Economic Associate Director

The Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing (CBB), at the University of Iowa, has an exciting opportunity for an Economic Associate Director. The CBB reports through the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), at the University of Iowa. The successful candidate will oversee the coordination of CBB financials and accounting with OVPR and will lead efforts to expand the Center's contract manufacturing business unit. This role will join the CBB Director's Group to: 1) optimize manufacturing operations, 2) create an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, 3) expand the Center's clientele, 4) maintain facility infrastructure, and 5) support the CBB's academic activities. The successful candidate will work to establish and nurture relationships, both within and outside the university, to attract new business while simultaneously establishing strategic hiring plans to balance revenue growth and expansion of the Center's workforce.

Position Status:  1 Year Specified Term

Work Modality:  Onsite
For a detailed job description, please email your request to vpr-talent@uiowa.edu

About the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing
Biotechnology is a movement many believe will mark one of the first and most dramatic innovations of the 21st Century. For more than twenty years, the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing (CBB) has been combining first-class scientific faculty with cutting-edge facilities to reshape and define new technologies for chemical, pharmaceutical, nutritional and agrochemical industries. In 1995, we opened our new laboratory at The University of Iowa Research Park (previously called Oakdale Research Park) North of the University of Iowa, where our multidisciplinary faculty has continued to dedicate themselves to education, research, and technology transfer related to biocatalysis and bioprocessing. We are proud that in the past two decades our scientists have routinely made significant contributions to the advancement of science while working with industrial, governmental, and academic clients. We also have continued to work to bring life science-based companies to Iowa.
Today, the CBB consists of a growing number of more than 50 faculty members and more than 300 researchers, including graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral scientists, technicians, and visiting faculty and industrial scientists. Our faculty members come from ten different departments, and we are home to more than 20 predoctoral fellows. Our principal areas of study include biocatalyst fundamental properties, bioremediation, bioprocessing, new biocatalyst discovery, novel biocatalyst applications, biosensing technology, and reactive agent development.

Qualifications:
Education or Equivalency Required
A Master's degree in Business Administration or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
Required Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in entrepreneurial business development.
• Evidence of flourishing within an entrepreneurial business environment.
• Experience in establishing financial models to enhance business development.
• Demonstrated success in financial planning and analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to drive product pricing decisions.
• Experience in overseeing and mentoring administrative staff tasked with entering, organizing, and retrieving financial data.
• Experience in revenue growth by expanding market size.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and respectful manner while appreciating the unique contribution of an inclusive workforce that brings together the talents of people across multiple identities.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and civil manner and utilize existing resources and learning to achieve or exceed desired outcomes of current and future organizational goals and needs.
• Demonstrate the ability to meet or exceed customer service needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively transmit and interpret information through appropriate communication with internal and external customers.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in growing a biotechnology client-base.
• Experience in establishing an enterprise resource plan (ERP).
• Creation of internships for undergraduate students.

Desirable Qualifications

• Possess an understanding of the biotechnology sector, including state-of-the-art in biomanufacturing of specialty proteins.
• Creation of financial and time budgets for individual client projects associated with investigational new drug applications.

Position and Application Details and Instructions:
Upload the following required documents and mark them as a "Relevant File" to the submission:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.  Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.  Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
Contact:  VPR Talent (vpr-talent@uiowa.edu)