Senior Associate Dean of Finance and Administration/Divisional Business Officer

The Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering (“WSE”) seeks a highly motivated, collaborative, and strategic leader to serve as its next Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration. The Senior Associate Dean is the designated Divisional Business Officer (“DBO”) for the school, serving as WSE’s de facto Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. Reporting directly to the Dean, with a secondary reporting relationship to the Johns Hopkins’ Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, the Senior Associate Dean will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of administrative excellence, fiscal integrity, and stewardship of resources in WSE. 

The Whiting School of Engineering is in the midst of monumental growth, rapidly elevating its programs into the very top tier of graduate rankings and on track to become the largest private engineering school in the country. Over the next five years, WSE will grow by 150 faculty members, bringing the total projected faculty number to 580. The school also has plans to build a transformative Data Science and AI Institute, aiming to be the nation’s foremost destination for emerging applications, opportunities, and challenges presented by data science, machine learning, and AI. The next Senior Associate Dean will be a key leader in bringing these goals to fruition and leading WSE to new heights. 

With approximately 2,500 students and 430 faculty members, WSE is a vibrant academic community committed to the three tenets of education, research, and translation. With a long history dating back to 1913, the WSE has emerged as one of the best engineering schools in the country, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as No. 14 in Best Engineering Schools, No. 1 in Biomedical Engineering, and No. 6 in Online Graduate Engineering Programs. 

The next Senior Associate Dean will be a vital partner to academic and administrative leaders across WSE, providing high-level leadership and modeling excellence, creativity, and flexibility across all that they do. They will demonstrate an ability to lead high-functioning, diverse teams with trust and transparency while simultaneously working collaboratively with key groups of faculty and staff to further the school’s strategic objectives. The successful candidate will bring financial, administrative, and technological acumen paired with an understanding of WSE’s research mission. Partnering across campus is an integral part of the Senior Associate Dean’s role; a successful candidate will bring outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, political astuteness, and the ability to lead with influence. 

The expected base pay salary range for this position is $300,000-$400,000.

This salary range does not include all components of the Whiting School of Engineering compensation program. This position may be eligible for a discretionary retention and performance bonus, based on individual performance and the school’s performance during the applicable fiscal year, as determined by the Dean in their sole discretion. Therefore, the actual compensation paid to the selected candidate may vary slightly from the salary range stated herein. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here.

Confidential inquiries, nominations/referrals, and applications (including resumes and letters of interest responding to the opportunities and challenges outlined above) should be submitted electronically below. 

Dan Rodas is leading this search with Amble Ryan and Kristen Andersen. 

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