Human Physiology Systems Advisor

Booz Allen Hamilton; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 69,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Professional development

Retirement plan

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an experienced Human Physiology Systems Advisor to lead strategic technical assessments, program development, and stakeholder engagement for ARPA-H funded initiatives in tissue and organ research.

You will synthesize complex data, guide translational pathways, and help manage diverse projects across academia, industry, and government. Occasional travel is required, with a focus on high-impact health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Ability to synthesize complex scientific information for decision support.
• Experience in organ preservation, ex vivo perfusion, or transplant biology.
• Experience supporting complex R&D with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to evaluate data and development pathways critically.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and strategic support across organ/tissue programs.
• Evaluate technologies in clinical/operational contexts.
• Conduct landscape analyses and diligence on capabilities and trends.
• Provide guidance on regulatory and stakeholder considerations in transplantation.
• Prepare briefing materials and present findings to leadership.

Skills

Translational biology

Scientific communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Project management

Analytical thinking

Travel readiness

Education

Master’s degree in Physiology or related field

10+ years in transplantation/organ preservation or Doctorate with 7+ years

Job description

Human Physiology Systems Advisor

The Opportunity: To achieve an organization’s mission, leaders need strong team members who can create processes, communicate requirements, and develop innovative solutions throughout the execution of the mission. Whether completing an immediate task, recognizing a process gap, recommending a solution, or flexing to support an emerging requirement, our clients need someone who can help manage operations while managing responses to external inquiries in a timely manner. That is why we need an experienced Human Physiology Systems Advisor like you to provide technical expertise and project development for emerging opportunities within healthcare. As part of our team, you’ll serve as a strategic technical advisor to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), helping conceptualize, create, and execute advanced government-funded research and development (R&D) programs to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone. You’ll work with world-class scientists and engineers to support the development of high-impact solutions to society’s most challenging health problems. You’ll leverage your technical expertise to provide strategic assessments of new technologies in support to senior ARPA-H decision-makers. You’ll maintain responsibility for producing and presenting findings and recommendations to a team of colleagues and clients on the feasibility and potential impact of future research programs, assisting with the management of current programs, and facilitating commercialization of successfully developed technologies. You’ll serve as a Human Physiology Systems Advisor, helping clients to develop stakeholder management strategies, establish new business processes, and complete research and analysis to determine viable solutions. You will be responsible for managing incoming requirements, facilitating engagements within offices and across the agency, and being readily available to shift your focus to fulfill emerging client requests. Your attention to detail, flexibility, communication skills, understanding of the client’s mission, and problem-solving will enable the mission’s success.

What You’ll Work On:

• Provide technical and strategic support across a portfolio of programs related to tissue and organoid manufacturing, tissue and organ preservation, ex vivo organ perfusion and diagnostics, and other translational technologies relevant to tissue and organ recovery, preservation, and transplantation.
• Evaluate technologies in the context of clinical and operational realities, including donor tissue and organ recovery, preservation logistics, perfusion-enabled assessment or intervention, and transplant-center workflow.
• Conduct landscape analyses and technical diligence on emerging capabilities, vendors, performers, and scientific trends, and advise on the scientific plausibility, translational feasibility, manufacturability, and adoption potential of proposed approaches.
• Provide insight into how innovations may intersect with the broader transplant ecosystem, including organ procurement organizations, transplant centers, and applicable federal regulators and stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of relevant scientific, clinical, regulatory, and market developments.
• Review and assess technical proposals, performer submissions, milestones, deliverables, and program risks.
• Provide feedback, organize reviewer comments, and draft recommendations, project summaries, and presentation materials.
• Help identify subject matter experts, potential performers, test or evaluation partners, and transition stakeholders across academia, industry, clinical practice, and government environments.
• Assist with program management functions, including preparing for technical meetings, conducting site visits, consolidating performer progress, identifying schedule risks, and creating briefing materials.

You Have:

• Experience synthesizing complex scientific information into concise written and visual products for decision support.
• Experience in organ preservation, ex vivo organ perfusion and diagnostics, transplant biology, regenerative medicine, or translational bioengineering.
• Experience supporting complex R&D efforts involving academic, clinical, or industrial stakeholders.
• Ability to critically evaluate technical data, experimental plans, and development pathways.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Master’s degree in Physiology, Systems Biology, Bioengineering, Tissue Engineering, or Regenerative Medicine and 10+ years of experience in transplantation, organ preservation, transplant surgery, or transplant medicine, or Doctorate degree and 7+ years of experience in transplantation, organ preservation, transplant surgery, or transplant medicine.

Nice If You Have:

• Experience in transplantation, including clinical, translational, or operational work related to donor organ recovery, preservation, allocation, or implantation.
• Experience working in or with the HRSA, OPTN or UNOS, organ procurement organizations (OPOs), transplant centers, tissue banks, or organ recovery networks or programs involving cross-sector coordination.
• Experience with the practical and policy dimensions of the U.S. transplant ecosystem.
• Experience with organ perfusion technologies for assessment, preservation, repair, or treatment of donor organs.
• Experience with translational and commercialization challenges, including manufacturability, quality systems, reimbursement context, regulatory considerations, and clinical adoption barriers.
• Possession of strong team-oriented and interpersonal skills.

Compensation:

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $69,400.00 to $158,000.00 (annualized USD). This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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