Vice President for Research and Innovation

The University of Minnesota, a prestigious, comprehensive, public, land-grant research university, seeks a strategic, collaborative, and dynamic leader to serve as its next Vice President for Research and Innovation (VPRI). The VPRI will join the University at an exciting moment as it implements its strategic roadmap, Elevate Extraordinary 2030.

Compensation: $475,000 - $515,000, commensurate with education and experience. Excellent benefits included.

About the University:

• Over $1.4 billion in annual research funding
• Ranked 12th among U.S. public research universities by the National Science Foundation
• Ranked 23rd among Top Public Schools nationally by U.S. News and World Report
• Five campuses enrolling 68,000 undergraduate and graduate students
• Home to 4,926 faculty, including 26 Nobel Prize recipients
• Over 600,000 alumni and a healthcare enterprise serving over 1.3 million patients annually

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the University's chief research officer across the system, reporting directly to the President
• Foster a culture of quality, high-impact, multidisciplinary research and scholarship
• Set a broad, ethical, and inclusive vision for the research enterprise
• Allocate resources strategically and expand funding relationships with industry, foundation, institutional, and government partners
• Address critical operational challenges to maintain superior research infrastructure
• Modernize infrastructure for grant submission, financial management, and compliance systems

Qualifications:

• Strong record of securing external funding for own research program
• Qualified for faculty appointment at the rank of full professor with tenure
• Excellent communicator with different constituencies
• Experienced university administrator capable of managing a vast research enterprise

This is a 100-percent time, 12-month appointment based in Minneapolis.

Equal Opportunity Employer