Director

　　ANNOUNCEMENT OF

　　PROFESSIONAL

　　VACANCY

　　Applications are invited for consideration to the following position

　　Department:

　　Downstate Biotechnology Incubator

　　Budget Title:

　　Director

　　Salary Range:

　　(Based Upon Experience)$200,000.00 - $225,000.00

　　Descriptive Title:Executive Director

　　Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, 37.5 hours per week.

　　Vacancy

　　23-68

　　Description of Duties:

　　Downstate Technology Center, Inc. (DTCI) is the not-for-profit corporation that operates the two-building Biotechnology Incubator at the campus of SUNY-s Downstate Health Sciences University in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The DTCI Executive Director is responsible for all operations of the two business incubator buildings and also staffs the DTCI Board of Directors, whose individual members are appointed by The Health Science Center at Brooklyn Foundation Inc. (the campus philanthropic foundation at SUNY Downstate) and the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY). The Executive Director will be an employee of RF SUNY. - Reports to the Board of Directors, recommends policy to the Board, and implements its decisions; - Recruits and vets appropriate tenants, supervises their move-in/move-out, and ensures their building-operational concerns are addressed by in-house staff or contracted experts; - Drafts all tenant leases and amendments and monitors to assure all tenants are current in their rent obligations and other charges; - Supervises and evaluates a salaried Senior Project Manager, a salaried Building Manager, a contracted Building Engineer, a contracted Safety Advisor, and a grant-supported Entrepreneurship Counselor; - Manages disbursements from existing grants and reporting back to the funders; - Identifies and pursues new funding opportunities; - Oversees payment of vendor/contractor invoices; - Prepares annual budget and regular financial reports to the board; -Manages relationships with an independent auditing firm; - Oversees any necessary physical planning, including tenant fit-out and renovation of shared building infrastructure as directed by the Board or required by government agencies; - Manages relationships with government entities at the city, state, and federal levels; - Represents the Incubator at public and life-science industry events; - Conducts guest visits; - Manages relations with SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, including working with academic leadership to secure adjunct faculty appointments for qualified principals of tenant companies; coordinating payroll reimbursements and other matters with university staff in key administrative functions such as finance and budgeting advising faculty and student inventors who have entrepreneurial interests that could be served effectively by residency in the incubator.

　　Qualifications:

　　REQUIRED: - A bachelor-s degree - At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in management roles - Readiness to assume executive responsibility - Superior skills at organization, attention to detail, priority-setting, and multi-tasking - Demonstrated ability to supervise others fairly - Interpersonal skills sufficient to deal with demanding customers (life-science tenants) - Ability to read and comprehend legal and engineering documents prepared by others - Advanced working knowledge of computational packages and cloud-based resources for business management (e.g., QuickBooks), word processing, spreadsheets, email, calendar management, project management, data analysis and visualization, and presentation development. PREFERRED: - Experience in business incubation, at either a high-technology or life-science business incubator with an economic-development mission -Substantive knowledge of the life sciences at the undergraduate or graduate level so that you can communicate well with the Incubator tenants, the Downstate VP for Research, and the Downstate/RF technology transfer office -Experience with entrepreneurial businesses and their growth trajectories so that you understand the pressures and expectations that DTCI tenants operate under

　　Persons interested should mail their resume and a letter of introduction

　　Additional Information:Interested candidates should submit their letter of introduction and resume to: [email protected]

　　Closing Date for Receipt of Applications: 01/01/29

　　The Research Foundation is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in employment for all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, transgender status, national origin, citizenship, age, creed, disability, veteran status, marital status, familial status, military status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, genetic characteristics/genetic information, pregnancy-related conditions, reproductive health decisions, prior arrest or conviction records, or any other trait protected by federal, state, or local law.