Director of Innovation

Job Title : Director of Innovation

Location : San Antonio, Texas

Supervisor : Chief Operating and Programs Officer

Full Time Permanent

FLSA Status : Exempt

Salary : Up to $130,000 plus benefits

Are you a facilities expert, programming whiz, and startup whisperer all in one? Do you excel at mentoring for continuous for consistent growth while navigating the delicate balance between sustainability and development?

Your next opportunity is here.

The Opportunity

As Director of Innovation , you lead the state-of-the-art 17,000-square-foot Innovation Center that includes offices, wet labs, conference rooms, and co-working space.

The facility is intended to help biotech and health science companies develop and scale their innovations. Along with an active innovation center, the innovation center delivers curated technical programming including networking events, workshops, accelerators, and an annual national conference focused on military medical research in coordination with industry and academia.

My client helps early-stage companies launch innovative breakthroughs that significantly enhance and save lives at a global level.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic :

• Develops and executes strategic planning for based on the mission, vision, core values, and culture. This annual plan drives program delivery and strategic focus.
• Liaise between clients, advisory boards / board of directors, staff, and funding agencies such as the Economic Development Administration (EDA), State Department, State of Texas, and City of San Antonio, to enhance collaboration to build the startup community in our region.
• Interacts and coordinates with the Texas Innovation ecosystem and act as official representative of the Innovation Center.
• Maintains and expands long-standing MOUs with all major universities and private research laboratories and accelerators locally and nationally.
• Coordinates and utilizes the Advisory Committee to provide critical feedback on programming, strategic focus, specialized programming, and other industry-related matters.
• Liaisons between military medical stakeholders, entrepreneurs / institutions / universities, and researchers interested in collaborating with the military for research and commercialization.
• Establishes and maintains governmental, and professional networks with related local, state, national, and international organizations and agencies, including local military medical units, local military medical technology transfer offices, and federal military medical headquarters.

Tactical :

• Helps manage a 17,000-square-foot facility with 25 offices, 8 wet labs, 3 conference rooms, and co-working space.
• Helps manage a 5,000-square-foot lab facility with 5 individual BSL 2 labs and 1 shared lab.
• Manages client intake processes, facilitates strategic planning for Innovation Center clients, and helps to facilitate the negotiation and structure of client agreements.

Counsels and coaches clients

• Directs a multi-week accelerator, including program curriculum planning, development, execution, and budget oversight.
• Develops, implements, and maintains a world-class Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) network, and mentorship programs for entrepreneurs.
• Develops, implements, and maintains a CEO roundtable program for established biotech companies to enhance collaboration among executives in the San Antonio region.
• Manages a successful entrepreneurial educational series that develops health technology for use in the military and civilian sectors.
• Develops, implements, and maintains an Incubation program focused on biotech startups looking to position their companies for growth.
• Develops and oversees the establishment of measurable objectives and outcomes for each business development program.
• Identifies and prepares grant-funded proposals and sponsorships for center initiatives. Ensure they are disbursed in a timely and efficient manner.
• Assists with a comprehensive marketing plan (internal and external).
• Builds and maintains database for marketing purposes.
• Center representative at workshops, conferences, networking events, and national and international civilian conferences that support the entrepreneurial ecosystem, including the DoD.

Qualifications

An ideal candidate will have a BSc, preferably in Business Administration, Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field.

Master’s degree in Business preferred.

Four to six years of work experience leading start-up support activities (e.g. incubator or entrepreneurship center management, technology patent and licensing, technology valuation, or working in a start-up environment), including two-year supervisory work experience.

Experience working with the military and military medical services.

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be joining a team of passionate, dedicated professionals who are committed to bringing together established bioscience companies, healthcare startups, and military medical research organizations in an inclusive community where ideas collide to spur medical breakthroughs.

Take the next step in your career and be a part of a state-of-the-art bioscience innovation campus on the city's near east side.

Use your entrepreneurial skills to advance science!

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