Responsibilities

• Perform the full range of project management cycle: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling, and closing. Independently lead and direct projects requiring high levels of functional integration and involving multiple disciplines to be managed.
• Direct development of an action plan, and estimate requirements for resources, including management, labor, materials, and time required to complete project.
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations to drive recommendation consensus.
• Develop and help execute comprehensive change management strategy and communication plan relative to project scope and stakeholders; orchestrate and lead change management methodologies underlying project success.

Requirements

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field and five years relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience in leading management of projects with extensive size/complexity/multiple stakeholders and moderate performance risk, including project planning, scheduling, tracking, and budgeting, or combination of education.
• Relevant experience should include strategic marketing/communications, industry engagement/business development, and/or technology commercialization support requiring translation of technical concepts for external audiences (companies and investors/VCs).
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex scientific and commercial concepts to diverse internal and external audiences (Stanford researchers, licensing professionals, university leadership, companies, and investors/VCs).
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills, including the ability to independently initiate, develop, and execute strategic initiatives from concept through completion (e.g., marketing campaigns, industry showcases, and communications programs), including defining scope, deliverables, timelines, stakeholder roles, dependencies, and success measures.
• Strong relationship management, influencing, and negotiation skills, with experience in engaging with faculty, senior university leadership, corporate executives, and venture partners.
• Advanced analytical and strategic thinking skills, including the ability to conduct market assessments, identify industry trends, and develop outreach approaches that support technology commercialization objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment, make data-informed decisions, and solve complex problems in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Working knowledge of technology commercialization processes, intellectual property fundamentals, licensing process, and relevant contract, patent, and regulatory considerations.
• Ability to synthesize complex technical, market, and strategic information to guide prioritization and drive consensus across cross-functional teams.