The Central New York Biotechnology Research Center
CNY BRC is seeking an Executive Director to lead the center. CNY BRC (Central New York BioTechnology Research Center) is a new not-for profit bioscience incubator located in Syracuse, New York. Sockwell Partners, an executive search firm, has been retained to assist CNY BRC in recruiting an Executive Director.
CNY BRC will provide laboratory and development space to early stage companies. The center will also provide growth oriented companies essential business acceleration services and access to industry specific development resources.
The Executive Director will be instrumental to the success of the incubator’s client companies and the achievement of the goals of the incubator. He/she will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the incubator as well as building, maintaining and managing university and external support networks to assist clients. The Executive Director will act as a coach and mentor to client companies to ensure their success.
The key qualifications/attributes of the Executive Director include:
- the characteristics of an entrepreneur, including high energy, strong need for achievement, persistence, the ability to learn from mistakes, adaptability, strong work ethic, self confidence, self starter, and the ability to operate independently with minimal direction and garner the resources to be successful;
- sophisticated sales and marketing skills; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; demonstrated expertise in negotiating, decision-making, networking and managing a team are also desirable;
- high integrity and a strong commitment to team building, partnerships, and collaborations;
- experience in and/or knowledge of the bioscience industry is strongly preferred;
- the ability to help companies grow and succeed by teaching, mentoring and advising client companies as well as developing a supportive environment at the incubator and partnering with resources and networks in the community to provide assistance to the client companies;
- experience working with venture capital and/or angel investor groups, providing business and technical assistance to companies and linking clients to resources and networks, working in a business incubator and/or coaching and mentoring startup companies is preferred; direct experience with a start-up company is a plus;
- the demonstrated business savvy needed to assist CNY BRC through its own start-up and financial self-sufficiency period; fundraising experience is a plus;
- a demonstrated track record of success in a relevant industry or academic setting;
- Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree is preferred.
Please email Steve Sellers at ssellers@sockwell.com with your suggestions of qualified candidates or people who might know qualified candidates. We will treat your recommendations in complete confidence.
Applications are being accepted now for Central New York's newest biotech incubator—the CNY BRC. Dedicated to helping biotech and biomedical for-profit companies become successful and commercialize their products, the CNY BRC will open its doors by year end 2012.
Located in Syracuse, NY, this highly-specialized incubator draws on the bio-research strengths of two founding universities and a region rich in education and entrepreneurial spirit.
VISION: The CNYBRC strives to be a globally recognized nexus for accelerating biological and medical products to market.
MISSION: To support university-industry partnerships that discover, develop and deploy innovative products for the bioscience marketplaces. The CNYBRC will provide growth-oriented companies essential business acceleration services and access to industry-specific development resources.
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