Executive Director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Position Purpose

Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic University in Silicon Valley, seeks an innovative, charismatic, and entrepreneurial leader for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Founded in 1986, the Markkula Center is a leader in the broad-based study and practice of ethics in the domains of biotechnology and health, business, government and politics, leadership, religion, media, and technology. The Center plays a central role in the university with connections to faculty and students in all of its schools.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Advances the mission of the Center and sustains progress in service of that mission;
• Promotes the vision of the Center’s role on campus, in Silicon Valley, and in the world;
• Continually reviews and enhances long- and short-term strategies for the Center to achieve its vision;
• Leads a team of entrepreneurial program directors, supporting innovation in the Center’s focus areas;
• Defines the research and scholarship agendas for the center, while maintaining an active research agenda themselves;
• Develops and grows relationships and networks with key intellectual, business, government and philanthropic leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond;
• Engages donors to fund the work of the Center;
• Serves as a significant voice in public discourse on key ethics issues.

Other Responsibilities

• Creates relationships and joint programs with all schools and colleges, and other units throughout the University;
• Engages closely with the Center’s Advisory Board of community leaders and Steering Committee of faculty advisors;
• Takes on tasks and assignments from the Provost and President at their request;
• Hires, directs, inspires, and motivates staff and affiliated faculty to achieve the Center’s mission and vision;
• Creates an annual budget for the Center and manages to that budget.

Key Skills And Capabilities

• EXPERTISE IN APPLIED ETHICS;
• VISION AND STRATEGY;
• LEADERSHIP;
• FUNDRAISING;
• COMMUNICATION SKILLS.

Qualifications

• Master's/Advanced Degree required;
• Minimum of 15 years of experience;
• Significant experience in a senior leadership position in academia, industry, government, or the non-profit sector.

Physical Demands

• Considerable time is spent at a desk using a computer terminal;
• May be required to travel to other buildings on the campus;
• May be required to attend fundraisers, conference and training sessions within Bay Area or in- or out-of-state locations;
• May be required to occasionally travel to outside donors.