Industry Engagement, Marketing & Communications Manager at Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | $158K/yr – $180K/yr

Stanford University

Industry Engagement, Marketing & Communications Manager

Redwood City, CA (Hybrid)

$158K/yr – $180K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own Industry Engagement, Marketing & Communications within Stanford\'s OTL, managing complex cross-functional initiatives to boost technology commercialization.

Must-have: 5+ years leading large, multi-stakeholder projects with planning, budgeting, and risk management.
Standout: Direct cross-functional work across licensing, marketing, faculty engagement, and corporate partnerships.
Role oversees end-to-end project lifecycle and stakeholder coordination for university technologies.

Job Description

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.
These elements typically delineate the project management involved at this level: charter origination or scope identification and shaping, scope definition; # of disciplines /stakeholders to manage is across-university impact, and city, county constituents; risk-manage, control and report on risk associated with more complicated projects, affecting division or program as it relates to their project portfolio and risk sharing and control is skewed further to the project manager; project complexity involves synthesizing complex technical data and driving decisions; primary university relationship is at the senior associate/administrative dean, faculty and directors level cumulative budget/scope up to $250k.

Requirements

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).
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.

Benefits

Imagine a world without search engines or social platforms. Consider lives saved through first-ever organ transplants and research to cure illnesses. Stanford University has revolutionized the way we live and enrich the world. Supporting this mission is our diverse and dedicated 17,000 staff. We seek talent driven to impact the future of our legacy. Our culture and unique perks empower you with:
Freedom to grow. We offer career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or audit a course. Join a TedTalk, film screening, or listen to a renowned author or global leader speak.
A caring culture. We provide superb retirement plans, generous time-off, and family care resources.
A healthier you. Climb our rock wall or choose from hundreds of health or fitness classes at our world-class exercise facilities. We also provide excellent health care benefits.
Discovery and fun. Stroll through historic sculptures, trails, and museums.
Enviable resources. Enjoy free commuter programs, ridesharing incentives, discounts and more!

Stanford University

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Stanford is a place of discovery, creativity and innovation located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the ancestral land of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. Dedicated to our founding mission—benefitting society through research and education—we are working toward a sustainable future, accelerating the impact of research with external partners, catalyzing discoveries about ourselves and our world, and educating students as global citizens. Our main campus, which welcomed its first class in 1891, is now home to 650+ student organizations, 36 varsity athletic teams, 20 libraries, 21 living Nobel laureates, 18 interdisciplinary research institutes, seven schools, and a vibrant arts scene. More than 9,000 graduate students and 7,000 undergraduates pursue studies at Stanford each year. Our financial aid program, one of the most generous in the nation, makes it possible for any admitted undergraduate to attend without taking on student debt.

Founded in 1994

Stanford, California, USA

28K employees (1,078 in marketing)

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