Vice Provost for Research and Chief Research Officer

Vice Provost for Research and Chief Research Officer

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.
The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program ( EAP ); tuition remission; and generous time off.
Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Title of Position

Title of Position Vice Provost for Research and Chief Research Officer

Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice Provost for Research and Chief Research Officer provides strategic leadership and administrative oversight for the University’s research enterprise.
Working collaboratively with Deans, Faculty, and other members of the Fordham Community, this role is a key member of the academic leadership team, responsible for fostering a robust culture of scholarship, creative endeavor, and transformative innovation. The individual plays a critical role in leading the University to a new level of research excellence across all of its academic units, reflecting the University’s strategic commitment to interdisciplinary discovery rooted in its Jesuit traditions.
The position cultivates a research environment that includes promoting faculty and student research development, expanding external funding, ensuring appropriate infrastructure exists to support research, and providing dynamic leadership to articulate and implement the University’s vision for “research that matters”.

Essential Functions

Develops and implements a comprehensive strategic plan for research that aligns with the University’s strategic plan, delivering on the Promise of Fordham. Develops criteria and metrics to measure effectiveness.
Promotes, coordinates, and supports collaborations for research, creative endeavors, and sponsored programs within and across departments, centers, and schools.
Identifies institutional challenges related to research development, addresses difficulties and problems in executing a strategy to advance research, and devises appropriate plans and approaches for effective implementation.
Develops and implements a strategy to increase the number of faculty who submit and are awarded external funding. Improves pre-award and (in collaboration with the Office of Finance) post-award research administration infrastructure to better support and incentivize faculty seeking external funding. Mentors faculty in proposal development and navigates the complexities of grant management.
Oversees the Office of Research and the Office of Sponsored Programs ( OSP ). Provides oversight of sponsored programs, research initiatives, and research compliance, including issues related to technology transfer and export controls.
Considers and implements new systems, aided by technology, to track the life cycle of research activities. Directs operations involved in the review, analysis, and reporting of data used to assess institutional effectiveness in research.
Serves as the Provost Office liaison to the institutional bodies, including the University Research Council, and as the University’s primary liaison to federal and state funding agencies (e.g., NSF , NIH , DOE ), corporate partners, and other research institutions.
Partners with federal and state relations efforts to inform advocacy priorities and to help the University navigate a volatile funding and compliance environment. Cultivates and manages key external partnerships that advance the University’s academic and research offerings.
Ensures compliance with laws and regulations and the appropriate functioning of programs, committees, and officers under the Office of Research. Works collaboratively with General Counsel, Finance, and HR to manage institutional risks associated with research activities.
In collaboration with academic deans, works to support and expand student (undergraduate and graduate) research opportunities.

Essential Functions Note

Essential Functions Note This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Management Responsibilities

Management Responsibilities Provides strategic leadership and contributes to higher-level direction. Typically oversees managers via direct and indirect reports. Responsible for hiring, developing leaders, managing performance, corrective action, and compensation decisions.

Additional Functions

Required Qualifications: Education and Experience

A doctoral degree or equivalent.
Minimum of 8 years of experience in a high-level research administration role and in promoting research and scholarly activities, developing partnerships across multiple disciplines, addressing critical issues for a research community, and attracting external funding.

Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills

Demonstrated understanding of academic research funding, research development, grant management, and research compliance.
Deep interest in using data to inform the advancement of the institution’s research strength.
Demonstrated ability to prioritize work to meet multiple, competing deadlines with keen attention to detail.
A collaborative leadership style, with demonstrated ability to influence and lead through building strong relationships (including across divisions) and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Advanced writing, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit education.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience as a faculty member or Principal Investigator in externally-funded research projects.
A track record of institutional leadership expanding the number of faculty awarded external grants from varied sources (e.g. foundations, federal/state/local governments, and industry).
Experience implementing ambitious strategic plan initiatives, with transdisciplinary and community-engaged approaches.

Minimum Starting Salary

Minimum Starting Salary $235,000

Maximum Starting Salary

Maximum Starting Salary $290,000

Note

Note Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.

Is this a Union position?

Is this a Union position? No

Posting Number

Posting Number A1148P

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 1

Start Date

Posting Date

Posting Date 09/24/2026

Special Instructions

EEO Statement

Fordham University is committed to excellence and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.
Fordham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Physical Activity and Work Environment

Physical Activity

Sitting Nearly Continuously

Repetitive Hand Motion (such as typing)

Repetitive Hand Motion (such as typing) Nearly Continuously

Hearing, Listening, Talking Nearly Continuously

Standing

Standing Not Required

Walking

Walking Not Required

Running

Running Not Required

Bending, Stooping, Kneeling, squatting, Crouching, Crawling

Bending, Stooping, Kneeling, squatting, Crouching, Crawling Not Required

Climbing stairs Not Required

Climbing ladders

Climbing ladders Not Required

Reaching overhead

Reaching overhead Not Required

Pulling, pushing

Pulling, pushing Not Required

Shoveling

Shoveling Not Required

Lifting - up to 20 pounds

Lifting - up to 20 pounds Not Required

Lifting - up to 50 pounds

Lifting - up to 50 pounds Not Required

Lifting - over 50 pounds Not Required

Work Environment Office Environment: Employees are protected from weather conditions or contaminants, but not necessarily occasional temperature changes.

Documents Needed to Apply

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Optional Documents

Supplemental questions you will be required to answer on the application (No action is needed on this page)

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• * Do you have a doctoral degree or equivalent?
  • Yes
  • No
• * Do you have a minimum of 8 years of experience in a high-level research administration role and in promoting research and scholarly activities, developing partnerships across multiple disciplines, addressing critical issues for a research community, and attracting external funding?
  • Yes
  • No