Director of Operations, Administration, and Strategy

Director Of Operations, Administration, And Strategy

The Brain Development and Education Lab seeks a full time Director of Operations, Administration, and Strategy to join our team. The Director of Operations, Administration, and Strategy will provide management and coordination of administrative and operations-related functions for the lab to achieve the research and teaching mission, goals and objectives of the unit.

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This position is a 1-year fixed term appointment that may be renewed based on performance and funding. This position is eligible for a hybrid work agreement. Interested applicants should submit a resume and a cover letter describing why they are interested in this position at this stage of their career. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

The Brain Development & Education Lab is located in the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at Stanford University and represents a collaboration between the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics within the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Education and the Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute. The Brain Development & Education Lab houses the Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR), a program that bridges the lab, community, and classroom, aligning academic research to practical challenges in education.

ROAR's mission is to inspire a virtuous cycle between research and practice, supporting equity in education through the open dissemination of evidence-based tools that support students and teachers while advancing the frontiers of knowledge through inclusive research at an unprecedented scale. ROAR empowers educators, families, clinicians, and researchers with research-backed assessments to advance learning, accelerate research on learning differences, and foster equitable access to high-quality, data-driven decision-making for all.

The lab is affiliated with the Stanford Center on Early Childhood (SCEC). The SCEC leverages the current moment of revolutionary science and fosters deep omnidirectional collaboration across sectors, seeking to change the way that research in early childhood is conducted, communicated, and utilized, with the overarching goal that each and every child thrives from the start.

ROAR is a rapidly growing program, having been recently approved as a universal screener across multiple states and now supporting hundreds of thousands of students in schools all across the United States. As ROAR grows so does the lab, with a dynamic and collaborative team consisting of graduate students, postdocs, faculty, research coordinators, professional web developers, and school partnership coordinators. The Director of Operations, Administration, and Strategy will join the leadership team of the lab to provide leadership across administrative functions at the lab.

The person in this role will work to develop and refine organizational infrastructure across the unit. As a member of the Leadership Team, this role will work closely with Lab Director Dr. Jason Yeatman, as well as the Director of Research and Partnerships and the Director of Technology and Innovation, to support strategic planning across the lab. The person in this role will serve as primary liaison with central University offices in areas of administration, financial and research management, and organizational needs.

Areas of responsibility include:

• Administrative Leadership & Infrastructure
  • Provide leadership for core administrative functions including contract management, proposal development, financial coordination, and operational support.
  • Oversee contract and license agreement management, including drafting, tracking, and coordination with university offices to ensure compliance and…