Director, Biomarkers Consortium

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) connects the world's leading public and private organizations to accelerate biomedical breakthroughs for patients. The FNIH brings together leading scientist to navigate and solve complex human health problems and advance development of new therapies, diagnostics, and potential cures; advance global health and equity in care; and celebrate and train the next generation of scientists.

Established by Congress in 1990 to support the mission of the NIH, the FNIH is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. For more information about the FNIH, please visit fnih.org.

EOE STATEMENT:

The FNIH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. The FNIH celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) is seeking a Director, Biomarkers Consortium for Translational Science to manage and lead the Biomarkers Consortium (BC), a premier partnership model of the FNIH, as well as a portfolio of large public-private research collaborations focused on identifying opportunities to validate and standardize assays, biomarkers, and drug development tools. The Director, BC will evaluate, establish, and lead research partnerships that positively impact FNIH's innovation, strategic, and revenue goals. The Director interacts with leading academic and industry scientists and clinicians, philanthropic research foundations, patient advocates, and governmental agencies to develop, maintain, and manage a complex, interrelated series of public-private partnerships.

The Director is responsible for BC strategic planning, including the development of new disease portfolios, securing program funding, coordinating and managing BC operations, policies, procedures, and resource allocations, and staffing executive and steering committees. The Director is a senior programmatic leader for engaging with communications and alliance managers to align program outcomes and membership with business objectives, supervising professional and support staff, developing program goals and objectives, fiscal management, and for coordinating the work of the BC with other ongoing FNIH initiatives. The position reports to the Vice President of Translational Science at FNIH.

This is a non-research, administrative management position requiring excellent interpersonal and writing skills, a high level of organization, diplomacy, focus, ability to work under tight deadlines, and familiarity with biomedical research environments.

The Director, BC will be expected to demonstrate thought leader-level abilities and management of complex partnerships in bio healthcare and translational science, including:

• Strong record of managing high-level relationships among scientific and administrative partners from diverse sectors of biomedical science (e.g., government, academia, and/or private sector partners, industry, and not-for-profit organizations) with a desire to provide service excellence.
• Diplomatically facilitates discussions involving diverse interests, leading groups to consensus and guiding other employees to enhance this skill.
• High degree of flexibility and adaptability to organizational priorities.
• Skill in written and oral communication requiring diplomacy in communicating with broad and diverse audiences.
• Readiness and judgment to supervise staff and assume additional responsibility for portfolio governance as required.
• Ability to create and identify a network of key external stakeholders to support and grow the portfolio.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Successful candidates for the role will be able to demonstrate:

• An MS/PhD in a scientific/technical field and relevant technical understanding and experience in drug development and regulatory science with a focus on basic, translational, or clinical research related to biomarkers, pharmacogenetics and/or other clinical technologies.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant professional experience understanding scientific project management in biotech, pharmaceutical or health related fields with strong analytical, critical-thinking abilities to proactively identify potential problems and work with teams to fill identified gaps.
• Record of leading and managing relationships with scientific and/or administrative teams from diverse sectors of biomedical science with a desire to provide service excellence.

• Building and maintaining trusting relationships with external and internal colleagues through respectful dialogue and cultural sensitivityDesign and management of executive level meetings and decision making.

Additional consideration will be given to these qualifications:

• Broad expertise across multiple therapeutic areas including Immunology, Neuroscience, Metabolic Disorders, Rare Diseases, and Oncology.
• Knowledge of scientific program review and evaluation, design, and implementation.
• Development and management of grants/contracts, including evaluation and refinement of statements of work, project budgets, milestones, and deliverables.

*Note: FNIH Office Local/Hybrid expects the employee to be in the office six days per month, as selected and defined by FNIH leadership, while allowing remote work for the remainder of the month. Fully remote positions require travel to the office once per quarter for three days for structured team-building activities. Additionally, some travel is required for relevant meetings and conferences.

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME: Full-Time

LOCATION: FNIH (Hybrid)

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Location: Rockville, Maryland, US

Posted Date: 6/20/2024