USR Quality and Operations Leader (Associate Professor)

Department Overview

The Office of the Chief Research Officer seeks a Quality & Operations Lead for University Shared Resources (USR) to support coordinated execution, accountability, and operational rigor across OHSU's shared resource portfolio. The Quality & Operations Lead reports to the USR Strategic Lead and works in close coordination with the Finance & Compliance Lead as part of the interim triumvirate USR leadership model, designed to ensure continuity, rigor, and accountability across the USR portfolio. This role focuses on driving consistency across cores, strengthening documentation and reporting practices, and advancing quality and rigor across the USR program.

Function/Duties of Position

The appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.  The Office of the Chief Research Officer seeks a Quality & Operations Lead for University Shared Resources (USR) to support coordinated execution, accountability, and operational rigor across OHSU’s shared resource portfolio.

 

The Quality & Operations Lead reports to the USR Strategic Lead and works in close coordination with the Finance & Compliance Lead as part of the interim triumvirate USR leadership model, designed to ensure continuity, rigor, and accountability across the USR portfolio.

 

USR leadership model. This role focuses on driving consistency across cores, strengthening documentation and reporting practices, and advancing quality and rigor across the USR program.

 

Note: This position is offered as a secondary appointment to an OHSU faculty member as part of a new USR leadership model. The model will be trialed and evaluated for success at the 6–9-month mark.  

 

The duties of this position include:

• Drive consistency across USR cores through implementation of shared policies, procedures, and reporting standards.
• Standardize documentation practices and templates to ensure clarity and reproducibility.
• Establish and uphold quality and rigor standards for core operations and reporting.
• Coordinate timelines, deliverables, and institutional requirements to ensure accountability.
• Identify process gaps and lead cross-core improvements to strengthen alignment and operational follow-through.

Success in This Role Will Be Reflected By:

• Consistent adoption of shared procedures, documentation, and quality and rigor standards across USR cores, in collaboration with Core Directors and staff.
• Complete and on-time submission of required USR reports and metrics.

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent) required.
• Appointment at a professorial or research-prefixed faculty rank at OHSU.
• Prior leadership experience in research, programmatic, or core operations settings.
• Experience coordinating compliance, documentation, and reporting processes, with accountability for institutional or sponsor deadlines and deliverables.
• Excellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to align stakeholders around shared standards, timelines, and deliverables.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with quality improvement or documentation standardization efforts.
• Experience working within a centralized service or shared resource environment.
• Experience developing shared templates, guidance documents, or structured reporting frameworks.

Why apply to OHSU?

We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington. All are welcome. OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact askhr@ohsu.edu