Program Manager - Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships

Category:Professional

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Department:EIP

Locations:Vestal, NY

Posted:Dec 22, 2023

Closes:Open Until Filled

Type:Full-time

Position ID:171229

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About The Research Foundation for SUNY at Binghamton :

Binghamton University is a premier public R1 research institution in the State University of New York (SUNY) system that unites more than 130 broadly interdisciplinary educational programs with some of the most vibrant research in the nation. Our unique character - shaped by our mission, outstanding academics, facilities, and community life - promotes extraordinary student success, research, and service; Binghamton University is where our students, faculty and staff thrive.

Working at Binghamton University is more than about having a great job - it is about having the opportunity to flourish in an exciting, engaging environment. Our faculty and staff appreciate Binghamton's collegial and inclusive culture and its commitment to excellence, education, innovation and civic engagement. Our diverse campus community contributes to our success. Embedded within the University, The Research Foundation (RF) exists to serve SUNY and to capitalize on the scope, scale and diversity of SUNY as an engine of New York State's innovation economy. We are the largest comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country. The RF is mission focused and serves Binghamton University by providing essential administrative services that enable faculty to focus their efforts on the education of students and the performance of life-changing research. As a private not-for-profit corporation, we support nearly $1 billion in SUNY research activity annually, providing sponsored programs administration and commercialization support services to SUNY faculty performing research in numerous disciplines.

The RF offers a comprehensive benefits package (https://benefits.rfsuny.org/) that is a valuable part of our total compensation. Included in the benefits package are comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, dependent care and healthcare spending accounts, employer retirement contributions at 7% of earnings, retiree health benefits and more! The RF promotes employee work/life balance through generous paid leave offerings and wellness resources for employees and their families. Employees receive support throughout their career with access to professional development opportunities across campus, college savings plans, access to public student loan forgiveness programs, a tuition waiver program, and much more!

Job Description:

The Program Manager will work within the Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Partnerships (EIP) to provide operational support to the leadership team for innovation, incubator, and accelerator programs. EIP supports a growing portfolio of startup companies, with a focus on the clean energy and energy storage space, including programs under the New Energy New York (NENY) initiative. This role will focus on supporting execution of program plans, timelines, promotion, recruitment, and processes, as well as managing program events and scheduling, with support of program associates and assistants.

Responsibilities:

• Work with EIP and innovation program leadership to support implementation of startup accelerator and entrepreneurship training programming, including associated curricula, promotion plans, strategic plans, operational procedures, and management of resources.

• Develop deep knowledge of innovation programs to communicate program objectives, features, eligibility, processes, and impacts to prospective and current client startups, as well as internal and external partners and stakeholders.

• Support the creation, execution, and evaluation of program outreach and recruitment strategies, working with the EIP marketing and communications team, including through direct outreach, social media, event organization, and participation in external domain-relevant events.

• Work with EIP marketing and communications team to oversee creation of informational and promotional materials including the annual report, fact sheets, impact statements, and monthly e-newsletters.

• Search, identify, vet, recruit, and engage potential entrepreneur and startup candidates, with high degree of follow up as necessary.

• Create, maintain, and implement all applications and onboarding aspects of bringing new companies into the program.

• Facilitate programmatic activities including but not limited to day-to-day program operations (startup recruitment pipelines, mentor matching, program contractual obligations, program budget, expenditure, reporting, etc.), programming calendar, program communications with internal and external stakeholders.

• Maintain organized databases of recruitment pipelines, program events, partner and relevant stakeholder contacts and engagements, and program and client startup reporting and metrics.

• Become familiar with and establish working relationships with the roster of internal and external stakeholders, partners, programs, and resources to direct their engagement or use by client companies.

• Recruit and manage external contractors as needed to support companies and programming.

• Support program leadership in the continual monitoring of program budget and expenditures.

• Support program metrics collection, evaluation, and reporting.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of program management, incubator, business development, or recruitment experience.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

• The ability to work collaboratively with a variety of constituents and organizations is required.

• Strong organizational, time management, and prioritization skills with great attention to detail.

• Experience using Google Suite, Zoom, Airtable, Calendly, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Slack.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or similar, or advanced degree in physical sciences or engineering is a plus.

Additional Information:

Salary: $75,000 - $85,000 Annually. Note: This is for a one year appointment renewable based on successful performance and availability of funding.

Employee Benefits: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package (https://benefits.rfsuny.org/) that is a valuable part of total compensation. This includes medical, dental, vision, dependent care subsidy and other benefits such as SUNY Tuition Assistance. Furthermore, our 10 Perks of Working at the RF (https://www.rfsuny.org/about-us/careers/) provides an at-a-glance view of our top benefits that make us a great place to work.

Research Foundation Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, The Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy-related conditions, reproductive health decisions, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, familial status, citizenship, physical and mental disability, prior arrest or conviction record, genetic characteristics/genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, military status or service, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state or local law.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

The Research Foundation for SUNY is a private, not for profit corporation and is a separate employer from SUNY and the State of New York and offers separate compensation and benefit plans.

Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus.

Application Instructions:

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• Resume or CV

• Cover letter/Letter of Interest

• Names and contact information of three references

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