presents ideas clearly and effectively while demonstrating emotional maturity sensitivity and respect for colleagues perspectives and organizational values; earns credibility through balanced judgment.
• Exceptional people and relationship skills:Demonstrated interpersonal effectiveness characterized by empathy warmth fairness motivation positivity and active listening; recognized for earning and maintaining respect.
• Accountability and ownership:Demonstrates personal accountability by assuming ownership for outcomes managing risk and ensuring performance across areas of responsibility.
• Integrity and candid advisory judgment:Trusted partner who provides direct candid (unvarnished) guidance and recommendations in the best interest of the organization; consistently demonstrates the highest ethical standards and integrity.

NOMINATIONS AND APPLICATIONS: Interested candidates should provide a curriculum vitae and a letter of interest that describes their interest in the role including but not limited to relevant educational teaching and leadership background. All interactions will remain confidential and no inquiries will be made without the consent of the applicant.

For questions or additional information or to provide recommendations please contact: Leah Popescu Executive Director Faculty & Provider Recruitment at

Our compensation philosophy

We offer competitive total compensation that includes pay benefits and other incentive programs for our employees. The total pay range shown above takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This total pay range includes any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role. We also offer a comprehensive faculty benefits package. Pay Range: $.

About Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center is dedicated to advancingcancer research patient care and innovationfor ahighly diverse population. The Centers mission is to address unmet cancer needs regionally and nationally translate discoveries into real-world impact and uphold Cedars-Sinais values ofexcellence inclusion and compassionate care. Current priorities includeprecision medicinenovel therapies andhealth equity with a growing focus onscreening prevention and survivorship.

The Cancer Center is expanding its innovation ecosystem through initiatives including theComputational Biomedicine and Data Sciences Initiative theBoard of Governors Innovation Center (BOGIC) and theMolecular Twin Initiative. Cedars-Sinai also supports an integrated care model that emphasizespatient-centered high-value careaccess to clinical trials andseamless patient navigation.

The Center treats more patients than any other regional center coveringmore than 60 cancer typesthrough a network ofowned and affiliated locations. Its academic enterprise spans four missions:clinical service and indigent care research education and technology applications. Patients benefit from200 clinical trials and the research community is supported by182 membersacross basic discovery clinical/translational research and cancer prevention/control.

Education and training are supported through theCancer Research Training and Education Coordination Office (CRTEC) which helps develop future cancer researchers and addresses disparities across professional and patient communities.

A major driver of growth is theDepartment of Computational Biomedicine(launched in 2021) which has expanded infrastructure and talent inAI machine learning bioinformatics biostatistics and data scienceand now includes theCenter for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education (CAIRE). This effort supports data-driven precision oncology advances such as theMolecular Twin Precision Oncology Platform.

Cancer Center by the Numbers

• FY24 Inpatient Volume:9213
• FY24 Outpatient Volume:302843
• FY23 Publications:253
• Core Members:126
• Total Members:182
• FY23 Grant Funding:$

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• MD MD/PhD or equivalent
• Board Certification in area of expertise
• Ability to obtain and maintain CSMC Medical Staff Membership
• Ability to obtain and maintain an unrestricted California medical license
• Eligible for recommendation to an Associate Professor or Professor rank in the Medical Centers professoriate series
• Demonstrated national scientific leadership in a BRCA research field
• A proven track record of peer reviewed extramural funding in a BRCA research field
• Current federal research funding in a BRCA research field