Chief Operating Officer, School of Dentistry - Military veterans preferred

Oregon Health & Science University

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Chief Operating Officer, School of Dentistry

US-OR-Portland

Job ID: 2025-34521
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Dental
Portland, OR (Waterfront)

Overview

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a School of Dentistry executive and key member of the School
leadership team, responsible for implementing strategic initiatives for all mission areas, with an
emphasis in clinical education. The COO partners with the Dean and other leaders to implement a
culture of accountability and responsibility, data-driven decisions, planning, measuring, and learning,
while fostering inclusion, equity, support, and caring.

The COO supports the clinical, academic, and research mission areas by facilitating strategic
planning as well as tracking and reporting on key performance metrics, with the goal of improving
enterprise performance and outcomes.

The COO partners with members of the School leadership team to implement short- and long-term
plans to ensure the operations of the School are integrated and high performing, and aligned with the
mission, goals and objectives of the organization and those it serves.

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, or similar advanced degree
• Minimum 7 years of senior or executive level leadership
• Minimum 5 years’ operations experience in a healthcare and/or academic setting
• Multi-disciplinary financial and administrative experience within a complex organization
• Experience in strategic planning, goal setting, and metrics tracking in a healthcare and/or academic setting
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams
• Strong information technology skills and experience with a broad array of data
  management strategies
• Experience with productivity management systems
• Experience with facility and space management
• Experience providing guidance to ensure compliance with regulatory, legal, and
  institutional policy and rules.

• 10+ years of senior or executive level leadership
• Experience with OHSU systems and organizational relationships, including internal and external
  partners
• Experience in the dental industry or dental education

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