Portfolio manager for operations

As a Portfolio manager for operations, you will be responsible for Finances, HR, Business Control, Educational Support, the Faculty Office, Labs, IT, Facilities and Communication. In addition, you will have an administrative responsibility for the Digital Society Institute, UT DesignLab, UT-Nanolab, and UT’s honours programme. You will empower and motivate your professional team through an open and clear communication, while switching easily between policy-making with the Board, implementing new ideas, and connecting with your staff. In this position – at the heart of the higher management of UT, and within a very multidisciplinary and international environment – you will contribute to the education and research of the EEMCS faculty.

As a Portfolio manager for operations, you will be appointed by the Executive Board and report to the Dean of the Faculty. You will be part of the collegial Faculty Board, together with the Dean of the Faculty (full-time), the Vice-Dean of Education (part-time), and the Vice-Dean of Research (part-time). Together, you will lead the Faculty in dealing with the following challenges:

• Your strategic and creative way of thinking will ensure that all faculty operational processes add value. With support services across the Faculty, you will face the continuous challenge of new developments while sustaining the support quality.
• As a member of the Faculty Board, you will have a crucial role in leading the Faculty, as well as the Board’s joint decision-making within the Faculty. With commitment and an open way of communicating, you will ensure social safety and an inclusive environment for your team and colleagues within the Faculty.
• You will connect with the academic groups, the three disciplines, and the educational programmes of the Faculty from your perspective of operations and as a member of the Faculty Board.
• You will connect with the programmes of the three University research institutes, being MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, the Techmed Institute, and the Institute for the Digital Society, from the point of view regarding content as well as from that regarding the organisation and finances. The latter will be in close interaction with the business director from these institutes and Strategic Business Development.
• As a member of the collegial Faculty Board, you are responsible for maintaining the level of income in the medium and longer-term. You will balance expenses with income with a keen eye on spending and budgets for staying a financially sustainable and balanced Faculty. .
• You will engage in certain projects that run across the University. With your fellow Portfolio manager for s operations and directors of service departments, you will connect and collaborate with other Faculties, departments, and external parties to warrant the continuous development of the management of our University.