Program Officer - Biomedical Engineering

About The Role:

 

VentureWell has an exciting opportunity to hire new program officers to join our growing Biomedical Engineering Initiatives team. The ideal candidate has experience and/or training in biomedical engineering and medical technologies or related fields, with strong project and program management skills and thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. This role will be primarily project management for either the neuro track or in the diagnostic testing space, with the opportunity to contribute to other VentureWell programs as bandwidth and content expertise allow.  We also seek staff who bring experience (work or lived) with groups identifying as marginalized by racism, sexism, or classism. 

Responsibilities:

• Leverage biomedical engineering or medical technology domain experience to coordinate and implement new and existing program offerings with guidance from manager, including continually learning from evaluation findings to recommend program improvements and implementing process improvements while systems are “in motion”
• Work within defined program direction with funders and/or partners for successful program implementation, including creative problem-solving to deliver on funder and partner needs within time and budget constraints
• Design, plan, and facilitate effective meetings and internal/external stakeholder engagements
• Actively participate in internal collaboration and communication to ensure program success through use of project management tools and practices
• Leverage appropriate domain experience (related to science and technology innovation, entrepreneurship, global health, climate change and sustainability, early stage investing, startup acceleration or incubation, or in a startup) to program area, and leverage domain knowledge to develop content for new offerings, synthesize lessons learned into program design evolution, and provide thought leadership across the Program team
• Work towards actively advancing equity in the scope of individual performance goals, and broader contributions to VentureWell’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Ensure logistics required for successful program implementation are planned and executed in a manner that delivers excellence 
• Update program materials developed by domain experts as necessary
• Prepare and synthesize written material for proposals and reports to funder or partners
• Work primarily under the direction and guidance of managing Senior Program Officer to identify needs and ensure proactive communication within VentureWell
• Work collaboratively along with other VentureWell BME personnel for program service delivery
• Ensure Senior Program Officer is fully informed of all areas of program and can prioritize troubleshooting and resourcing appropriately
• Act as a problem solver, identifying internal inefficiencies and pain points and communicate them internally and to relevant partner teams; partner with relevant teams on problem solving; operationalizing system improvements on a proactive and reactive basis
• Serve as a liaison between multiple VentureWell departments, modeling the Core Values while navigating fast-paced work in the midst of multiple, competing priorities
• Work closely with colleagues in Contracts/Finance and Shared Services to support external contracts relevant to the work

 Neuro Track Responsibilities:

• Assist in curating a diverse vendor roster for the NIH Blueprint Medtech Program, management of vendor relations (including engagement) and sourcing appropriate vendors for programmatic requests
• Track and report data associated with Blueprint program in accordance to performance benchmarks
• Track project specific vendor and contractor deliverables and performance
• Help prepare programmatic budgets, standard operating procedures and facilitate with recordkeeping

Diagnostics Track Responsiblities:

• Assist in tracking and reporting data associated with Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) programs and help compile internal and external reports related to programs
• Support programmatic needs for RADx projects, including administrative oversight, collaborative engagement, and record keeping
• Coordinate meetings, projects activities, and deadlines related to RADx projects
• Support teams awarded funding under RADx programs along with other teams comprised of internal and external partners

What You Bring:

• BS/BA or equivalent required
• Minimum 3 years related experience including project management or program administration, with domain experience in fields related to VentureWell program areas