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FDA Seeking Candidates for Associate Director for Scientific Staffing

Position Title: Associate Director for Scientific Staffing

Pay Plan/Series/Grade: RF-601-00/RF-602-00

Executive Leader wanted! Do you like to lead and develop as well as implement recruitment strategies and retain world-class workforce all while striving to improve and protect the health of Americans? If you do, keep reading!

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking an Associate Director for Scientific Staffing for the Office of Medical Products and Tobacco (OMPT). This exciting opportunity is located within the FDA, an Agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Associate Director will be directly responsible for leading a team to develop and implement a comprehensive effort to improve and enhance recruitment and retention of scientific staffing efforts within FDA’s medical product Centers that regulate drugs, devices, and biologics throughout the world. Work in a fast-paced environment where innovation, creativity, and results are embraced. The Associate Director for Scientific Staffing will report to our Silver Spring, MD location.

The Food and Drug Administration is FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring that foods are safe, wholesome, sanitary and properly labeled; ensuring that human and veterinary drugs, and vaccines and other biological products and medical devices intended for human use are safe and effective; Protecting the public from electronic product radiation; Assuring cosmetics and dietary supplements are safe and properly labeled; Regulating tobacco products; and Advancing the public health by helping to speed product innovations.

Ideal Associate Director Proficiency:

  1. Creating targeted recruitment strategies and aligning them with agency/center mission.
  2. Developing best practices.
  3. Improving retention within the workforce.
  4. 4. Executive level experience in both the public and private sectors.
  5. 5. Regulatory experience.
  6. 6. Passion for recruitment with a scientific background.
  7. Individual will have a strong presence throughout the FDA, at scientific and regulatory conferences, and within Industry, so superb communication skills, and an “out of the box” thinker is needed.
  8. A Ph.D, M.D, D.O. or PharmD required.
  9. Transcripts are a requirement to support the advanced degree.

SALARY: Salary commensurate with education/experience.

Interested? We would like to hear from you! All qualified candidates can submit a resume/curriculum vitae, a copy of your transcript electronically, and a cover letter in which you describe how you are uniquely qualified for this position. Submit both documents to Whitney Flickinger, CDERExecutiveRecruitment@fda.hhs.gov.

** Individual is subject to a successful completion of a background security investigation and must be a U.S. Citizen.**

** As an incumbent, you could be required to sell all financial interests in organizations that are deemed significantly regulated by FDA unless the financial interest meets the exception and does not conflict with the duties you are hired to perform.**

HHS/FDA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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