Research Partnerships Manager

Biopatrika; Gujarat; On-site; INR 480,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Biopatrika seeks an experienced Research Partnerships Manager to own the company’s external scientific credibility in environmental monitoring. You will build long‑term partnerships with research institutions, lead collaborative programmes, and represent the company at scientific venues in India and globally.

You will manage student engagement, publish joint papers, and build a scalable Research Partnerships team, shaping the company’s scientific voice and strategic relationships with academia.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Environmental Science/Engineering, Atmospheric Sciences, Air Quality, or related fields (PhD is a plus).
• 4–5 years of relevant experience in environmental monitoring, academic collaborations, or research programme management.
• Ability to build and sustain long‑term partnerships with academic and research institutions.
• Strong research literacy — able to engage credibly with researchers, standards bodies, and scientific audiences.
• Excellent written communication for publications, briefs, and partner correspondence.
• Confident in representing company externally at technical and scientific venues.
• Self‑directed, patient with academic timelines, and comfortable initiating most of the role’s own work.

Responsibilities

• Partnership Leadership: Build and lead long‑term partnerships with research institutions, universities, and think tanks.
• Programme Leadership: Oversee collaborative research and collocation programmes with academic partners.
• Independent Evaluations: Engage evaluation bodies to obtain external validation of technology.
• External Representation: Represent the company in academic and scientific communities, conferences, and standards forums.
• Student Engagement: Lead student and early‑career engagement programmes using company technology.
• Research Communication: Produce joint publications, whitepapers, and technical content with partners.
• Knowledge Sharing: Conduct training and knowledge‑sharing with researchers and technical audiences.
• Team Leadership: Build and scale the Research Partnerships team.

Skills

Partnership building

Research communication

External representation

Self-directed work

Academic collaborations

Education

Master's degree in Environmental Science/Engineering, Atmospheric Sciences, Air Quality, or related fields

PhD (preferred)

Job description

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and self-directed Research Partnerships Manager to own company’s external scientific credibility — building the partnerships, programmes, and knowledge-sharing that position company as a trusted scientific voice in environmental monitoring. The role involves developing long‑term relationships with research institutions and universities, leading collaborative research programmes, engaging independent evaluation bodies, representing company in scientific communities, and producing publications that demonstrate company’s scientific rigout. This is a unique opportunity to shape company’s scientific voice in the environmental monitoring community, working at the intersection of science, strategy, and relationship‑building with leading researchers and institutions in India and globally.

Key Responsibility Areas (KRAs):

• Partnership Leadership: Build and lead long‑term partnerships with research institutions, universities, and think tanks to engage them with company technology.
• Programme Leadership: Lead collaborative research and collocation programmes with academic and research partners.
• Independent Evaluations: Engage independent evaluation bodies and research institutes to produce external validation of company technology.
• External Representation: Represent Company in academic, scientific, and research communities, including conferences, workshops, and standards forums.
• Student Engagement: Lead student and early‑career research engagement programmes using company technology.
• Research Communication: Lead the production of joint publications, whitepapers, and technical content with academic partners.
• Knowledge Sharing: Engage researchers, professors, and technical audiences through training and knowledge‑sharing initiatives.
• Team Leadership: Build and lead the Research Partnerships team as it scales.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Environmental Science/Engineering, Atmospheric Sciences, Air Quality, or related fields. PhD is a plus.
• 4–5 years of relevant experience in environmental monitoring, air quality research, academic collaborations, or research programme management.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain long‑term partnerships with academic and research institutions.
• Strong research literacy — able to engage credibly with researchers, standards bodies, and scientific audiences.
• Excellent written communication for publications, briefs, and partner correspondence.
• Confident in representing company externally at technical and scientific venues.
• Self‑directed, patient with academic timelines, and comfortable initiating most of the role’s own work.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Programme management discipline — track record of running multi‑partner programmes with logistics, timelines, and deliverables.
• Existing network in Indian academic and research institutions (IITs, CSIR labs, think tanks, universities) is a strong plus.
• Published or co‑authored technical content in environmental monitoring or adjacent fields is desirable.

Salary :Up to 8 LPA

Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment typeFull-time

IndustriesIT Services and IT Consulting