Dean of the Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences

The University of Massachusetts Amherst seeks an innovative, collaborative, and strategic academic leader to serve as its next Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Dean of the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences. As the chief academic and executive officer of the College, the Dean reports to the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and serves as a member of the University's Provost Leadership Council. The position is endowed as the Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Dean.

The Dean will bring exemplary achievements in computer science with strategic leadership, collaborative and creative energy, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, entrepreneurial ambition, and a passion for the common good mission of the College and the University. This position is an opportunity to join a university that is on an upward trajectory, with a strong executive leadership team, a collaborative council of college deans, and internationally recognized faculty, dedicated staff, and outstanding students.

The Dean will build upon an established and very successful enterprise of teaching, research, and service across disciplines in computer and information sciences. Direct reports to the Dean include the chair of the faculty and a set of associate deans who are responsible for the main functional units of the College. The College’s chief development officer, an employee of the UMass Amherst Foundation, has a dotted-line reporting structure to the Dean. Currently, the College encompasses nearly 90 tenured and tenure-track, teaching, and research faculty and 103 professional and support staff, with an annual operating budget of over $30 million.

The Dean provides strategic and operational leadership to all aspects of the College’s academic and scholarly programs. The Dean sets priorities and provides strategic guidance toward the College’s goals of ensuring excellence in teaching and education, fostering world-class research, and supporting robust community engagement. The Dean will lead the College in a highly collaborative way, working with an extraordinarily broad population of students, faculty, and staff across campus. The Dean is also the College’s chief advocate and steward, promoting its goals and achievements, leading its development and fundraising activities, and speaking for its mission of excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service both externally and internally.

In supporting the institution’s research mission, the Dean advances the scholarly activities of the faculty, including interdisciplinary opportunities. The Dean also focuses on the wellness and academic success of the College’s students. The Dean is the College’s public voice, promoting innovative ideas and solidifying partnerships both within the UMass Amherst campus and nationwide as a recognized leader in the field. The successful candidate will be an approachable, collegial, nationally recognized, strategic, and entrepreneurial leader prepared to advance the common good mission of the College and to inspire innovation in all areas.

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