The Department of Medicine (DoM) at Stanford University is seeking a strategic and forward thinking leader to reimagine and advance its faculty talent acquisition function. As the university’s largest academic department, with more than 900 faculty and other teaching title appointments and continued growth, DoM requires a scalable, innovative, and strategically aligned approach to faculty recruitment. This newly reimagined role will shape the vision, strategy, and infrastructure for department wide faculty talent acquisition by developing and implementing recruitment processes, systems, and best practices that enhance operational effectiveness, strengthen the candidate experience, and position the department to attract exceptional academic talent. Working in close partnership with department leadership and divisional stakeholders, the Manager will build organizational capacity, establish consistent recruitment standards, leverage data to drive decision making, and advance a compelling recruitment brand to support the department’s evolving workforce needs and long-term strategic priorities.
This is a remote opportunity.
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced knowledge regarding talent acquisition, and state and federal employment laws.
- Demonstrated experience with full cycle talent acquisition.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with business leaders.
- Ability to work independently with moderate supervision in a team-based environment.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills. Must have excellent presentation skills.
- Strong project management skills.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive matters.
- Strong, fundamental skills in technology/platform supporting business operations and communications.
- Demonstrated experience with recruitment of faculty and/or medical professionals.
Core Duties
- Direct staff and provide leadership to achieve goals and vision of the organization and the day-to-day operations. Responsible for hiring and retaining staff, career coaching, personal development for direct reports and accountable for the performance of employees.
- Conduct strategic analysis of data, policy, and other information relevant to critical functional area(s) of faculty affairs for the organization. Identify and resolve issues of substantial significance that affect the faculty affairs function beyond the immediate organization.
- Consult and advise senior faculty and administrative leadership on program and policy development. May provide input to university leadership on institutional, academic, and administrative policies and guidelines.
- Ensure compliance with school and university policies. Manage university faculty conflict of interest requirements for the organization as needed, utilizing institutional and departmental understanding of relationships in relevant fields.
- Serve on school or Provost’s Office committees to provide input on faculty affairs issues. Represent the organization to other university departments including, but not limited to, the Provost’s Office; Office of General Counsel; Office of Faculty Advancement; Office of Technology Licensing; Dean of Research; Office of Development; and other academic units.
- Manage the direction of internal academic and administrative policy development for programs and administrative operations. Interpret and explain policy and programmatic development and changes to department chairs and managers on programmatic and policy development.
- Oversee the collection, management, analysis, and/or reporting of faculty data. Assist in ensuring compliance with related policies. May oversee allocation of the organization’s resources.
- May independently or in collaboration with the Provost’s Office, direct faculty and/or academic staff supervisors and managers in the interpretation and implementation of faculty affairs policies, procedures, and programs.
- May provide input to university leadership on institutional academic and administrative policies and guidelines for improvement.
Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree
Minimum Experience
Seven years of experience working with administrative processes, or combination of education and relevant experience, and three years of lead, supervisor or manager experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated supervisory skills including conflict resolution.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication skills
- Working knowledge of accounting, budget planning and/or financial forecasting.
- Working knowledge of grants and contract administration.
- Strong negotiation skills and effective interpersonal skills.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong expertise in business and management computer applications and databases.
- Strong knowledge of industry standards and/or regulatory requirements.
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities, projects, and deadlines.
- Subject matter expertise for area(s) of responsibility.
- Able to keep abreast of general industry knowledge and trends.
