Title: Executive Director of The Texas Medical Center Library

Location: Texas

Description: The Executive Director of The Texas Medical Center Library has the primary responsibility for envisioning and leading all activities to plan, direct and evaluate the services and resources of a private consortium library that serves a number of nationally and internationally prominent health-related institutions including universities and hospitals in the world’s largest medical center and the fourth largest city in the United States. The Executive Director functions collaboratively with a Board of Directors comprised of faculty and administrative leaders of member institutions to achieve the Library’s mission to provide innovative support for the acquisition, management, and delivery of biomedical knowledge to the institutions of the Texas Medical Center.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures library services and resources are of the first order to support the educational, research, health care and service missions of its member institutions
• Provides professional expertise, administrative leadership, and overall direction for the Library including strategic, financial and space planning
• Actively collaborates with member institutions to identify opportunities, programs, and resources to maintain state-of-the-art services to Library users and identifies innovative technologies and solutions to address changing needs
• Provides primary administrative leadership for all operational areas of the Library including allocation of financial resources and personnel
• Provides direct supervision to department heads
• Represents the Library locally, regionally, and nationally