Director of Economic Growth Initiatives

3 days ago


St Louis, Missouri, United States BIOSTL Full time
Job Overview

BIOSTL is seeking a seasoned professional to drive the growth and development of our region's bioscience innovation ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, strategic planning, and collaboration with cross-sector partners.

About the Role

The Manager of Tech-Based Economic Development will oversee and facilitate inclusive engagement processes for stakeholders across various sectors. This role will advance BIOSTL's goal of creating an equitable and sustainable innovation economy in St. Louis.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and execute strategies to ensure that research, commercialization, and economic development opportunities are equitably available.
  • Work across BIOSTL, its partnership networks, and the broader ecosystem on the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of plans to remove barriers for under-served populations.
  • Provide programmatic leadership over BIOSTL's portfolio of major place-based innovation programs.
Requirements:
  • Familiarity with project management of complex initiatives with a focus on research, commercialization, and/or economic and workforce development projects.
  • Familiarity with strategic planning and execution, including gathering and leveraging information from community to inform strategic priorities.
  • Familiarity with designing and implementing collaborations with cross-sector partners to achieve goals.
Compensation:

The estimated salary for this position is $120,000 - $150,000 per year, commensurate with experience and market rates. Benefit packages include excellent health coverage, generous retirement savings match, tuition assistance, and other benefits to support employees personally and professionally.



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