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Academic Partnerships Director

8 hours, 11 minutes ago
United States
Full-time
Senior
Business Development
Sales and Business Development
CRM
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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
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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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