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Job Overview
The Senior Associate Dean and Director, Dahlgren Memorial Library, Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), provides strategic and operational leadership for GUMC's Graduate Health & Life Sciences Research Library. The position advances a comprehensive vision integrating, services, education, collections, and library services in support of GUMC's education, research, and clinical missions, including the School of Medicine, Berkley School of Nursing, School of Health, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Biomedical Graduate Education, Biomedical & Health Sciences research departments and affiliated clinical partners.
The Senior Associate Dean and Director reports to the Vice President for Faculty and Academic Affairs and leads library operational planning, systems implementation, and the delivery of library services and resources in support of the Medical Center mission and strategic plan. The position is responsible for integrating library and informational services into the fabric of the Medical Center through continuous quality improvement of staff, resources, equipment, and services.
The role emphasizes fiscal stewardship, user-centered service design, data-informed decision-making, forward-looking planning, and the thoughtful adoption of new information technologies and methods to benefit the community. The position advocates for faculty, student, clinician, and researcher needs in Medical Center decision-making related to information resources and services. This role requires a leader who can anticipate and respond to rapid change in scholarly communication, technology, and academic medicine.
Additional duties include, but are not limited to:

• Recruits, develops, mentors, and leads a diverse workforce of professional librarians, staff, and student employees, fostering collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.

• Coordinates cooperative arrangements and communications with other Georgetown University libraries. Represents Georgetown to the National Library of Medicine, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, the Medical Library Association, the Academy of Health Information Professionals, and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries.

• Integrates library services, resources, and systems into academic, clinical, and research endeavors.
• Supports teaching and learning through direct instruction, collaboration with faculty, and leadership in information literacy, data literacy, AI literacy and technology-enabled education.

Work Interactions
Appointment as an Executive Administrator in the Georgetown University Medical Center, holding an academic appointment with the rights and privileges of non-tenure faculty. The position operates at a senior academic administrative level and meets regularly with other GUMC deans and senior leaders to integrate Dahlgren Memorial Library operations with medical education, student affairs, admissions, research administration, and clinical programs.
The Senior Associate Dean and Director provides direct and indirect supervision of professional librarians, staff, and student employees, including mentoring managers and team leads.
The incumbent interacts regularly with other deans; hospital administration; department, center, and institute chairs and directors; advancement and development offices; University Information Services (UIS); GUMC Finance and Contracting; and faculty, staff, and students across the medical center and university.
The incumbent serves on Medical Center and University committees and represents Dahlgren Memorial Library to the GUMC Medical Center Caucus of the Faculty Senate and, when appropriate, to the Georgetown University Faculty Senate. The Director serves as the primary library liaison to national and regional professional organizations.
Requirements and Qualifications

• Master's degree in Library Science, Information Science, or equivalent from an ALA-accredited program.
• A minimum of 15 years increasingly responsible library experience, preferably a significant amount in a management position within an academic health sciences library.
• Demonstrable management, administrative, budgetary, organizational and supervisory abilities in an ever-changing environment. Ability to recruit and retain a strong, diverse, dynamic staff in provision of library resources and services.
• Expertise in health sciences information resources and services, including in-depth knowledge of biomedical literature and databases, electronic resources to include e-journals, e-books, databases, and point of care tools.
• Demonstrated success managing large, complex budgets, licensing agreements, vendor negotiations, and cross-departmental initiatives within an academic medical environment.
• Strong understanding of health information systems, medical informatics principles, analytics, authentication technologies, and emerging digital tools such as AI to support education, research, and clinical care.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including experience with teaching and professional presentations.
• Ability to work well with others to accomplish goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated record of professional service and contributions.

Preferred

• Demonstrated success leading within a complex academic medical center, including navigating institutional governance, budgeting processes, and cross-unit collaboration.
• Evidence of national or regional leadership through publications, presentations, grants, or professional service.

Work Mode Designation
This position has been designated as Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate a change to a position's mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University's mode of work designations for staff positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources website: https://hr.georgetown.edu/mode-of-work-designation.
Pay Range:
The projected salary or hourly pay range for this position which represents the full range of anticipated compensation is:
$103,723.00 - $202,778.93
Compensation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's individual qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, as well as the University's business needs and external factors.
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Benefits:
Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website.