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Harris Search Associates Selected by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Lab to Lead Director of Finance Search

(March 2022) Harris Search Associates has been selected by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Lab to lead the search for its next Director of Finance.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory (https://www.ll.mit.edu/) seeks an experienced, innovative, and strategic leader as the Director of Finance.  Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development facility which is a part of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The Laboratory, utilizing leading edge solutions in state-of-the-art facilities represents MIT’s largest Lab, managing a portfolio of approximately $1.1B in sponsored research, and is comprised of approximately 3,600 employees and 600 subcontractors, most of whom are primarily onsite in Lexington, MA. Reporting to the Assistant Director for Operations, the newly modified position of Director of Finance will serve as the top financial officer leading and managing the central finance department, have administrative oversight of senior financial managers throughout the laboratory, and serve as a strategic partner to the Laboratory leadership. The Director of Finance has additional reporting responsibilities to the MIT VP of Finance.

As the department head, this position will hire and develop a team of professionals that as a group will become a Center of Excellence in the field of finance strategy and operational modernization. The Director of Finance must engage Laboratory wide leadership and work collaboratively to develop enterprise-wide financial strategies and goals for the Laboratory. The Director of Finance is responsible for the expert stewardship of the Labs financial resources, and leading the Lab’s strategic financial planning, including the development of an annual operating budget, financial forecasting and resource planning and analysis. This position will be responsible for reporting the Lab’s financial performance to the Director, and externally to the Government, MIT leadership, consortiums, and other professional organizations.

The Director of Finance will directly manage resources within the Department and exercise oversight of the senior finance managers within Technical Divisions and Administrative Departments and Offices throughout the Laboratory through a matrix reporting structure. This position requires strong leadership and change management skills to lead the complex finance organization through a major modernization program while implementing changes to government financial relationships and internal organizational reporting.

Harris Search Associates – an IIC Partners member firm, is a leading global higher education executive search and board advisory consulting firm with 44 offices in 33 countries worldwide.  Our higher education executive search practice is focused on identifying and attracting leaders to support the growth of clients in the areas of research, science, engineering, academic medicine, and healthcare enterprises. Clients include the foremost universities, research parks, institutes, academic medical centers, and healthcare organizations driving global innovation and discovery.