Director of Strategy and Partnerships

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The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics ( LASP ) at the University of Colorado Boulder invites nominations and applications for the position of Director of Strategy and Partnerships. The position provides a rare opportunity to help define the future of one of the world’s premier space research institutions.

The Director of Strategy and Partnerships is a senior leadership team role, reporting to LASP’s Director, that develops and executes LASP's strategic vision, cultivates the partnerships essential to advancing the lab's space science mission, and ensures competitive proposals are submitted for winning new grants and contracts that support the laboratory’s science and technology efforts.

In collaboration with the Director of LASP and the executive team, this role represents LASP objectives, champions strategic positions for large missions and instrument lines, leads capture efforts, and oversees proposal activities across key partner relationships. The Director of Strategy and Partnerships leads a team of proposal and capture managers to identify, formulate, and support research and technology in emerging opportunity areas spanning government, commercial, philanthropic, and international sectors.

Their team also includes a committee of LASP professionals engaged part-time to support proposal opportunity dissemination and proposal internal support and review.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Strategy

• Working with the LASP Director and senior leadership, oversee the development of short- and long-term strategic priorities and future plans that span LASP’s science and technology teams, including in coordination with CU, government, private, and international space partners.
• Identify new opportunities across academic, government, commercial, and international sectors, including awareness of emerging domains, products, and sectors eligible for expansion, such as large mission concepts, instrument line development, and strategic faculty and staff hiring.

Partnerships

• Cultivate partnerships with NASA, NOAA, local and state government, federal agency, industry, foundation, and philanthropic entities, supported by a robust partner relationship management system.
• Identify and develop advancement and philanthropic opportunities in collaboration with the Director of LASP.

Proposal & Capture

• Interact with prospective principal investigators (PIs) to maintain a continual awareness of future ambitions.
• Evaluate proposal opportunities and assess resource and capacity requirements for responding to calls, working closely with LASP leadership.
• Publicize upcoming proposal opportunities within LASP.
• Lead a team of proposal and capture managers to grow the quality and number of proposals submitted by LASP principal investigators and by external principal investigators partnered with LASP scientists and technologists.
• Oversee the submission of large mission, instrument, and research proposals, including conducting internal reviews to ensure proposal excellence.
• Oversee the LASP Strategy and Partnerships Committee, a rotating group of…