Job Description
FLSA Status Exempt Earliest Start Date May 01, 2026 Salary $144,000 annually/commensurate with experience Hours per Week 40 hours weekly Hiring Department Texas Health Education Service (TXHES) Required Application Materials A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor. About Us For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans — and people all over the world — through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, four health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 160,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers. The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System’s thirteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences. Purpose of Position About TXHES The Texas Health Education Service (TXHES), within The University of Texas System Office of Health Affairs, serves as a statewide coordinating entity focused on strengthening the health professions pipeline. TXHES administers centralized application services, including TMDSAS, and supports pathway programs such as JAMP, while working collaboratively with institutions, state leadership, and stakeholders to improve access, processes, and align education with workforce needs. Through its work, TXHES plays a key role in advancing data-informed strategies and scalable solutions to prepare Texans for careers in the health professions and address the state’s evolving healthcare workforce needs. About The Role The Deputy Executive Director will serve as a key strategic and operational partner to the Executive Director, responsible for translating TXHES’s vision into sustainable, scalable systems that support long-term growth. This role will oversee core business functions—including finance, budgeting, revenue strategy, and business development—while helping to build the infrastructure needed to expand statewide initiatives such as centralized application services and workforce pipeline programs. The Deputy will play a critical leadership role in aligning operations, partnerships, and resources, ensuring that TXHES is positioned not only to execute on current priorities but to evolve into a more integrated, data-driven, and financially sustainable organization capable of meeting Texas’ future health workforce needs. Essential Functions Strategic Integration The Deputy Executive Director leads implementation of the TXHES strategic plan and ensures alignment across all programs and initiatives. This role integrates pathway programming, application services, vendor partnerships, advisory councils, and workforce priorities into a cohesive enterprise strategy. The Deputy identifies cross-functional dependencies, mitigates fragmentation, and ensures that program execution advances long-term institutional goals. Financial Stewardship The Deputy provides executive-level financial oversight and sustainability planning in coordination with UT System Finance, with a primary focus on business development and expansion. While day-to-day accounting functions are managed centrally, the Deputy ensures that budgets, forecasting, and resource allocation align with strategic priorities. This includes revenue modeling, fee structure evaluation, contract monitoring, and long-term financial planning to support organizational growth and stability. Vendor Governance As TXHES engages with external vendors for centralized application infrastructure, the Deputy serves as executive steward of vendor relationships. This includes oversight of contract performance, service-level compliance, strategic roadmap alignment, and issue escalation. The Deputy ensures that vendor operations meet institutional expectations and uphold TXHES’s mission of transparency, access, and service excellence. Membership & Institutional Strategy The Deputy leads institutional engage