Summary
The Senior Director of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development provides strategic and operational leadership for the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development (OFALD), a university-wide function serving faculty across the School of Medicine, the School of Pharmacy, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and future schools and programs. The Senior Director oversees faculty affairs operations, faculty leadership development, and executive faculty recruitment, ensuring that each function delivers a responsive, consistent, and high-quality experience for faculty, candidates, academic leaders, and institutional partners.
The Senior Director serves as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to academic and administrative leaders, translating institutional priorities into effective programs, processes, and services. Within the Office of the Provost, the Senior Director is the lead partner for faculty governance and a thought partner to the Provost on faculty matters, ensuring that faculty governance bodies operate effectively and that faculty perspectives inform institutional decision-making. This role also leads the continued development and evaluation of the institution’s executive faculty recruitment capability; advances faculty leadership development initiatives; ensures the effective administration of faculty appointments, promotions, tenure, and other faculty lifecycle processes; and uses data and metrics to evaluate outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
The Senior Director leads and develops the OFALD team and promotes a culture of accountability, collaboration, service, and continuous learning.
Reporting Relationship
Reports jointly to the Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer and to the Provost/Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. The Provost/Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs sets priorities for faculty affairs, faculty governance, and executive faculty recruitment. The Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer ensure alignment with Human Resources, Organizational Development, and institutional people strategy.
Primary Responsibilities
Faculty Affairs
Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of Faculty Affairs operations, services, and staff.
Oversee and facilitate proactive administration of 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 policies and procedures related to faculty.
Ensure compliance with applicable institutional policies, procedures and external regulations relating to faculty employment.
Manage the Faculty Offer Letter process, ensuring compliance with applicable policies, appropriate review of compensation and market benchmarks, and completion of required institutional approvals and appropriate due diligence.
Maintain the integrity, accuracy, confidentiality, and appropriate use of faculty data and records.
Serve as an institutional resource regarding Faculty Affairs policies, practices and processes.
Faculty Governance and the Office of the Provost Partnership
Serve as the lead partner to the provost for faculty governance, including ECF and the MCW Faculty Council, and other faculty committees and groups that elevate faculty perspectives in institutional decision-making.
Own the operations and continuity of faculty governance bodies, including agenda development, meeting preparation, materials, minutes, action tracking, and follow-through on decisions and recommendations.
Coordinate faculty governance processes such as 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 the Dean of the School of Medicine,…