Research Partnerships Manager

WABO; North Carolina; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Social insurance

Housing fund

Paid annual leave

Annual health checks

Equity incentives

Technical exchanges

Job summary

WABO in the United States seeks a Research Partnerships Coordinator to identify joint research opportunities with universities and research teams, and to coordinate goals, tasks and resources for successful collaboration. You will ensure outcomes are translated into actionable results and maintain rigorous documentation of processes and milestones.

The role requires the ability to understand papers and experimental plans, plus strong cross-team communication.

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s preferred; PhD candidates receive priority consideration.
• Experience: Research project or partnership experience.
• Ability to understand papers, experimental plans and technical measures.
• Project coordination and cross-team communication.
• Data, IP and ownership arrangements.
• Define partnership scope, addressing data, IP and ownership; technology transfer or English-language partnerships are helpful.
• Explain your individual contribution clearly and work carefully across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Identify joint research opportunities with universities and research teams.
• Coordinate goals, tasks and resources.
• Follow up on outcomes and translation.
• Define partnership goals, tasks, data and milestones and follow up on deliverables and outcome materials.
• Document the research or engineering process, maintain versions and evidence, and make results reviewable.
• Review, integrate and improve work with relevant teams to advance project milestones.

Skills

Project coordination

Cross-team communication

Understanding papers & experimental

Data & IP ownership

English-language partnerships helpful

Education

Master's degree

PhD candidate priority

Job description

• Identify joint research opportunities with universities and research teams.
• Coordinate goals, tasks and resources.
• Follow up on outcomes and translation.
• Define partnership goals, tasks, data and milestones and follow up on deliverables and outcome materials.
• Document the research or engineering process, maintain versions and evidence, and make results reviewable.
• Review, integrate and improve work with relevant teams to advance project milestones.

What you could work on

• Identify joint research opportunities with universities and research teams.
• Coordinate goals, tasks and resources.
• Follow up on outcomes and translation.
• Define partnership goals, tasks, data and milestones and follow up on deliverables and outcome materials.
• Document the research or engineering process, maintain versions and evidence, and make results reviewable.
• Review, integrate and improve work with relevant teams to advance project milestones.

What we are looking for

• Education: Master’s preferred; PhD candidates receive priority consideration. Relevant fields include biomedical engineering, neuroscience or computer science, or a related field.
• Experience: Research project or partnership experience.
• Ability to understand papers, experimental plans and technical measures.
• Project coordination and cross-team communication.
• Data, IP and ownership arrangements.
• Define partnership scope, addressing data, IP and ownership; technology transfer or English-language partnerships are helpful.
• Explain your individual contribution clearly and work carefully across disciplines.

Helpful experience

• Neuroscience or industry–academic collaboration.
• Technology transfer or English-language partnerships.

Benefits and development

• Social insurance and housing fund contributions follow applicable requirements and company policy.
• Weekends off, statutory holidays and paid annual leave.
• Annual health checks, holiday benefits, and meal and transport allowances under company policy.
• Technical exchanges, professional learning and cross-disciplinary R&D collaboration.
• Eligible technical advances, patents, research translation and project delivery may receive outcome-based rewards.
• Eligible core talent may participate in equity or option incentives under the relevant plans and agreements.

Research and talent support

• Equipment, data, compute and experimental conditions are arranged according to research and project needs.
• Professional conferences and academic exchanges, including approval and reimbursement, follow company processes.
• Research goals are defined around the area of work, with opportunities for technical development and research translation.
• Publications, patents and technical outcomes are supported under applicable policies and agreements, including publication and intellectual-property arrangements.
• Eligible talent may receive help applying for local talent programs; eligibility and amounts remain subject to the relevant review.

Compensation, location, working arrangements, headcount and timing are discussed around project needs and your experience.