Assistant Director, Science Programs

Department

Booth Polsky Center: Innovation Programs 2

About the Department

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s mission is to advance innovative ideas and technologies from the University of Chicago ecosystem to the world. It aims to create entrepreneurial leaders through a broad range of experiences, including classroom learning, experiential learning, leading-edge research, and community outreach.

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges.

Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56,000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.

As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary

The Assistant Director is primarily responsible for managing a portfolio of student-facing programs and events, including but not limited to, the Polsky I-Corps program, Collaboratorium, Innovation Fund Associates Program, Commercialization Fellowship, Courses for Scientists, and Innovation Fellows program. In addition to their program portfolio, the Assistant Director will also act as a liaison to Polsky Center leadership and staff who serve the scientific community through other mechanisms including the technology commercialization and licensing team, faculty venture development, the Alchemist Chicago accelerator, the UChicago Science Incubator, and any new initiatives focused on science and technology.

Responsibilities

• Manages a portfolio of new and existing programs and events from program inception through completion, including I-Corps, Collaboratorium, Innovation Fund Associates, Commercialization Fellowship, Courses for Scientists, and Innovation Fellows.
• Oversees the promotion and application processes for initiatives in the science program portfolio, in close coordination with the Polsky marketing and communications team.
• Implements events throughout the year, including coordinating space, catering, and audio/visual, as well as communicating with and supporting event participants.
• Utilizes data to inform decision-making related to program execution and development, including development and delivery of program evaluation surveys.
• Works in close coordination with Polsky Center directors, program managers, and leadership to ensure coordination of programming with other Polsky Center initiatives and audiences.
• Mentors and counsels students, as appropriate, including referrals to relevant Polsky Center and campus ecosystem resources.
• Manages teambuilding processes to connect scientific and business talent across campus.
• Together with the Director, Science Programs and Student Engagement, works with Chicago Booth and scientific divisions, centers, and student groups to identify and plan events and initiatives catered to the student community to build Polsky Center awareness and engagement with the graduate and undergraduate student communities.
• Serves as a liaison to Polsky Center leadership and staff who support the scientific community through other mechanisms including technology commercialization and licensing, faculty venture development, the Alchemist Chicago accelerator, the UChicago Science Incubator, and any new initiatives focused on science and technology.
• As requested and where appropriate, assists with other initiatives and duties at the Polsky Center