Dean, School of Pharmacy

Dean's Office College of Pharmacy - Regular Full-Time Management Fort Wayne, IN, US 1 Attachments

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Manchester University is seeking a collaborative, accountable, and forward-thinking leader to serve as Dean of the School of Pharmacy at our Fort Wayne campus.

This is an opportunity to lead a distinctive portfolio of programs while helping shape the future of health professions education at a small, mission-driven university. The Dean provides strategic, academic, and operational leadership for the School’s Doctor of Pharmacy, Master of Science in Pharmacogenomics, and Master of Science in Nutrition and Nutrigenomics programs, including related dual-degree and graduate certificate offerings.

The successful candidate will be an organized and transparent leader who follows through on commitments, holds themselves and others accountable, and creates an environment where faculty and staff can do their best work. We are looking for someone who advocates for faculty, encourages collaboration, communicates clearly, and can turn strategic priorities into meaningful action.

The Dean will have the opportunity to:

• Guide academic innovation across pharmacy, pharmacogenomics, nutrition, and nutrigenomics.
• Strengthen academic quality, accreditation readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Support faculty development, scholarship, and professional engagement.
• Build partnerships with healthcare systems, industry, universities, alumni, and community organizations.
• Develop enrollment pathways and new academic offerings that respond to workforce needs.
• Help create a collaborative, accountable culture centered on students, faculty success, and academic excellence.
• Co-lead the College of Health Professions, Nursing & Pharmacy alongside the Dean of the School of Health Professions and Nursing.

As Dean, you will:

• Provide strategic direction for the School and align its goals with University and college priorities.
• Lead and support department chairs, program directors, faculty, and staff in curriculum development, assessment, accreditation, and continuous improvement.
• Lead school operations, budget planning, personnel decisions, policy development, and resource allocation.
• Promote sustainable enrollment growth and sound fiscal stewardship.
• Champion faculty advocacy, professional development, mentoring, scholarship, and research collaboration.
• Foster open communication, shared accountability, inclusive leadership, and effective collaboration.
• Strengthen student recruitment, retention, licensure readiness, career preparation, and professional development.
• Cultivate relationships with alumni, advisory boards, healthcare organizations, industry partners, professional associations, and community stakeholders.
• Support fundraising and alumni engagement in partnership with University Advancement and Alumni Relations.
• Represent the School in University governance and in external academic, regulatory, and professional settings.

The successful candidate will bring:

• A terminal degree in pharmacy.
• Significant experience with accreditation, curriculum oversight, academic assessment, and program development.
• Familiarity with HLC, ACPE, and/or ACEND accreditation standards.
• Demonstrated academic or administrative leadership experience.
• Strong organizational, supervisory, budgetary, and team-building skills.
• A record of building productive relationships with faculty, staff, students, trustees, community partners, and professional organizations.
• The ability to make informed decisions, communicate expectations, and…