Program Director – Neuroscience
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Program Director responsible for leading clinical research initiatives at Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. Ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and supporting commercialization efforts.
Responsibilities:
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of RNI’s clinical, translational, and applied research initiatives, ensuring alignment with institutional and commercialization priorities
- Translate strategic objectives into structured project plans, timelines, and deliverables that advance technologies from research through validation and commercialization
- Coordinate across RNI, WVUH, HSC, and WVU teams to align clinical research, translational development, and commercialization activities
- Facilitate project governance processes, including tracking milestones, identifying risks, and supporting prioritization decisions across the research-to-commercialization continuum
- Monitor initiative progress and proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies; escalate issues as appropriate
- Support portfolio-level visibility by tracking key initiatives, synthesizing updates, and maintaining centralized reporting across clinical, translational, and commercialization efforts
- Prepare executive-level presentations and materials summarizing progress, risks, intellectual property considerations, and commercialization pathways
- Analyze operational and research data to generate insights that inform decision-making, development strategy, and go-to-market planning
- Assist in coordinating intellectual property activities, including invention disclosures, patent filings, and alignment with institutional IP and licensing strategies
- Support commercialization efforts, including coordination with industry partners, evaluation of partnership opportunities, and alignment of development milestones with market needs
- Assist in the development and refinement of standard operating procedures and best practices to enhance efficiency across research, development, and commercialization functions
- Ensure adherence to institutional policies, procedures, regulatory requirements, and intellectual property frameworks
- Drive day-to-day execution of strategic initiatives, managing multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail
- Serve as a key operational point of contact for assigned initiatives, ensuring clear communication and follow-through across stakeholders
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field required
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience in project management, strategic operations, program management, or venture/program support within healthcare, life sciences, MedTech, or a related environment
- Experience supporting cross-functional initiatives spanning research, product development, or translational programs
- Exposure to commercialization activities, such as product development, go-to-market planning, industry partnerships, startup/spinout formation, or technology transfer processes
- Exposure to early-stage venture environments, venture studios, incubators, or innovation programs preferred
- Experience supporting grant development, writing and/or submission, including coordination of proposals (e.g., NIH, DoD, foundation, or industry-sponsored funding), preferred
- Experience working in complex, matrixed organizations (e.g., academic medical centers, universities, health systems, startups, or industry environments)
- Understanding of translational research pathways (bench → clinical → commercialization) preferred
- Experience with grant development and submission, including coordination of multi-investigator proposals
- Familiarity with MedTech commercialization, including product development, regulatory pathways (e.g., FDA 510(k), PMA), and early market development
- Working knowledge of intellectual property strategy, including invention disclosures, patent coordination, and licensing
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize clinical, technical, and business inputs
- Effective stakeholder coordination across clinicians, researchers, executives, and external partners
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; proficient in project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Asana, Trello)
- Self-directed and comfortable operating in a high-ambiguity, fast-paced environment
Benefits:
- 37.5-hour work week
- 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
- 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year (employee leave)
- 18 sick days per year (for when you’re ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family’s, regularly scheduled medical appointments)
- A range of health insurance and other benefits
- 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks
- Wellness programs
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