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).
• 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.

Benefits

• At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees.