University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Looking for Dean, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Full Time

Job Summary: The University of
Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is already considered among the very best academic health science centers in the nation committed to the
tri-partite missions of research, education, and clinical care. This position will encompass the dual role of Dean of the School of Medicine
and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs. The person who assumes these positions will be a leader and key partner in taking the health
sciences campus into the very top tier of elite institutions.

Reporting to the Chancellor of the University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Campus (Chancellor), the Dean of the School of Medicine is the SOM’s chief administrative and academic officer with responsibility
for organizational structure that will promote competitive research, clinical, and educational programs of the highest caliber. This
individual will be responsible for recruiting and developing an outstanding academic and administrative leadership team, including
department chairs, center directors, critical faculty, and senior administrators. As Dean, this individual will also serve as the President
of the faculty practice plan, University Physicians, Inc., a 501c3 organization, ensuring its continued success and evolution as a
multi-specialty group practice. The Dean will be a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Colorado Hospital, University of
Colorado Health System, and Children’s Hospital Colorado.

As Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, this individual will oversee
campus-wide and SOM centers and institutes and will be part of the executive leadership for the clinical enterprise, leveraging the
opportunities inherent within a health science dedicated campus with multiple top-ranked hospitals.

This critically important senior
leadership position in academic medicine requires a dynamic individual with outstanding leadership skills and a comprehensive understanding
of the multiple missions of the School of Medicine and the numerous challenges facing academic medicine. Exceptional strategic,
communication, and diplomacy skills are essential. This individual must be seen as creative and decisive but also a consensus builder with
demonstrated success in a complex, multi-faceted academic medical environment.

Key Responsibilities:

As Dean of the
School of Medicine:

• Collaboratively develop, articulate, and implement a coherent strategic plan for the SOM that will take
  the University of Colorado School of Medicine into the elite tier of academic schools of medicine committed to excellence in innovation,
  research, education and clinical care.
• Build and refine a modern executive governance system that will advise each component
  of the SOM’s overall mission and strategy and those of the Anschutz Medical Campus, the University of Colorado Health System (UC Health),
  and the Children’s Hospital Colorado.
• Develop strong, mutually beneficial, and productive working relationships with UCHealth
  and Children’s Hospital Colorado leadership based on trust, transparency, collaboration, and partnership.
• Continue to
  modernize and strengthen the financial operations of the School of Medicine in support of the Anschutz Medical Campus.
• Recruit/support a strong leadership team of associate deans, chairpersons, institute and center directors, and executive administration
  to unite and inspire a highly effective organization committed to achieving the SOM’s vision and strategic plan.
• Provide
  visionary leadership and support that enables the School of Medicine to achieve and sustain top ranked national status in innovation,
  research, clinical, and educational missions as measured by external rankings such as Blue Ridge, Vizient, Doximity, and others.
• Support and nurture the spectrum of science from bench to bedside through dedicated commitments, strategic recruitment, mentorship, and
  development of scientists. Expand the NIH portfolio through strategic investments, enhancement of existing programs, and new
  initiatives.
• Expand the School of Medicine’s current upward trajectory in cutting-edge discovery research by investing in
  recruitment and support of outstanding research faculty, state-of-the-art research infrastructure, and collaborative initiatives.
• Lead and support the continued evolution of the longitudinal integrated medical school curriculum that motivates and inspires the next
  generation of physicians and scientists. Engage with students to achieve the ideal student experience at CU.
• Serve as a
  trusted and fiduciary member of the Board of Directors of UC Health, University of Colorado Hospital Authority, Children’s Hospital
  Colorado, and other boards.
• Grow a best-in-class internationally renowned destination clinical enterprise characterized by
  the development of “destination programs,” top-tier clinical outcomes, and an unapologetic commitment to creating new knowledge and
  innovation in clinical care delivery.
• Become a pillar of the philanthropic community, enabling a continuing growth of
  philanthropic support.
• Promote and enhance diversity and inclusion among faculty, staff, and students in the education
  process, research, and provision of patient care services.
• Continue to build on the success of the School of Medicine and
  help position the Anschutz Medical Campus into an internationally recognized innovation engine attracting entrepreneurial-inclined faculty
  and executives and industry leaders, far and wide, who wish to work in the interface between academic medicine and industry to build
  tomorrow’s best and most valued companies.
• Nurture and enhance strategic relationships with other Schools and their leaders,
  including Schools of Public Health, Nursing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy, among others.
• Serve as a strong advocate for the
  Anschutz Medical Campus, the School of Medicine, and Academic Medicine as a whole at all levels and with all constituents.
• Serve as the public face and voice for the School of Medicine.
• Be known as a local, national, and international thought
  leader in Academic Medicine and an ambassador for academic missions.

