Director, Strategic Partnerships - 141133

About the role

The Director, Strategic Partnerships will leverage their knowledge and experience in cultivating industry relationships to expand and strengthen strategic partnerships for Moores Cancer Center (MCC).

Responsibilities

• Meet regularly with executive leaders from local, national, and international organizations to advance research collaborations and clinical trial partnerships in the oncology space.
• Secure competitive research funding through industry partnerships and foster new collaborations across the full research continuum, leveraging the strengths and expertise of MCC faculty.
• Build strong relationships and trust with stakeholders across the UC San Diego ecosystem, MCC Consortium partners, and the broader community to support and advance the strategic goals of MCC.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related area and seven or more years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of experience, education and training.
• Knowledge of the organizational environment of clinical research and large research universities to understand client priorities, issues, motivations and constraints.
• Experience partnering with C-Suite executives and understanding of corporate needs to help drive MCC business forward.
• Demonstrated strategic-thinking and consulting skills in guiding the organization toward workable strategies and solutions especially between industry representatives and MCC Director’s Office.
• Superior written, verbal and presentation skills for influencing and facilitating sustained change.
• Ability to facilitate and influence people at all levels. Ability to persuade through both logic and appeal to positive motivations. Ability to handle multiple constituencies, agendas, engagements and tasks, and to deal productively with ambiguity and conflict.
• Demonstrates ability to learn quickly, reason, synthesize and generalize based on information obtained; sound judgment; ability to draw unbiased conclusions.
• Ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision.
• Expert knowledge of the organizational development and effectiveness field, theories, models to assess, design and implement customized organizational interventions.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related area and seven or more years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of experience, education and training.
• Knowledge of the organizational environment of clinical research and large research universities to understand client priorities, issues, motivations and constraints.
• Experience partnering with C-Suite executives and understanding of corporate needs to help drive MCC business forward.
• Demonstrated strategic-thinking and consulting skills in guiding the organization toward workable strategies and solutions especially between industry representatives and MCC Director’s Office.
• Superior written, verbal and presentation skills for influencing and facilitating sustained change.
• Ability to facilitate and influence people at all levels. Ability to persuade through both logic and appeal to positive motivations. Ability to handle multiple constituencies, agendas, engagements and tasks, and to deal productively with ambiguity and conflict.
• Demonstrates ability to learn quickly, reason, synthesize and generalize based on information obtained; sound judgment; ability to draw unbiased conclusions.
• Ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision.
• Expert knowledge of the organizational development and effectiveness field, theories, models to assess, design and implement customized organizational interventions.

Skills

• Wide-ranging experience and proficiency in organizational development, effectiveness, business process analysis and strategic planning.
• Understanding business needs and how systems, both technical and nontechnical, can support those needs.
• Uses organizational development concepts and organization objectives to resolve the most complex issues with organization-wide impact or great political sensitivity.
• Uses wide-ranging experience to select methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Facilitates and influences people at all levels.
• Handles multiple constituencies, agendas, engagements and tasks, and deals productively with ambiguity and conflict.
• Learns quickly, reasons, synthesizes and generalizes based on information obtained; demonstrates sound judgment; draws unbiased conclusions.
• Focuses on priorities, strategies, and vision.
• Applies excellent skills in change management programs on a regular basis.
• Exercises superior analytical, problem-solving, project planning and implementation skills.
• Navigates organizational complexity.
• Uses superior analytical, problem-solving, project planning and implementation skills.

Benefits

Moores Cancer Center offers challenging career opportunities in a fast-paced and innovative environment. MCC's mission is to transform cancer care in our catchment area and beyond by driving exceptional scientific discoveries, innovations in prevention, detection, care, and training. MCC will make a global impact on improving health by reducing cancer burden through accelerated discovery and translation, compassionate and interdisciplinary care, education and community engagement, with the foundation of our core values - Excellence, Innovation and Risk-Taking, Collaboration, Diversity and Service.

Pay

Annual Full Pay Range: $136,600 - $267,600 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%). Hourly Equivalent: $65.42 - $128.16

Schedule

Days, 8 hrs/day, Monday-Friday