Chief Administrative Officer

Job Posting

Title:

Chief Administrative Officer ---- Hiring Department:
Dell Medical School ---- Position Open To:
All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40 ---- FLSA Status:
Exempt from FLSA ---- Earliest

Start Date:

Oct 01, 2026 ---- Position Duration:
Expected to Continue ---
- Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS ---- Job Details:

General Notes The University of Texas at Austin is undertaking a once-in-a-generation transformation to build a world‑class academic health system in Central Texas. Anchored by Dell Medical School and the growing UT Health Austin clinical enterprise, this bold initiative is redefining how academic medicine delivers care, accelerates discovery, educates future healthcare leaders, and improves health across the communities we serve. As UT Dell Medical School continues its rapid growth and advances toward development of a new academic medical center and hospital, the organization is making foundational investments that will shape its future.

Success will require modern infrastructure, scalable operations, innovative technologies, strong financial stewardship, and an administrative platform capable of supporting growth across clinical care, research, and education. Within this environment, UT Dell Medical School seeks a Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to serve as the administrative dyad partner to the Dean and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs. Reporting directly to the Dean/SVPMA, the CAO provides strategic and operational leadership for administration, shared services, organizational development, and enterprise execution.

The CAO helps translate institutional vision into operational reality while building the capabilities, systems, and culture required to support a premier academic health system. This executive will oversee key administrative functions including finance, human resources, information technology, facilities, development, marketing and communications, compliance, legal affairs, and other shared services. As a member of the senior leadership team, the CAO will play a critical role in shaping organizational strategy, executing growth initiatives, driving operational excellence, and ensuring the long‑term sustainability of the enterprise.

At UT Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin, we are not simply growing an organization. We are creating the next generation of academic medicine in Central Texas. This is an opportunity to join the organization during a defining period of expansion and help shape the future of an academic health system designed to transform health, education, research, and patient care.

Our mission and culture are grounded in:
Excellence Innovation Impact Collaboration Compassion Humility Stewardship Altruism

• Help build a destination academic medical center and integrated health system
• Serve as the primary administrative partner to the Dean and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs
• Lead administration and shared services during a period of significant growth and transformation
• Develop the organizational structure, capabilities, and operating model needed to support future expansion
• Drive operational excellence while advancing education, clinical care, and research priorities
• Shape enterprise strategy, workforce modernization, and AI‑enabled transformation initiatives
• Partner with executive leaders, faculty, physicians, researchers, and community stakeholders to advance organizational goals

• Serve as strategic and operational dyad partner to the Dean and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs
• Provide overall strategic and operational direction for UT Dell Medical School and its future growth as a destination academic medical center
• Lead…