Executive Director Innovation Operations

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Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the Nation and is continually named one of the Tampa Bay Times’ Top Workplaces. Summary The Executive Director, Innovation Operations is a senior operational leader responsible for translating Innovation's strategic priorities into coordinated execution and building the management infrastructure required to support a growing and increasingly complex innovation portfolio.

The Executive Director provides day-to-day leadership across Innovation Operations, establishes operating cadence and accountability, develops team capabilities, oversees portfolio execution, and ensures priorities advance effectively across organizational boundaries. As Innovation expands its capabilities, including the continued evolution of clinical trials, strategic partnerships, commercialization activities, and other enterprise initiatives, the Executive Director will help establish repeatable operating models and modern ways of working that enable the organization to scale without creating unnecessary administrative burden.

This role creates organizational leverage by ensuring that day-to-day execution, team development, and portfolio management occur at the appropriate leadership level, while enabling the Vice President to concentrate on enterprise relationships, operating model design, strategic priorities, modernization, and complex initiatives requiring executive-level leadership.

Operational Leadership and Execution

• Translate strategic priorities into integrated operating plans, milestones, accountabilities, and measurable outcomes
• Lead the day-to-day operations of the Innovation Operations function Establish and manage effective weekly, monthly, and quarterly operating cadences Maintain visibility across the Innovation portfolio, including priorities, dependencies, risks, decisions, and resource requirements Ensure leadership decisions are translated into accountable execution and measurable outcomes Identify and resolve barriers to execution and appropriately escalate issues requiring executive intervention Establish scalable processes and management systems that support continued growth and complexity Balance operational rigor with the speed and flexibility required within an innovation environment Team Leadership and Capability Development Lead, coach, mentor, and develop Innovation Operations team members Establish clear expectations for accountability, ownership, responsiveness, quality, judgment, and outcomes Strengthen the team's ability to independently structure problems, develop recommendations, make decisions within appropriate authority, and execute Provide consistent performance feedback and developmental coaching Assess workload, capacity, role clarity, and resource requirements across the function Identify organizational and capability gaps and develop appropriate solutions Build a culture of proactive problem solving, collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability Portfolio and Strategic Initiative Management Oversee execution across a diverse portfolio of Innovation initiatives Lead selected complex or high-priority initiatives requiring senior- level coordination Establish appropriate governance, decision rights, milestones, and performance measures Coordinate interdependencies across projects, programs, and enterprise functions Identify portfolio-level risks and capacity constraints and develop mitigation strategies Ensure new initiatives transition effectively from concept and strategy into operational execution Establish mechanisms for measuring outcomes rather than activity alone Operating Model Development and Modernization Partner with the Vice President to design and implement scalable operating models across Innovation Support expansion and maturation of Innovation capabilities, including clinical trials and other emerging operating lanes Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, or redesign existing processes Lead implementation of modern ways of working that improve transparency, accountability, collaboration, and speed Develop repeatable frameworks that enable successful operating approaches to scale across additional programs and capabilities Establish appropriate metrics to evaluate operating effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement Enterprise Integration Build effective working relationships across clinical, research, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Procurement, Marketing, Communications, Technology, and other enterprise functions Coordinate cross-functional execution of Innovation priorities Identify and resolve organizational barriers that impede progress Clarify responsibilities, decision rights, and dependencies across organizational boundaries Represent Innovation Operations in enterprise initiatives and forums as appropriate Support development of durable enterprise relationships required to scale Innovation Business Operation and Governance Provide leadership oversight for financial and business operations, contracting and transaction processes, invoicing and financial workflows, audit readiness, operational controls, portfolio management, performance reporting, resource planning, and process improvement Ensure appropriate controls, documentation standards, and governance mechanisms are established while maintaining an operating environment capable of moving with appropriate speed Drive continuous improvement across operational processes and reduce unnecessary administrative burden Executive Decision Support Provide concise, decision-oriented visibility into portfolio performance, organizational risks, resource requirements, and emerging issues Structure complex problems and develop actionable recommendations Translate operational information into clear implications, alternatives, and decisions Support executive operating reviews and strategic discussions Ensure issues elevated to senior leadership include appropriate analysis and recommended actions Salary Range $171,267.20 - $257,400.00 Salary ranges posted for this position represent the expected base pay range for the role. Actual compensation may vary based on location and a variety of job-related factors, including experience, skills, education, and internal equity among Team Members in similar positions. We are committed to maintaining fair and equitable pay practices and regularly review compensation to ensure alignment across our workforce. Moffitt Career Site If you have the vision, passion, and dedication to contribute to our mission, then we have a place for you!

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