Associate Director of Venture Development Institute Applied Life Sciences

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Associate Director of Venture Development for the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS)

Reporting to the Director of IALS Venture Development, the Associate Director of Venture Development for the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) manages and facilitates IALS Venture Development operations and collaborations within IALS, within the University innovation ecosystem, and with external parties including venture mentors, alumni, experts, investors, and representatives of industry organizations, companies, and federal agencies.

• Manage operational planning and implementation for established IALS Venture Development programs and resources, including the Business Innovation Fellows program, Startup Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Mentor Office Hours, Startup Know‑How educational speakers and training workshops, and the IALS Venture Development web presence.
• Oversee the week‑to‑week development of specific pre‑startups and startups as assigned, including supervising small Business Innovation Fellows teams and their work (market assessments and landscapes, competitive analyses, financial modeling, identification of funding sources, draft pitch decks, and backgrounders).
• Serve as a navigator and knowledgeable resource for IALS Venture Development pre‑startups and startups. Recommend, connect, and arrange services for faculty and student founders to advance their early‑stage ventures. Communicate key concepts with respect to startup development including milestones, differentiation strategy, and the importance of unmet customer needs.
• Work with the Director, IALS Venture Development and other members of the IALS Leadership team to manage the Business Innovation Fellows (up to 25 MBA Fellows and 2 undergraduates).
• Work with the Director and the IALS Leadership team to design, develop, and implement new programs.
• Work with the Director and the IALS Leadership team to build awareness of and interest in pre‑startups and startups through news stories, web content, social media, and events directed toward key campus and external audiences.
• Work with the Director and the IALS Leadership team to cultivate faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate student interest in the creation of applied science and technology startups based on campus research.
• Represent IALS Venture Development to operationalize collaborations with other venture development organizations and resources within and beyond the University.
• Work with the Director and the IALS Leadership team to define objectives and strategic goals in order to build and contribute to a translational research culture at the University by developing, implementing, and aggregating metrics of success, helping to create and administer new programs, and helping to identify key alignment areas between IALS strategic goals and the campus strategic plan.
• Collect, maintain, and analyze statistics to (1) measure the impact of IALS Venture Development, (2) inform ongoing improvement, and (3) inform the development of new programs and resources.

• Participate in IALS Venture Development collaboration in the Manning IALS Seed Grants program. Work with the Translational Seed Awards Program Manager and the IALS Director of Finance and Operations to support the Translational Seed Grant process.
• Collaborate with the IALS Director Venture Development and others on the IALS Leadership team on strategic relationship management efforts with the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Mass Bio, and Mass Ventures and other organizations within the innovation ecosystem.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree and five (5) plus years of experience in a startup, research and development, venture accelerator or similar environment, or related experience, or an Associate's Degree and seven (7) plus years of experience.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, One Drive, MS Teams) and Adobe Acrobat, including advanced knowledge of Microsoft…