Deputy Director General

Arizona State University (ASU) is seeking a mission-driven, dynamic, and collaborative leader to serve as the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory (GFL). Under the leadership and direction of Peter Schlosser, a visionary and leading earth system scientist, the Global Futures Laboratory launched in 2020 with the ambitious goal to make a meaningful contribution to ensuring a habitable planet and a future in which well-being is attainable.

The Global Futures Laboratory (GFL) is creating a platform for an ongoing and wide-ranging exchange across all knowledge domains to address the complex social, economic and scientific challenges spawned by the current and future threats from global change. This platform positions a new world headquarters for an international network of scientists, scholars and innovators, and it lays the foundation for shaping and informing our future purposefully based on a holistic understanding of the world in which we live and why it has been subjected to so many pressure points. 

The DDG will be firmly committed—academically, professionally, and personally—to this mission and will serve as a trusted partner to Dr. Schlosser, working to translate his vision into a reality while providing operational oversight and advancing the unique and innovative approach of the laboratory. This is a wholly unique opportunity to play a central role in the advancement of a world-class scientific enterprise of a new ilk, with the potential to shape the future of global environmental research and innovation.

Working closely with Dr. Schlosser, the DDG will serve as a deputy, advisor, internal leader and driver of progress, establishing clear metrics to track GFL’s progress toward its ambitious goals while providing operational oversight for the lab and its highly complex, urgent projects. To be successful, the DDG must establish outstanding relationships with key partners across ASU and beyond, working to generate excitement for GFL’s critically important work and partnering with government, industry, and non-profits in support of the laboratory’s strategic goals. The DDG will exemplify ASU’s values and commitment to excellence, fostering an environment of innovation, collaboration, and operational effectiveness in alignment with the University’s charter.

To be successful, the Deputy Director General will address the following opportunities and challenges:

• Work closely with the Director General to define clear and measurable metrics to optimize organizational performance. Execute on the Director General’s vision. 
  
  
• In the context of the vision, serve as an effective advocate and champion for GFL across ASU and beyond, generating interest in and excitement for its mission and its specific programs.
  
  
• Cultivate strong operational management relationships by building trust with key stakeholders and engaging the full ASU Enterprise to advance the vision.
   
• Act as liaison to the Academic and Knowledge Enterprises, develop standard operating procedures that effectively leverage institutional resources, allow for smooth operations, and ensure alignment of strategies, goals, and objectives.
   
• Manage and oversee key functions of the Laboratory and its operations, building a strong team culture and ensuring the smooth and effective internal operations and day-to-day functions, inclusive of establishing clear management team priorities aligned to the Director General’s vision. 
  
  

Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process/until the position is filled. For more details, including the full position profile and to submit inquiries, nominations, referrals, and applications, please see below. Electronic submission of materials is required.

David Bellshaw is leading this search with Carley Davenport, Drew Nichols, and Kendra Moleé.

Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please visit: https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/