As President of CU Medicine:

• Serve as
  Chairman of the Board of Directors.
• Ensure that the multi-specialty group practice thrives, remains financially strong, is
  innovative and agile and significantly grows market share.
• Envision and enact a plan that invests in unique and innovative
  clinical opportunities.
• Ensure that CU Medicine is the leader in the academic health center enterprise.

As
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs:

• Serve as a critical leader for the Anschutz Medical campus by working effectively and
  productively with the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus leadership and the deans of the other health professional schools on the
  Anschutz Medical Campus.
• Provide leadership and oversight of campus-level centers and institutes (Center for Biomedical
  Informatics & Personalized Medicine, Center on Aging, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, AHEC Health Education Centers, Interprofessional
  Education, Health & Wellness Center, and Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute) and act as supervising authority of the
  directors of those centers and institutes.
• Provide leadership and oversight of campus efforts to improve population health
  in Colorado and beyond through efforts that engage with the community.
• Coordinate with the various Schools’ professional
  practice plans to maximize clinical collaborations.
• Convene and lead the Deans’ Coordinating Council.
• Serve
  as a member of the Chancellor’s senior cabinet for University-wide issues and decisions.

Collaborative and Influential
Leadership: The leadership of the University of Colorado School of Medicine requires a series of collaborative affiliations and
partnerships. As such, the Dean and Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs must:

• Facilitate discussions that enable people, both
  internal and external to the University of Colorado School of Medicine, to collaborate. Candidate Profile University of Colorado School of
  Medicine
• Promote collaboration and partnership among multiple parties across the University of Colorado School of Medicine
  and UCHealth, Children’s Hospital of Colorado, National Jewish Health, Denver Health, the extensive Rocky Mountain Community, and beyond.
• Encourage and create opportunities for events where key stakeholders engage in dialogue and shape consensus.
• Build and leverage a network of meaningful relationships with the University of Colorado School of Medicine and its
  stakeholders.

Acting Strategically: The Dean and Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs need to assess and define the next
set of future aspirations for the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the required organizational and external support to attain
success. As such, the Dean will need to be intellectually capable of mastering the complexities of a premier academic health center and
possess the clinical, scientific, educational, and financial acumen to analyze, comprehend, select, and implement operational and financial
solutions that are unique to the University of Colorado School of Medicine. To be successful, the Dean and Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs
will:

• Define the evolving future of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, the region, and nationally, and contrast
  with the present using logic and evidence.
• In collaboration with the University leadership, determine the forward-looking
  strategy and propose new directions for the University of Colorado School of Medicine linked to the evolving marketplace.
• Challenge assumptions and conventional wisdom with specific, supported, and reasoned proposals.
• Contribute to developing
  and justify an organizational strategy with knowledge of current trends and best practices in academic medicine.

Organization & People Leadership: As the University of Colorado School of Medicine pursues its strategy, new talent and
capabilities are required to steward its people and organization into the future. Therefore, the Dean and Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs
will:

• Collaborate and find agreement among alternative views within the team to manage projects, solve problems, and discuss
  challenging issues.
• Delegate roles thoughtfully to be free to work at a strategic level.
• Collaborate with
  administrators, chairs, faculty, and staff to establish clear, challenging performance goals and metrics.
• Design a
  performance management process to monitor projects and deliver results that exceed expectations.
• Ensure that the leadership
  team is perpetually functioning at the optimal level of experience and capability needed to accomplish the new challenges inherent in the
  system’s evolution.
• Champion and communicate the values of inclusivity, belonging, and justice in supporting individuals from
  backgrounds underrepresented in medicine to build a diverse school.

Why Join Us: The University of Colorado (CU) School of Medicine is on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. It is part of the larger
four-campus University of Colorado system, including the University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Colorado-Denver, and the University
of Colorado-Colorado Springs. The Anschutz Medical Campus features world-class research, educational, and clinical space. It is home to the
University of Colorado’s six health professional schools (School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, College of Nursing, Skaggs School
of

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Colorado School of Public Health, and the Graduate School).

The Anschutz Medical Campus
hosts the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado, both designated as magnet facilities. It also hosts an adjacent
bioscience research park and the Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center. The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is the
only comprehensive academic health sciences center in Colorado, the largest academic health center in the Rocky Mountain region, and one of
the world’s newest education, research, and patient care facilities.

To learn more, please visit: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/

The University of Colorado offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, retirement plans,
tuition benefits, ECO pass, paid time off – vacation, sick, and holidays and more. To see what benefits are available, please visit: https://www.cu.edu/e
mployee-services/benefits-wellness.