Executive Administrator
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mayo Clinic is currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced Executive Administrator for the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center (MCCCC). This individual, in partnership with the Executive Director of the MCCCC, is responsible for strategic and operational planning, leadership development, staff diversity, fiscal management, and monitoring of operational and performance outcomes of the MCCCC in alignment with Mayo Clinic’s overall strategy.
The Executive Administrator also serves as the Enterprise Deputy Director for Administration for the Mayo Clinic NCI P30 Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG), in partnership with the MCCCC Executive Director who serves as the CCSG Principal Investigator. In this role, the Executive Director oversees an administrative team that supports the center’s leadership, faculty, and staff teams who guide each CCSG component. The Executive Administrator works closely with Center’s Deputy Directors, site-based leaders, and allied health care staff to drive a high-performance collaborative research ecosystem in our laboratories, clinics and communities. Six Research Programs serve as engines for scientific discovery, translating our discoveries to novel diagnostics and therapeutics. These six transdisciplinary Research Programs include: Cancer Genomics, Signaling, and Metastasis (CGSM), Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapeutics (CII), Cancer Risk Assessment, Early Detection, Interception (REDI), Cancer Prevention, Control, and Survivorship (CPCS), Novel Therapeutics and Therapeutic Modalities (NTTM) and Advanced Clinical Trials and Translational Sciences (ACTS). Through collaborations and coordination with the Mayo Clinic Research Sheild, MCCCC harnesses the power of these Research Programs, seven Translational Science teams, and 15 Disease Groups to drive a highly robust cancer clinical trials program, with distributed and decentralized elements. Center activities are also supported by 15 outstanding Shared Research Resources. Through these efforts, MCCCC is revolutionizing cancer research and pioneering new ways to detect, intercept, and advance cures for patients with cancer everywhere.
A master’s degree in business or health care administration is required. Candidates must have at least five years of substantial leadership and management experience; 10 years is preferred. This experience must include working with physicians, scientific investigators, and allied health staff across a variety of assignments. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in leadership, management, operations, finance, and communication. Broad senior-management experience is required to coordinate activities across the organization, along with in-depth knowledge of Mayo Clinic’s strategic priorities and a broad understanding of the institution’s strengths and weaknesses relevant to advancing those priorities. Scientific expertise and experience in research and clinical trial operations within an NCI-designated cancer center are strongly preferred.
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