Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Strategic Partnerships

5 days ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States University of Illinois Chicago Full time
Job Title: Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Strategic Partnerships

UIC is seeking a visionary leader to serve as the Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Strategic Partnerships. This key role will be responsible for driving the university's innovation and strategic partnerships agenda, fostering a culture of entrepreneurship and collaboration, and developing and implementing comprehensive strategies to integrate innovation and external partnerships.

About the Role:
  • Lead the development and implementation of strategic plans for innovation and external partnerships, aligning with the university's mission and goals.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including corporate, government, and community partners, to drive innovation and collaboration.
  • Oversee the Innovation Center, Extended Campus, and Strategic Partnerships portfolios, ensuring effective management and resource allocation.
  • Collaborate with Vice Chancellors and Deans across the university to advance innovation and strategic partnerships initiatives.
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures to support innovation and entrepreneurship, including the development of strategies for successful transfer of ideas and commercialization.
  • Provide leadership and oversight for innovation and corporate, government, and community collaboration broadly across the university.
Requirements:
  • A master's degree in a related field from an accredited institution of higher education and a minimum of ten (10) years of demonstrated success in innovation and entrepreneurship management experience within a large, complex environment.
  • Proven leader with evident entrepreneurial skills and experience cultivating and navigating complex government, community, and corporate relationships.
  • Strong understanding of the culture of academic institutions and an appreciation of the role of research and service-intensive faculty in innovation.
  • Demonstrated commitment to resource stewardship and strong demonstrated capabilities in planning, budgeting, financing, and fiscal management.
  • Demonstrated ability to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary research and innovative activity.
  • Demonstrated success in recruiting, developing, evaluating and retaining academic talent.
  • Ability to foster and promote gender equity and ethnic diversity among faculty and staff to enrich the university and advance its mission of access and excellence at scale.
  • Proven ability to interact professionally and communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external constituent groups.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships, including the ability to negotiate and solve problems with multiple constituencies and stakeholder groups with diverse priorities.
  • Ability to articulate and bring into effect the overall mission and vision of the university.
  • A creative thinker and innovator with the ability to build consensus and collaborate with others.
  • Commitment to making higher education more inclusive.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • A doctoral degree or relevant terminal degree in a related field from an accredited institution of higher education is strongly preferred.
  • Experience within a large public research university, preferably with an academic health system.
  • Demonstrated experience leading change across a unit, department, or institution.
  • Experience applying best practices in instructional design for online or hybrid education.
  • Sufficient research experience to provide insight into how faculty develop and advance their best ideas.

This position will be based in Chicago, IL. The salary will be commensurate with experience.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates.

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