Deputy Division Head Clinical Research, Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine
- Requisition #: 173801
- Department: Anes, CC & Pain Admin
- Location: Houston, TX
- Posted Date: 3/10/2025
The Division seeks a highly accomplished, inspirational, and collaborative investigator or physician-scientist to serve as its next Deputy Division Head, Clinical Research. This leader holds overarching responsibility for the strategy and oversight of the Division's clinical science mission. Fundamentally, this role will accelerate the work of the already-thriving faculty and position them for continued long-term success.
The Deputy Head will join a Division with tremendous momentum and the highest aspirations. MD Anderson and the Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine are home to a distinguished faculty engaged in groundbreaking research and professional practice that crosses disciplinary and subspecialty boundaries. Opportunities abound-the Division seeks to grow research in key areas such as multi-center clinical trials, pain management, opioid research, inflammation, and peri-operative clinical research.
Leading a team of coordinators and a statistician-and working in close coordination with the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of Research in each department-the Deputy Head will reinforce a culture of excellence, innovation, and experimentation. They will also oversee resource allocation and space administration, as well as build out and integrate clinical research infrastructure. Importantly, they will also play an instrumental role in mentoring faculty, fellows, and residents. A visible, high-impact leader, the Deputy Director will thrive in the personal interaction and relationship-building with faculty, administration, and trainees within the Cancer Center. Strong communication skills are required, as is a can-do ethos to realize a vision for science.
As further highlighted below, this critical position requires a dynamic, passionate, and experienced research leader with a proven track record across the spectrum of individual scholarship and collaborative research leadership.
IDEAL EXPERIENCE
Recognized Research Leader
M.D., M.D./Ph.D., investigator with an extensive history of successful clinical research as demonstrated by the number and quality of peer-reviewed publications, funding history, experience designing and leading large/multicenter clinical trials or research projects, and fruitful industry interactions.
Progressive Academic Leadership
Demonstrated executive leadership roles in a productive, complex research institution and/or academic medical center.
Administration
Experience in the administration of an academic research enterprise with responsibilities related to budgets and grants management, program development, data and informatics, and interaction with other institutional components.
Recruiting
Successful experience attracting, retaining, and developing high-performing individuals and teams.
Academic Credentials
Recognized achievement in research pursuits that would warrant appointment as a tenured associate professor or professor and M.D., M.D./Ph.D., required. Appropriate board certification, with additional degrees, certification, or licensure additive.
CRITICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
Collaborative Leadership
The successful candidate will demonstrate the leadership acumen to build rapport and effective working relationships with stakeholders involved in clinical research by:
Being a highly visible, inspiring, and accessible leader who communicates effectively and is comfortable at all levels, collaborative by nature, and an excellent mentor and teacher.
Demonstrating skills and experience in collaborative leadership and change management.
Leading by example and influence with a communication style that is respectful, open, and transparent.
Strategic Vision
The successful candidate will be adept at working with other senior leaders to develop and operationalize a strategic research vision as demonstrated by:
Thinking strategically in a dynamic institution, with a tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to take appropriate risks and innovate to advance the overall research mission of the Division.
Developing an innovative, multi-disciplinary clinical research strategy for the Division.
Establishing ambitious research goals for the Division to build its reputation, programs, and stature locally, regionally, and nationally.
Leading People
In an organization with multiple constituencies, each with different needs and priorities, the successful candidate will build credibility by:
Fostering a participatory and inclusive climate with key stakeholders at a variety of levels both within and outside the organization.
Embodying a sense of team spirit and emphasizing cooperative effort.
Designing and implementing effective information-sharing systems and protocols that instill transparency and accountability.
Being visible, listening actively, and communicating consistently and promptly.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
Additional Information
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The Deputy Head will join a Division with tremendous momentum and the highest aspirations. MD Anderson and the Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine are home to a distinguished faculty engaged in groundbreaking research and professional practice that crosses disciplinary and subspecialty boundaries. Opportunities abound-the Division seeks to grow research in key areas such as multi-center clinical trials, pain management, opioid research, inflammation, and peri-operative clinical research.
Leading a team of coordinators and a statistician-and working in close coordination with the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of Research in each department-the Deputy Head will reinforce a culture of excellence, innovation, and experimentation. They will also oversee resource allocation and space administration, as well as build out and integrate clinical research infrastructure. Importantly, they will also play an instrumental role in mentoring faculty, fellows, and residents. A visible, high-impact leader, the Deputy Director will thrive in the personal interaction and relationship-building with faculty, administration, and trainees within the Cancer Center. Strong communication skills are required, as is a can-do ethos to realize a vision for science.
As further highlighted below, this critical position requires a dynamic, passionate, and experienced research leader with a proven track record across the spectrum of individual scholarship and collaborative research leadership.
IDEAL EXPERIENCE
Recognized Research Leader
M.D., M.D./Ph.D., investigator with an extensive history of successful clinical research as demonstrated by the number and quality of peer-reviewed publications, funding history, experience designing and leading large/multicenter clinical trials or research projects, and fruitful industry interactions.
Progressive Academic Leadership
Demonstrated executive leadership roles in a productive, complex research institution and/or academic medical center.
Administration
Experience in the administration of an academic research enterprise with responsibilities related to budgets and grants management, program development, data and informatics, and interaction with other institutional components.
Recruiting
Successful experience attracting, retaining, and developing high-performing individuals and teams.
Academic Credentials
Recognized achievement in research pursuits that would warrant appointment as a tenured associate professor or professor and M.D., M.D./Ph.D., required. Appropriate board certification, with additional degrees, certification, or licensure additive.
CRITICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
Collaborative Leadership
The successful candidate will demonstrate the leadership acumen to build rapport and effective working relationships with stakeholders involved in clinical research by:
Being a highly visible, inspiring, and accessible leader who communicates effectively and is comfortable at all levels, collaborative by nature, and an excellent mentor and teacher.
Demonstrating skills and experience in collaborative leadership and change management.
Leading by example and influence with a communication style that is respectful, open, and transparent.
Strategic Vision
The successful candidate will be adept at working with other senior leaders to develop and operationalize a strategic research vision as demonstrated by:
Thinking strategically in a dynamic institution, with a tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to take appropriate risks and innovate to advance the overall research mission of the Division.
Developing an innovative, multi-disciplinary clinical research strategy for the Division.
Establishing ambitious research goals for the Division to build its reputation, programs, and stature locally, regionally, and nationally.
Leading People
In an organization with multiple constituencies, each with different needs and priorities, the successful candidate will build credibility by:
Fostering a participatory and inclusive climate with key stakeholders at a variety of levels both within and outside the organization.
Embodying a sense of team spirit and emphasizing cooperative effort.
Designing and implementing effective information-sharing systems and protocols that instill transparency and accountability.
Being visible, listening actively, and communicating consistently and promptly.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
Additional Information
- Requisition ID: 173801
- Employee Status: Regular
- Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 0
- Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 0
- Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 0
- FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
- Work Location: Onsite
- Science Jobs: No
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