Assistant Professor - Autoimmunity - Non-Tenure Track – Research – Manhattan, NY

Description

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai invites applications for a non-tenure-track Assistant Professor position to lead strategy and business development of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Mount Sinai.

This individual will play a central role in administering and coordinating programmatic activities, developing strategic partnerships, advancing large-scale collaborative initiatives, and helping position Mount Sinai as a leading hub for translational autoimmunity research. The role will require close collaboration with faculty leadership, clinical and academic partners, Mount Sinai Innovation Partners, and institutional development teams.

This is a unique opportunity to join a vibrant, interdisciplinary environment at one of the world’s leading academic medical centers in New York City. Mount Sinai offers unparalleled access to diverse patient populations, cutting-edge clinical programs, robust translational infrastructure, and world-class scientific resources.

We are seeking an exceptional, highly organized, and strategically minded scientist, physician-scientist, or translational research leader with experience in immunology, autoimmunity, program development, academic-industry partnerships, and/or biomedical strategy. The successful candidate will help shape the scientific, operational, philanthropic, and partnership strategy for a growing program with local, national, and international visibility.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Center activities: Work closely with program leadership to organize and advance the scientific, operational, and administrative priorities of the autoimmunity program.

• Develop and manage RFAs: Help design, launch, and coordinate requests for applications, pilot grant programs, review processes, award tracking, progress reporting, and related programmatic activities.

• Advance strategic partnerships: Identify, cultivate, and manage partnerships with biotechnology, pharmaceutical, philanthropic, and academic partners aligned with the program’s scientific and translational goals.

• Work with innovation and commercialization partners: Collaborate closely with Mount Sinai Innovation Partners to identify translational opportunities, support intellectual property strategy, facilitate industry engagement, and help advance promising discoveries toward clinical or commercial impact.

• Build academic collaborations: Serve as a key connector across Mount Sinai departments, institutes, centers, and external academic partners to enable integrated research in autoimmunity.

• Support funding and philanthropic strategy: Contribute to grant applications, philanthropic proposals, industry-facing materials, strategic presentations, and progress reports. Work closely with the Mount Sinai Development Office to engage additional philanthropic support for the program.

• Manage communication and reporting: Prepare scientific summaries, partnership briefs, meeting materials, annual reports, donor-facing updates, advisory board materials, and other communications for internal and external stakeholders.

• Strengthen program visibility: Help organize scientific meetings, workshops, advisory board interactions, social media engagement, traditional media engagement, and external communications that elevate the profile of Mount Sinai’s autoimmunity program.

Qualifications

• PhD, MD, PhD/MBA, MD/MBA or equivalent degree in Biomedical Sciences, or a related field.

• Minimum of 4 years of postdoctoral, translational, industry, program leadership, or equivalent experience.

• Experience coordinating complex scientific programs, collaborative research initiatives, grant programs, or strategic partnerships.

• Demonstrated ability to work across academic, clinical, translational, philanthropic, and industry-facing environments.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare scientific proposals, strategic documents, reports, donor-facing materials, and presentations. Strong organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with senior faculty, institutional leadership, administrative teams, industry partners, philanthropic stakeholders, and external collaborators.

• Experience with academic-industry partnerships, technology transfer, clinical/translational research, program building, philanthropic engagement, or large program grants is strongly preferred.

Compensation range from 105K to 125K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)Salary Disclosure Information:
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