Director, Green Chemistry

Yale University is seeking a Director of Green Chemistry to lead the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. This hybrid role involves strategic planning, partnership development, and operational oversight to enhance the Center's impact. Responsibilities include coordinating activities, tracking commitments, and improving processes while ensuring compliance with university policies. The position requires significant travel and aims to strengthen collaboration within the university and with external partners.
## Director, Green Chemistry — Yale University

Working at Yale means contributing to a better tomorrow. The Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale seeks a senior operational leader and strategic partner for Center leadership to advance the Center’s mission and visibility and expand global impact in green chemistry and green engineering. This role is based in Kroon Hall in New Haven and the position work model is Hybrid.

This position will shape and execute the Center’s strategic priorities, strengthen internal and external alignment with key partners, and enable leadership to operate effectively in a complex, mission-driven environment. You will work in close partnership with the Center Director and as a member of the leadership team to support strategic planning, priority setting, and decision-making across the Center’s portfolio of activities and programs.

You will identify and develop opportunities for high-impact initiatives and partnerships, conduct landscape analyses to inform positioning and growth opportunities, and help translate strategy into coordinated, actionable workstreams with measurable outcomes. Integrating education, outreach, and implementation of Center activities is central to the role, as is strengthening coordination across programs, teams, and stakeholders, both internal and external.

The role combines executive support with programmatic and operational oversight. Through the design and stewardship of clear, streamlined systems and processes, you will enhance organizational effectiveness, accountability, and execution without adding unnecessary administrative burden. The incumbent monitors and acts on progress on activities, tracks commitments and deliverables, and proactively flags risks and opportunities for course correction.

Significant Travel is required for this position.

### Responsibilities and scope

Among the tasks you will take on are coordinating Center activities, tracking commitments and deliverables, supporting reporting processes, and maintaining systems that enable visibility into timelines, outcomes, and responsibilities across programs. You will act as a primary point of contact and liaison for Center leadership, faculty, staff, students, university partners, external collaborators, and funders to facilitate effective communication and coordination. The position supports planning, procedures, process improvement, documentation, and the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures that enhance efficiency and accountability.

The posting lists the following principal responsibilities in detail:

1. Directs one or more functional areas within an administrative department of the University and ensure compliance with University policies and procedures.
2. Directs analytic and research support for educational policies and planning and develops and approves administrative policies affecting assigned functional areas of the University.
3. Directs and establishes parameters for major projects for the department and University.
4. Interprets federal policies and regulations and educates staff and administration about regulations, restrictions, and the legal responsibilities of the University.
5. Directs and implements policy and program modifications and develops standards to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
6. Develops and administers an operating budget for the assigned department consistent with University policies and procedures.
7. Develops cost savings objectives and goals; authorizes major purchases and negotiates contracts that range from routine to complex in nature.
8. Establishes and implements long- and short-range goals for the functional area consistent with University goals and objectives.
9. Directs the development of related automated systems to support the function; determines office policies and procedures for use of automated systems.
10. Directs the evaluation and selection of vendors and negotiates contract details including work steps and pricing with the vendors on behalf of the assigned functional area.
11. Works with internal and external contacts to solve problems that range from routine to complex in nature.
12. Represents the University in discussions and negotiations with various governmental agencies.
13. Directs a staff of exempt and nonexempt employees.
14. May perform other duties as assigned.

You will also oversee and manage relevant center staff, relevant student workers, and contractors across Center programs and activities, and be involved in due diligence and approval processes regarding reporting and deliverables. The role supports the Director with briefings, materials, follow-ups, and by managing and prioritizing the Director’s engagements.

### Skills, technical tools, and experience

Required Skills and Abilities include proven experience in the field of Green Chemistry. Candidates must demonstrate strategic thinking and strategy synthesis ability, outstanding judgment and discretion, and effective project, program and portfolio management. Operational design and process improvement, stakeholder engagement and partnership management, staff supervision and workforce coordination, contractor oversight and deliverables management, and strong decision support and briefing preparation are required. Clear, persuasive, and confident written and verbal communication skills are expected.

You must be comfortable with cross-functional coordination and systems thinking, prioritization in time-sensitive, high-stakes environments, and have a high degree of autonomy, initiative, and accountability. Experience with data preparation and management and familiarity with Mac/Windows, Microsoft 365 Suites, Adobe Suites, Cloud systems, social media engagement are required. Optional experience includes basic experience in website development and harmonization.

### Education, experience, and compensation

Required Education and Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in related field. Six years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Education and Experience: Master’s degree or higher in a related field (e.g. MBA, administration, communications, social sciences, or similar); different combinations of work experience and education may also be considered. 10 years of experience in complex, mission-driven organizations and work environments is listed as preferred, with demonstrated experience in strategy development, program and operations management, partnership development across academic, industry, government, and international stakeholders, efficient staff supervision, oversight of external contractors and due diligence processes of deliverables.

The posting lists a Salary Range of $105,000.00 - $174,000.00. Salary offers are determined by a candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education in relation to the position requirements, along with the role’s grade profile and current internal and external market conditions. Compensation Grade Profile: Leader (27).

Other posting details: Job Posting Date 05/27/2026; Job Category Manager; Bargaining Unit NON; Time Type Full time; Duration Type Staff; Work Model Hybrid.

Background Check Requirements: All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check.

Health Requirements: Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.

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