Associate Center Director of Discovery Science

Moffitt Cancer Center (Moffitt), a stand-alone NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, is seeking a visionary and collaborative leader to serve as the Associate Center Director (ACD) and Division Chief of Discovery Science
. This senior academic leadership role will be responsible for driving transformative research innovation in immunology, tumor biology, cancer metabolism, molecular oncology, and drug discovery. The ACD is responsible for providing strategic vision, scientific leadership, and administrative oversight for the Division across multiple disciplines within the Departments of Immunology, Metabolism and Physiology, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis, Molecular Oncology, Drug Discovery, as well as one or more future departments in the Division.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and expand Moffitt’s strengths in basic cancer science through interdisciplinary research and strategic growth. A primary responsibility of this role will be to foster collaborations across research and clinical faculty and to provide senior leadership in building expertise, academic departments, research infrastructure, and team science partnerships that advance innovative approaches to advance cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

This leader will have significant authority and responsibility for the academic and research mission of Moffitt, which has nationally recognized research programs in Clinical, Physical & Quantitative, Population, and Translational Sciences. The ACD serves as an institutional leader to advance Moffitt’s singular mission to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

• Advance impact and visibility of Moffitt’s Discovery Science research at the local, state, national and international levels
• Further strengthen and grow exceptional basic science research programs in the existing departments
• Recruit talented faculty and staff dedicated to discovery science research, leveraging highly competitive faculty recruitment packages

• Have a national/international reputation in cancer-related basic science research with an exceptional track record of high impact publications and peer reviewed extramural research funding
• Be a thought leader in basic science who will anticipate and drive new research directions and opportunities
• Have exceptional leadership and mentorship skills to advance the careers of faculty, trainees, and staff
• Understand and advance catchment area needs through research

• Administrative and academic leadership:
  Oversees the Division of Discovery Science; as Division Chief, leads Chairs and Division Administration in a productive, collaborative academic research environment
• Scientific leadership:
  Works with other leaders to advance high impact transdisciplinary research across research and clinical departments and Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) Programs; provides guidance to Shared Resources (Cores) aligned with the Division of Discovery Science; contributes to CCSG competing and non-competing applications; and mentors Chairs, faculty, trainees, and staff
• Center-wide leadership:
  Serves as member of the Research Executive Committee, the Research Institute Steering Committee, the Scientific Leadership Committee, and the Leadership Council; represents the Division of Discovery Science in oversight and governance venues; ensures the Division of Discovery Science develops and sustains robust shared initiatives with the Offices of Community Outreach & Engagement, Research Education & Training, Research Career Development, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Maintains top tier research programs:
  Maintains active extramurally…