Associate Director of Strategic Operations & Partnerships

Broad Institute; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

The Broad Institute seeks an Associate Director of Strategic Operations & Partnerships to lead scientific operations across a major cross-Atlantic collaboration with Danish partners. You will help shape the center's research strategy, monitor portfolios, and ensure timely execution of milestones and reporting.

Responsibilities include budgeting, governance reporting, stakeholder engagement, and driving operational excellence in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience in a related scientific or biotech setting.
• Excellent communication and people skills; highly relational role.
• Experience in alliance management, scientific operations, or project management is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate governance and project leadership communication across Broad and Danish partners.
• Develop and track budgets, timelines, and milestones; ensure milestones are met.
• Lead the preparation of annual scientific and governance reports with cross-functional teams.
• Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders across Broad, NNFC, and Danish collaborators.
• Oversee lifecycle deliverables including reports, meetings, and major project milestones.

Skills

Scientific collaborations

Communication

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's or Doctoral in genetics/data sciences/biomedical science

Job description

The Broad Institute stands on the leading edge of biomedical research, with a mission to broadly disseminate discoveries and information to the scientific community to propel the understanding and treatment of disease. To achieve these goals, the Broad Institute has partnered with the Danish research community through the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease at the Broad Institute. This partnership will launch cutting-edge projects to turn genomic data into mechanistic insights and lay the foundation for rationally designed medicines. The center is built around scientific projects and transatlantic collaborations at a scale beyond typical academic collaborations. We seek an energetic, experienced scientist to serve as Associate Director of Strategic Operations & Partnerships.

The Associate Director of Strategic Operations & Partnerships will work with the center director, Kasper Lage, AD of Program Management & Strategic Operations, Jeff Gaulin, and the center PIs to execute fiercely ambitious science in the areas of genomics and data sciences. You will also use these projects to establish a seamless collaborative bridge between Danish research communities and members of the Broad Institute. You will be the main connector between numerous groups working at the Broad and in Denmark.

You will co-lead scientific operations at the Broad Institute. You will work closely with the Center leadership to develop the overall research strategy for the Center, launch new projects as the collaboration progresses, and monitor the progression of the joint scientific portfolio. Your work will include proactively identifying and solving operational and logistical roadblocks across multiple projects, tracking and monitoring budgets, informing and ensuring timelines, reporting results, and breaking defined scientific projects into concrete milestones that will serve as decision points for whether to continue or discontinue the project. You will be expected to proactively ensure contractual obligations are met and that the scientific deliverables are adhered to. As such, you will play a critical and central operational and strategic role and ensure the continued success of the center.

In a peer-to-peer partnership with AD of Program Management & Strategic Operations, Jeff Gaulin, the Associate Director of Strategic Operations & Partnerships will oversee scientific operations, support progression of the scientific portfolio in collaboration with the Managing Director, Scientific Associate Directors, the project management team and individual project leaders. You will develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders within the Broad, the Development Office, the Office of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships to ensure delivery of joint goals within this alliance. Some experience developing and maintaining close relationships with key stakeholders and building scientific teams is a large plus.

Overall Responsibilities

• Ensure effective communication between the Governance Committee and project leadership, both within the Broad and between Broad and collaborators.
• Deliver quarterly progress updates to the Governance Committee.
• Organize and prepare agendas, briefings, and materials for the Steering Committee and Governance Committee meetings, ensuring senior leadership and key participants are fully briefed in close collaboration with the Associate Director
• Manage the annual SAB meeting including preparation, day-of facilitation, and post-meeting closeout in close collaboration with the Associate Director
• Meeting preread report
• Post-meeting report
• Partner with the Foundation and Broad's Development Office to develop the Impact Framework and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track Center progress
• Facilitate and manage regular scientific meetings for HGRM, FDP, and Data management, ensuring speakers, follow-up on action items, and documentation in collaboration with the Associate Director of NNFC
• Break scientific projects into concrete deliverables and monitor that those milestones are met.
• Cultivate and champion a culture of collaboration, partnership, cross-functional teamwork, and scientific excellence within the alliance.
• Work collaboratively and productively with team leadership, especially the Associate Director Operations, and facilitate sharing of "best practice" ideas and information across the team to maximize efficiency and effectiveness
• Perform a variety of other tasks, as needed, to ensure the success of the alliance.
• Systematically collect progress on scientific metrics from all scientific teams for compliance and reporting purposes (e.g., ResearchFish, annual scientific report).
• Contribute along with the Associate Director of Ops to high-level stakeholder updates.
• Direct writing of the annual scientific report in collaboration with the Associate Director of NNFC, project teams, PIs, Center leadership, and Broad's Development Team.
• Partner with Center PIs and Office of Research Subjects Protection (ORSP) to guide investigators and their teams through the submission processes at various Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) along with careful review of research consent forms to confirm the appropriate use of human biological samples and/or data.
• Oversee the strategic execution of the short-term visit trainee exchange program.
• In close partnership with the Associate Director of Operations, direct the preparation and delivery of major lifecycle deliverables, including the Close-Out Reports (early 2027 and early 2032), and the Midterm Evaluation (2029).
• Work with OSAP Research Transactions Council to execute and track Material Transfer Agreements between Broad labs and Danish partner institutions.
• Direct preparation and day-of execution of Danish delegation visits.
• Contribute to content strategy and messaging for the Center's website and newsletters, ensuring all messaging directly supports overarching Center objectives.

Requirements

• Prior experience managing complicated scientific collaborations within a scientific institution, medical academic center, pharmaceutical company, or biotech organization
• 10+ years of work experience in a related field.
• Master's or doctoral degree in genetics, data sciences, or biomedical science, or related field with demonstrated experience working in large and complex scientific projects. A passion for science and cross-disciplinary collaborations is essential.
• Experience in scientific communications and writing.
• Experience in alliance management, scientific operations, and/or project management is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and people skills - this role is highly relational and includes managing collaborations across different cultures.
• Able to recognize cultural differences between Boston and Denmark, and quickly identify any misalignment among participants.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with tight deadlines; versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work with constantly changing priorities.
• Experience with developing and tracking large, complex research budgets; experience with identifying and understanding issues related to intellectual property.
• Team player who can work independently and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

The expected base pay range for this position as listed above is based on a 40 hour per week schedule. Broad provides pay ranges representing its reasonable and good faith estimate of what the organization reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will vary based on factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, education, qualifications, and other factors permissible by law.

At Broad, your base pay is just one part of a comprehensive total rewards package. From day one, this role offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; a 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and health savings accounts; at least 13 paid holidays; winter closure; paid time off; parental and family care leave; and an employee assistance program, among other Broad benefits.

The Broad Institute is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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