Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Posted Date
04/08/2026
Salary Range $128500 - 298100 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29287
Step into a high‑impact leadership role at the center of scientific innovation. As the Director of Operations, you will serve as the senior administrative and business leader for UCLA Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology.
You will shape strategy, strengthen operations, and drive organizational excellence across research‑intensive departments that advance the School of Medicine’s core missions in Education, Research, and Community Engagement. This role oversees a broad, complex portfolio supporting world‑class faculty, staff, and programs pushing the boundaries of biomedical discovery.
We’re looking for a seasoned operational executive who thrives in multifaceted academic environments, leads collaboratively, and excels in matrixed, mission‑driven organizations. If you’re energized by scale, innovation, and meaningful impact, this is a rare opportunity to influence the future of scientific advancement.
Annual range: $128,500-$298,100
Salary is commensurate with experience within the posted range.
Required:
P rogressively responsible managerial experience including financial and budget preparation. 7 years experience.
5 years s upervisory experience, with at least three or more years as the senior leader over multiple department or service lines
Demonstrated strategic leadership, planning and change managementskills in a highly matrixed environment, preferably a research intensive medical school/health system.
Ability to demonstrate a high level of diplomacy in persuading and influencinga wide variety of people at various levels to achieveresults.
Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze all pertinent information/data to make and communicate executive level recommendations and decisions.
Exceptional negotiation and effective interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to establish a culture of integrity and accountability.
Advanced expertise infinancial planning and analysis and decision support as it pertains to academic health care, research, and higher education.
Demonstrate to others that he/she isdirect, truthful, andcredible.
Demonstrated skills as a receptive listener, influential and persuasive and seeks to understand the differing sides of each situation. Makes decisions effectively and decisively.
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.
Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.
Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.
