Vice Chair, Administration, SOM- Department of Surgery

Work Arrangement:

Requisition Number: 264989

Regular or Temporary: Regular

Location:

Durham, NC, US, 27710

Personnel Area: MEDICAL CENTER

Date: Jan 5, 2026

School of Medicine Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,500 faculty physicians and researchers, more than 1,300 students, and more than 6,000 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Health System and the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) comprise Duke Health. a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.

Be You.

At Duke, we celebrate individuality and the unique perspectives that each member of our community brings. As the Vice Chair, Administration, Department of Surgery, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of surgical care, research, and education. Your leadership will empower faculty, staff, and learners to thrive in an environment that values collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

Be Bold.

The Vice Chair for Administration is a strategic leader who drives operational excellence across clinical, research, and academic missions for the department. You will oversee business operations, financial stewardship, and administrative infrastructure to ensure the Department of Surgery achieves its goals and delivers exceptional patient care, groundbreaking research, and world-class education.

What You’ll Do:

Lead Operations Management: Direct strategic planning, policy development, and program oversight in partnership with the Chair and senior leadership. Providing financial analysis and programmatic oversight for the Department. This work is led by the Assistant Chief Administrator in concert with the Director of Finance.

Drive Clinical Excellence: Improve billing processes (develop guidelines, provide feedback, educate), optimize revenue cycle management, and enhance patient access, experience, and clinic site management.
Advance Research Administration: Build and sustain research infrastructure, understand all grants and contracts funding sources and how they impact Departmental funds flow and faculty effort, and ensure compliance with sponsor and institutional requirements. Manage research space, facilities and resources (including equipment) and the disposition thereof.
Empower People: Develop administrative structures, oversee faculty appointments process ensuring adherence to SOM guidelines, and foster a culture of accountability and growth. Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and critically evaluating the performance of direct reports.

Manage Budgets and Finance: Strategically allocate resources, oversee financial planning, and provide fiscal guidance to support departmental priorities. Directing faculty discretionary and Departmental operational codes, including FAM validation and analytical review. Providing the planning, budgeting, and accounting functions for operating, capital, grant, and gift budgets; employing appropriate stewardship of available funding streams.

Champion Change and Innovation: Implement process improvements, lead communication strategies, and manage high-impact projects.
Optimize Space and Facilities: Direct space planning, manage capital equipment, and coordinate remodeling projects to meet evolving needs. Directing and developing a functional space plan for the Department and coordinating the support services necessary to ensure the operation of the Department’s facilities.

Choose Duke.

Join a world-class academic medical center where your expertise will shape the future of surgery and healthcare. At Duke, you’ll collaborate with visionary leaders, leverage cutting-edge resources, and make a lasting impact on patients, research, and education.

Ready to Make a Difference?

Apply now and help us build a stronger, smarter, and more connected future.

Minimum Qualifications

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Education

Masters degree in business or healthcare.

Experience

Minimum of eight years related work experience in finance and health care, managing large and complex organizations, minimally involving physician clinical practice and ideally including research administration Relevant experience in healthcare, particularly an academic medical center. Significant management experience in a faculty-driven environment. Experience in using computerized accounting and financial information systems.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Minimum of eight years related work experience in finance and health care, managing large and complex organizations, minimally involving physician clinical practice and ideally including research administration Relevant experience in healthcare, particularly an academic medical center. Significant management experience in a faculty-driven environment. Experience in using computerized accounting and financial information systems.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.