Academic Partnerships Director

1 month 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 a portfolio of relationships with principal investigators, academic medical centers, core facilities, and research consortia.
  • Partner with PIs during proposal development to position Beacon’s Waveband EEG platform and analytics for grant-funded studies.
  • Support the scientific and budgetary narrative in the grant-writing phase.
  • Use knowledge of academic grant cycles and funding mechanisms to time outreach and shape proposals.
  • Grow and steward relationships with academic core facilities and research consortia to drive institution-wide or multi-site adoption.
  • Own account-level pipeline generation, negotiation, and closing for academic and grant-funded opportunities.
  • Track activity and forecasts in Beacon’s CRM.
  • Represent Beacon at academic and scientific conferences and build relationships with grants administrators, research development offices, and technology transfer offices.
  • Serve as a scientific thought partner to PIs and research teams by translating Beacon’s technology and data assets into study value.
  • Collaborate with Program Management, Clinical Operations, Marketing, and Scientific teams to scope and deliver academic partnerships successfully.
  • Provide leadership with visibility into pipeline health, win/loss patterns, and emerging opportunities.
  • Manage and extend the academic strategy, including pricing structure, to align with partner and company priorities.

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.
  • Experience supporting grant-funded research, core facilities, or academic medical centers is preferred.
  • Firsthand familiarity with the academic research and grant funding environment, gained through lab, postdoctoral, or research administration experience.
  • Strong scientific acumen, with experience in neuroscience, sleep science, or a related clinical research domain preferred.
  • Ability to translate strategic and commercial context into actionable operational briefs for delivery teams.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to build trusted relationships with PIs, research administrators, and academic leadership.
  • Track record of self-generated pipeline and creating new interest with PIs, core facilities, and consortium relationships.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset suited to long and unpredictable academic funding cycles.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for scientific and administrative audiences.
  • Ability to use CRM tools to track accounts and opportunities.
  • Experience contracting with academic institutions, including Tech Transfer Offices and Legal teams.
  • Willingness to travel 1-3 times per quarter for conferences, site visits, and internal meetings.
  • Experience with EU and other international regulatory frameworks relevant to academic research is preferred.

Benefits

  • Base salary plus incentive compensation.
  • Equity as part of the total compensation package.
  • PTO included in the compensation package.
  • Remote position with periodic travel.
  • In-person hubs preferred in Boston and New York City.
  • Other benefits included in the total compensation package.

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