Chicago, IL, USA · Executive
Chief Strategy and Operations Officer
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Salary $200,000 - $250,000 per year
The University of Chicago is hiring a Chief Strategy and Operations Officer for its new office of AI, Precision Medicine, and Data Analytics. The office brings academic research and clinical leadership together across the Biological Sciences Division (BSD) and UChicago Medicine, and it oversees clinical informatics, research informatics, omics, AI, precision medicine and institutional biobanking.
The role is the executive partner to the Vice Dean and Senior Vice President for AI, Precision Medicine, and Data Analytics. It runs a multi-year plan to bring the university's scattered informatics and AI work into one structure, and it works with Argonne National Laboratory, the Booth School of Business, the Harris School of Public Policy and the Polsky Center.
What you will do
- Manage consolidated budgets, staffing plans and funding allocations across the biomedical enterprise
- Support a shared clinical and research data platform that joins EHR, multiomics, imaging, digital pathology and patient-reported data, working with UChicago Medicine IT
- Help move precision medicine from research into clinical use
- Run internal and external advisory boards and manage partnerships with affiliate hospitals, regional health systems and industry
- Work with academic and clinical leaders on faculty recruitment in areas such as AI in biomedicine and pharmacogenomics, and oversee start-up packages
- Partner with University Development on philanthropy, grants, industry co-investment and commercialization
- Supervise staff and run day-to-day operations
Requirements
- A college or university degree in a related field and at least 10 years of related work experience
- Preferred: an MBA or advanced degree in the sciences, and a background in biomedical research and university administration
Full time, 40 hours a week, hybrid, in Chicago. Salary range $200,000 to $250,000. Requisition JR35680, posted October 23, 2026. A resume or CV and a cover letter are required.
Apply through the University of Chicago careers site.
How to apply
Posted 2026-11-08, open through 2027-02-06. Posted by the organization on ExecSearches.