BACKGROUND:
Position Specification: Division Vice President

Social & Statistical Sciences Department

Social Sciences Research Division

Statistics & Epidemiology Unit

The Company
Research Triangle Institute is a $500 million independent nonprofit organization that serves customers in government, industry, academia and public service throughout the United States and internationally. Founded in 1958, RTI is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. It employs over 2,500 people located in North Carolina as well as research offices in Washington, D.C.; Rockville, Maryland; Hampton, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Cocoa Beach, Florida; and Chicago, Illinois, and international offices in Manchester, England, and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Consistent with its core values and mission to improve the human condition, RTI conducts multidisciplinary research and development and provides technical services through six research units: Chemistry and Life Sciences; Analytical and Chemical Sciences; Environmental Sciences and Engineering; Technology Ventures; Social Sciences and International Development; and Statistics, Health and Social Policy. RTI brings innovative ideas out of the laboratory and into practical use for diverse markets. The Institute excels at setting environmental standards, conducting research and providing scientific, technical, and policy analysis for government and commercial customers. RTI conducts health, medical and pharmaceutical research, offering customers a spectrum of innovative services that encompass drug discovery, development, outcomes research, and public health research. It is among the world’s leaders in conducting research and providing technical services in areas such as education, public services, and governance. It is a leader in survey research, specializing in gathering and analyzing complex, national, policy-relevant data and data on sensitive topics.

Research Triangle Institute, International is a dynamic, growing organization that takes advantage of its rich heritage of being a stellar research organization that consistently delivers cutting-edge technology and innovation to the customers it serves.

The Position:

RTI International seeks a decisive, energetic leader with demonstrated leadership, statistical and administrative skills for the position of Division Vice President (DVP) of the Social Sciences Research Division within the Statistics and Epidemiology unit. RTI requires a mature, poised individual who can be a compelling leader and representative of the Social Sciences Research Division both internally and externally. The DVP reports directly the Unit Vice President for Statistics and Epidemiology, Sally C. Morton, Ph.D.. As part of the senior Statistics and Epidemiology team, the DVP shares responsibility for long-range strategic planning for the entire unit.

The Social Sciences Research Division is one of two in the Statistics and Epidemiology unit. The Division consists of approximately 100 research staff with professional degrees in statistics, biostatistics, psychometrics, and related disciplines, as well as experts in protocol management and project administration and related support fields. Research staff is arrayed across five programs: Education Research; International Studies; Mapping and Sampling Services; Program Evaluation and Outcome Measurement; and Survey Research. The Program Managers for these five programs, as well as three senior staff report directly to the DVP.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Provide a vision and leadership for sustained, long-term growth of a balanced portfolio of research projects in the Division.

• Expand RTI’s scientific reputation as a major contributor to research in statistical methodology.
• Serve as the principal liaison for the Division to other RTI entities and to the statistics profession externally.
• Integrate statistical capabilities and competencies with domain area expertise throughout RTI.
• Create a workplace environment that fosters collaboration, teamwork, and the integration of staff from diverse technical and substantive backgrounds.
• Plan and implement programs for recruitment, training, development and succession planning to assure that the Division’s capabilities and resources meet present and future needs in an environment that supports staff career development.
• Establish priorities and procedures by which to allocate staff and other resources for maintaining client relations, developing proposals, conducting projects, and fostering staff development and training.
• Assume overall responsibility for the Division’s projects, budgets, schedules and quality by establishing standards and procedures to ensure adequate project management and review.
• Establish effective organizational relationships among staff located across multiple sites and geographic locations.

REQUIREMENTS:
Professional and Personal Qualifications:

• A doctorate in statistics, biostatistics, or related field.
• Demonstrable track record of leadership in developing and sustaining a climate that fosters growth in research funding, staff capabilities, and scientific excellence and reputation.
• A record of scientific publication and stature, and of participation in major professional societies or associations.
• Proven ability in managing a large, multidisciplinary professional research and support staff conducting contract and grant-supported research.
• Extensive experience in working with clients that fund research in the social sciences, including federal agencies, private foundations, and/or the commercial sector.
• Success in business development and obtaining research funding from a broad range of client agencies and other funding sources.
• Excellent skills in communication, negotiation, compromise, and building consensus within and between groups.
• Willingness to relocate to the Research Triangle Park area (Raleigh/Durham/ Chapel Hill area).

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HOW TO APPLY:
Interested and qualified Candidates Contact:
Volora Howell
Senior Search Consultant
Office of Human Resources
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