Medical Affairs Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, higher education administration, organizational development, or a related field; equivalent experience may be substituted.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in human resources, faculty affairs, executive recruitment, leadership development, academic administration, or a related field.
• Experience working with senior executives and faculty leaders in a complex organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of faculty affairs practices and the faculty employment lifecycle.
• Knowledge of executive recruitment practices, including search strategy, candidate assessment, search firm management, and candidate and stakeholder experience.
• Knowledge of leadership development principles, program design, adult learning, and evaluation of program effectiveness.
• Strong business and organizational acumen, with the ability to think strategically and translate strategy into operational plans.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, and hold teams accountable for high-quality results.
• Strong executive presence and ability to establish credibility with faculty, physician leaders, senior executives, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to navigate complex, sensitive, and ambiguous situations with sound judgment and discretion.
• Ability to interpret and consistently apply policies, procedures, and governance requirements.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use metrics and qualitative information to assess effectiveness and guide decisions.
• Commitment to service excellence and continuous improvement.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, consultation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage highly confidential and sensitive information.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and build effective partnerships across organizational boundaries.
• High degree of integrity, professionalism, initiative, and accountability.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in human resources, business administration, higher education administration, organizational development, or a related field.
• Experience in academic medicine, higher education, or a health sciences environment.
• Experience leading a team or organizational function.
• Experience supporting faculty governance and faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of Faculty Affairs operations, services, and staff.
• Oversee and facilitate faculty recruitments and appointments, reappointments, promotions, tenure, non-renewals, sabbaticals, and other faculty employment and lifecycle actions.
• Manage and continuously improve new faculty orientation and onboarding processes.
• Interpret, communicate, and administer institutional faculty policies and procedures; ensure compliance with applicable institutional policies, procedures, and external regulations.
• Manage the Faculty Offer Letter process, including policy compliance, compensation and market-benchmark review, approvals, and due diligence.
• Maintain the integrity, accuracy, confidentiality, and appropriate use of faculty data and records; serve as an institutional resource on Faculty Affairs policies, practices, and processes.
• Serve as the lead partner to the Provost for faculty governance, including ECF, the MCW Faculty Council, and other faculty committees and groups.
• Own the operations and continuity of faculty governance bodies, including agendas, meeting preparation, materials, minutes, action tracking, and follow-through.
• Coordinate governance elections, committee appointments, charges, and orientation of new governance members.
• Lead preparation and coordination for the Academic, Clinical, Research and Education (ACRE) Committee of the Board of Trustees in partnership with the Provost and Dean of the School of Medicine.
• Lead development, review, and maintenance of faculty-facing policies, faculty bylaws, and the Faculty Handbook across schools, ensuring consistency, clarity, and appropriate governance review and approval.
• Liaise among faculty governance bodies, the Provost, deans, and senior leadership; advise the Provost on faculty matters and opportunities to strengthen faculty engagement and shared governance.
• Partner with the Provost office’s education leadership on faculty matters related to the education mission.
• Lead executive faculty recruitment, including searches for designated senior faculty and academic leadership positions.
• Partner with hiring leaders to develop search strategies, position profiles, recruitment plans, candidate assessment processes, and onboarding and transition plans.
• Maintain effective executive search practices, tools, resources, and service standards, and ensure a high-quality experience for candidates, search committee members, hiring leaders, and stakeholders.
• Evaluate the internal executive faculty recruitment function against external firms and market practices, including costs, timelines, candidate quality, stakeholder satisfaction, and search outcomes.
• Determine when internal search capabilities or external search firms are appropriate; manage external search firm relationships and performance when engaged.
• Develop and monitor executive recruitment metrics and use findings to improve search quality, efficiency, and outcomes; ensure compliance with institutional policies and legal and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with institutional and academic leaders to assess faculty and faculty-leader development needs and establish priorities.
• Collaborate with Organizational Development to design, implement, and evaluate programs and resources that strengthen current and emerging faculty leaders.
• Support leadership onboarding and transitions for vice deans, senior associate deans, department chairs, division chiefs, center and institute directors, and other designated faculty leaders.
• Align faculty leadership development with institutional talent, succession, organizational development, and strategic priorities; measure effectiveness and continuously improve offerings.
• Identify and evaluate internal and external resources, facilitators, and partners for faculty leadership development.
• Translate OFALD vision and priorities into actionable strategies, operating plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and faculty metrics to inform institutional priorities, decisions, and initiatives.
• Conduct continuous quality improvement reviews of OFALD programs and processes to reduce turnaround time, remove unnecessary steps, improve stakeholder experience, and remain current with leading practices.
• Lead cross-functional projects and initiatives involving faculty affairs, faculty governance, executive recruitment, and leadership development.
• Build working relationships with the Provost, deans, academic and administrative leaders, faculty, Human Resources, Legal, Finance, and other institutional partners.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and manage OFALD staff; set expectations, evaluate performance, and ensure responsive, accurate, high-quality service.
• Manage assigned human, financial, and operational resources.
• Perform special assignments as directed by designated senior leaders and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental coverage
• Flexible Spending options
• 403B retirement package
• Competitive vacation and paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid parental leave
• Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Pet insurance
• On-campus fitness facility with onsite classes
• Discounted rates on select cell phone plans, local fitness facilities, Milwaukee recreation, and entertainment