President, Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas Jefferson University, home of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, located in Philadelphia, seeks a visionary and collaborative academic leader to serve as the University's next President. The President will lead Thomas Jefferson University as it continues to distinguish itself as the model for professions-focused education and a strategic global footprint known for academic and research excellence, transformational education across a diverse undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral and post-doc student body, and meaningful engagement with all of the communities it serves.
Reporting to the Jefferson CEO, Dr. Joseph Cacchione, the President is the highest executive officer of the University. Collaborating closely with the President of Jefferson Health, President and CEO of Jefferson Health Plans and other Jefferson Executive Officers, the University President plays an important leadership role in articulating the University's strategic vision for its third century and realizing its successful implementation. The President also champions Thomas Jefferson University's mission and priorities with its many internal and external stakeholders, including collaborating with the University Provost and Deans to engage with the city of Philadelphia, the state of Pennsylvania, and beyond.
To build on Thomas Jefferson University's upward trajectory, the President must demonstrate an unwavering commitment to academic excellence, research and education, and student success, as well as have a strong track record of leadership success in a large, complex, matrixed organization. The President will also possess the ability to anticipate and respond to market and industry changes as appropriate and necessary for a professions-focused, research university to thrive and succeed well into the future. This requires a strong understanding of and commitment to Jefferson's mission and a deep understanding of the current circumstances facing higher education.
The President will be expected to lead, inspire, and motivate the University community to achieve its academic vision, strategic plan, and corresponding milestones. This will be achieved through building and maintaining strong and collegial relationships with students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and members of the Thomas Jefferson University governing board. A sincere and abiding commitment to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical.
Qualifications
Successful candidates will have an earned doctorate from an accredited institution along with leadership experience of a large academic department, college, or other large university role with an extensive set of assets, embedded within a larger, matrixed Enterprise organization with vision and sense of purpose.
A completed application must contain the following documents.
1.) Statement of Interest addressing experiences in achieving leadership agenda and the desired qualities and characteristics
2.) A current curriculum vitae
For inquiries, applications, and to view the full position profile, please contact Sarah.McRea@jefferson.edu. Applications and nominations will be accepted until the position is filled, however, applications received by March 1, 2024 will receive full consideration.
Closing Statement
Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.
Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.
Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.
Jefferson's mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.
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