Alliance Manager

Posting DescriptionALLIANCE MANAGER, Office of Strategic Alliances, Transactions & Translation (OSATT), plays a key role in a team-based approach to the faculty-centric development and execution of sponsored research, collaboration, and related agreements. OSATT provides MIT and its faculty with strategic and tactical execution for the conversion of promising external engagements into clear agreements and impactful operation of research, and other sponsored activities. Within OSATT, the Alliance Manager is the primary point of contact between MIT and external sponsors for specific sponsored programs, and as such executes key strategic and tactical roles to ensure the continued success of these engagements for current or future MIT engagements and agreements. The Alliance Manager maximizes the value of complex and strategic sponsored programs, by facilitating their formation, participating in their stand up and implementation, and furthering sponsors engagement into new opportunities for further engagement. OSATT reports to the Associate Vice President for Research Administration. Job RequirementsREQUIRED: Bachelor's degree; a minimum of seven years of experience working with industry or other non-US government organization or not-for-profit within the U.S. or internationally; demonstrated expertise to relate effectively to faculty and manage relationships with senior executives or officials in a large institutional environment in industry or government or not-for-profit research sponsors; and proven ability to understand, communicate, and present complex business and technical information in sales, service, or government contexts.

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