Academic Partnerships Director

1 hour, 24 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Sales and Business Development
Beacon Biosignals

Beacon Biosignals

Beacon Biosignals uses AI and EEG to transform brain disorder treatment with neurobiomarker technology, accelerating clinical trials and enhancing precision neurology.

Biotechnology
11-50
Founded 2019
$27M raised

Description

  • Build and manage relationships with principal investigators, academic medical centers, core facilities, and research consortia.
  • Partner with investigators during grant proposal development, including scientific and budgetary positioning of Beacon’s platform.
  • Identify and secure academic partnership opportunities supporting biomarker development, translational research, and longitudinal datasets.
  • Use knowledge of U.S. and international grant mechanisms and research regulations to shape proposals and outreach timing.
  • Generate, negotiate, and close academic and grant-funded opportunities while maintaining CRM records and forecasts.
  • Represent Beacon at academic conferences and develop networks with grant administrators, research development offices, and technology transfer offices.
  • Advise research teams on applying Beacon’s technology and data assets to specific study designs and objectives.
  • Collaborate with Program Management, Clinical Operations, Marketing, and Scientific teams to scope and deliver partnerships.
  • Report pipeline health, win/loss trends, and emerging opportunities to leadership.
  • Manage and extend the academic partnership strategy, including pricing structure.

Requirements

  • MD with training in psychiatry or neurology, or PhD in neuroscience.
  • 3+ years of experience in business development, academic partnerships, alliance management, or a related commercial role.
  • Firsthand experience with academic research and grant funding through laboratory, postdoctoral, or research administration work.
  • Scientific expertise in neuroscience, sleep science, or a related clinical research area preferred.
  • Experience translating strategic and commercial objectives into operational briefs for delivery teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with investigators, research administrators, and academic leaders.
  • Track record of generating new business and converting relationships with PIs, core facilities, and research consortia into revenue partnerships.
  • Familiarity with grant mechanisms such as R01, R21, U01, SBIR/STTR, foundation, and philanthropic grants preferred.
  • Experience contracting with academic institutions, including technology transfer and legal teams.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, CRM proficiency, entrepreneurial approach, empathy, and willingness to travel 1–3 times per quarter.

Benefits

  • Remote position with periodic travel; Boston and New York City hubs preferred.
  • Base salary plus incentive compensation, equity, PTO, and other benefits.
  • Opportunities for leadership growth as the academic partnerships portfolio expands.

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