About SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) is a vibrant multi-program laboratory whose mission is to explore how the universe works at the biggest, smallest, and fastest scales and invent powerful tools used by scientists around the globe. As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, SLAC research helps solve real-world problems and advances the interests of the nation. To date, four Nobel Prizes have been awarded for research done at the lab.
SLAC is the world-leading laboratory in X-ray and ultrafast science due in large part to our X-ray user facilities: the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) and the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). LCLS is the world’s first hard X-ray free electron laser (XFEL), a revolutionary tool for chemistry, materials sciences, biology, atomic physics, plasma physics, and matter in extreme conditions.
Since the laboratory’s founding in 1962, SLAC has made breakthrough discoveries that have established our leadership in high energy physics. SLAC continues to lead major scientific advances toward understanding the universe at the largest and smallest scales, from contributing to the search for new particles and forces at the Large Hadron Collider, where the Higgs was recently discovered, to building the LSSTCam, the world’s largest digital camera for the widest, deepest survey of the night sky ever taken.
With six decades of excellence in accelerator physics, SLAC is the leader in advanced accelerator concepts and drives the development of critical accelerator technologies with a broad range of applications including medicine and industry.
Many threads of SLAC research also come together in the quest for clean, sustainable energy sources. Researchers use the advanced suite of tools at the lab to understand how plants make energy from sunlight, customize chemical reactions to generate cleaner fuels, and design more efficient and effective materials for batteries.
As stewards of renowned user facilities, SLAC hosts, supports, and collaborates with more than 4,000 U.S. and international researchers – including many students – at SSRL, LCLS, advanced accelerator-based facilities such as the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests II (FACET-II), and world-class cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) facilities, revolutionary tools for exploring tiny biological machines, from viral particles to the interior of the cell.
The next decade represents an inflection point to dramatically increase SLAC’s impact as a national laboratory located adjacent to a world-class university and at the heart of the leading innovation ecosystem. At the heart of this ecosystem is a world-renowned brain trust of engineers, scientists, researchers, and staff that are poised to join in the advancement of a compelling scientific vision that builds upon SLAC’s core mission while strategically leveraging growth that is important. Through continued diversification of its research programs, SLAC aims to harness the lab’s incredible talent and facilities to support the broader DOE mission, the mission of other federal agencies, and expand its collaboration with industry.
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Key Partnerships
SLAC owes its identity, and in fact its very existence, to its essential and longstanding connections with the DOE and Stanford University.
SLAC is one of 17 DOE National Laboratories - the most comprehensive research system of its kind in the world, providing strategic scientific and technological capabilities and expertise that cannot be found elsewhere. Stanford was intimately involved in the founding of the lab in 1962, and it operates SLAC for the DOE Office of Science - the nation’s biggest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences, overseeing 10 of the 17 labs. A major part of the Office of Science mission is supporting the development, construction, and operation of unique, open-access scientific user facilities. The laboratory is home to three Office of Science user facilities: LCLS, SSRL and FACET.
SLAC’s ties with Stanford have grown over the years to include a number of joint institutes and facilities and many joint research efforts. Stanford has made numerous investments in the laboratory and provides key services that make its operations more efficient. SLAC also plays a key role for Stanford, which benefits from the lab’s deep expertise in key areas and its ability to develop and run large-scale research facilities. Together with Stanford, SLAC educates and develops the U.S. scientific workforce in key technological areas.
SLAC leverages its location in Silicon Valley, strong relationship with Stanford University, and continuing support from the DOE to enable SLAC researchers and engineers to conduct groundbreaking research in the interest of the nation.
The Role
The Vice President reports to the President of the University and is an integral member of the University’s management team. Working closely with the Lab Director of SLAC, the individual filling this role must be able to exercise strategic leadership and be able to marshal support for Stanford’s management of SLAC and for the scientific and technical vision for the laboratory. The Vice President chairs the SLAC Board of Oversight, a group composed of senior Stanford University officials, knowledgeable external laboratory managers, and science leaders both from Stanford and around the world in the relevant fields. The Board is charged with assuring that SLAC’s science, technology, and operations strategies are sound and that SLAC is delivering on its missions, and has two primary objectives: (1) to oversee and assess whether SLAC is reasonably fulfilling critical contractual requirements and sponsor expectations and (2) to provide strategic recommendations and insight to SLAC and University leadership on SLAC institutional risks and opportunities, and on successful operation of the Laboratory. The Vice President is also responsible for developing strategies that increase the mutual benefit and enhance the relationship between Stanford, SLAC, and the Department of Energy (DOE).
Responsibilities of this position include:
Requirements of the position include:
The expected pay range for this position is $670,500 - $745,000 per annum. Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work Benefits and Rewards website provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.
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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
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