Academic Partnerships Director
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Beacon BiosignalsBiotechnology, Neuroscience
Boston, MA / RemoteFull-TimeSenior
SalaryThe base salary range for this role is determined based on past experience, specific skills, and qualifications. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes incentive compensation, equity, PTO, and other benefits.
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Job Details
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in business development, academic partnerships, alliance management, or a related commercial role
- Required Skills
- Business DevelopmentCRM
Requirements
- MD with training in psychiatry or neurology, or PhD in neuroscience.
- 3+ years of experience in business development, academic partnerships, alliance management, or a related commercial role.
- Firsthand familiarity with the academic research and grant funding environment.
- Strong scientific acumen in neuroscience, sleep science, or a related clinical research domain.
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategic and commercial context into actionable operational briefs.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with PIs and academic leadership.
- Track record of self-generated pipeline and managing revenue-generating partnerships.
- Experience contracting with academic institutions, including Tech Transfer Offices and Legal teams.
- Proficiency in using CRM tools to track accounts and opportunities.
- Willingness to travel for conferences, site visits, and internal meetings, 1-3 times per quarter.
Responsibilities
- Build and manage a portfolio of relationships with PIs, academic medical centers, core facilities, and research consortia.
- Partner with PIs during proposal development to position Beacon’s Waveband EEG platform as the preferred solution for grant-funded studies.
- Apply a working command of U.S. academic grant funding cycles and international regulatory frameworks to time outreach.
- Own account-level pipeline generation, negotiation, and closing for academic and grant-funded opportunities.
- Represent Beacon at relevant academic and scientific conferences to build a network among research administration and technology transfer offices.
- Collaborate with internal Clinical Operations, Marketing, and Scientific teams to ensure academic partnerships are scoped and delivered successfully.
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