Venture Associate **Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):** PhD (or foreign equivalent) in life sciences, engineering, or quantitative discipline. Completed Postdoctoral fellowship and one (1) year or more of experience in consulting, early-stage venture, or startup diligence. Experience working with startup founders. Demonstrated ability to assess scientific platforms and their commercial potential. Experience with SBIR/STTR application writing and requirements. Proficient in relational databases (e.g., Airtable) for tracking and reporting. Experienced with research tools such as PitchBook, CB Insights, Crunchbase, GlobalData, FirstIgnite, etc. Fluency with AI tools to improve research and workflow. Experience supervising and training interns or junior analysts. Experience with maintaining and updating websites. **Preferred Qualifications:** Prior experience as a founder, early team member, or consultant to startups in life sciences. Strong presence in founder and investor-facing conversations. Experienced working in an ambiguous, iterative, and fast-paced environment. Experience with, understanding of, or exposure to emerging technologies and venture development. Access to startup company sourcing channels. Exposure to investment diligence and accelerator activities **.** **Brief Description of Duties:** The Venture Associate is a high-agency role designed for a PhD scientist who maintains a positive “can-do” mindset in all situations; who thrives at the intersection of translational science, venture strategy, and stakeholder engagement; and enjoys building things from the ground up. You’ll co-lead sourcing and diligence efforts, drive venture pipeline development, and ensure that every founder engagement is purposeful and momentum-building. Important to this position is strong written and verbal communication skills along with operating independently with clarity, ownership, and high execution standards. The role will work with Managing Director and Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, and collaborate across a network of investors, translational faculty, and corporate partners. Lead from zero to one—your work will drive decisions and define results. Take on significant responsibilities in due diligence, coaching, and accelerator program coordination. Collaborate with and learn from Entrepreneurs-in-Residence. Expand your professional network across the biotech startup ecosystem. Lead challenging projects that accelerate your skill in venture formation. Chart a clear path for rapid career advancement as you drive tangible results. **Duties:** **Sourcing & Diligence** + Identify promising life science and bioconvergence startups aligned with the Center’s strategic focus **.** + Lead technical and commercial diligence on new opportunities + Shape internal funding and accelerator decisions through structured analysis. **Venture Pipeline & Strategy** + Own and evolve the BioNexus and ARAD venture pipeline + Spot emerging trends, track company progress, and refine sourcing channels accordingly. + Engage with stakeholders across the innovation ecosystem. **Founder Engagement** + Participate in founder-facing sessions with EIRs and strategic advisors. + Lead preparation for milestone reviews and programming sprints. + Ensure engagements are structured, timely, and accelerate founder decision-making. **Platform Operations** + Manage Airtable-based tracking infrastructure for sourcing, diligence, and progress monitoring. + Supervise and train analyst interns supporting research and systems maintenance. + Oversee website updates that position the Center’s venture work with clarity and credibility. **Life Sciences Summit** + Co-lead strategic sourcing and visibility for companies and partners. + Engage investors, corporate scouts, and translational leaders at the Summit and beyond. + Lead planning for the Venture Spotlight panel, featuring high-potential startups and curated investor participation. **Partnership Cultivation** + Conduct ecosystem mapping to prioritize high-value relationships across academia, industry, and funding communities. + Execute outreach and relationship-building in partnership with the Managing Director. + Represent the Center in external convenings. + Collaborate with the broader Center for Biotechnology team to achieve shared objectives. + Attend entrepreneurial and industry events (occasional travel). **Other duties as assigned.** **About Stony Brook:** Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff, including those employed at Stony Brook Medicine, Suffolk County's only academic medical center and tertiary care provider. The University is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and co-manager of nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), a multidisciplinary research laboratory supporting world class scientific programs utilizing state-of-the-art facilities such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the National Synchrotron Light Source, and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, and the New York Blue IBM BG/L P supercomputer, owned by Stony Brook and managed by BNL. Stony Brook is a partner in managing the Laboratory for the Department of Energy, and is the largest institutional scientific user of BNL facilities. As such, many opportunities exist for collaborative research, and in some cases, joint appointments can be arranged. **Special Notes:** The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption. ** The position is a one year temporary appointment with the ability to reappoint based upon the availability of funding.** For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas. Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application. **_Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. 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(https://www.rfsuny.org/media/rfsuny/documents/hr/RFRecruitmentFlyer.pdf) **The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.** \#LI-DK1 **Job Number:** 2404320 **Official Job Title:** : Senior Research Support Specialist **Job Field** : Administrative & Professional (non-Clinical) **Primary Location** : US-NY-Stony Brook **Department/Hiring Area:** : Center for Biotechnology **Schedule** : Full-time **Shift** : Day Shift **Shift Hours:** : 8:30am-5:00pm : **Posting Start Date** : Aug 7, 2025 **Posting End Date** : Aug 21, 2025, 11:59:00 PM **Salary:** : $75,000 - $85,000 **Appointment Type:** : Regular **Salary Grade:** : E79 **SBU Area:** : The Research Foundation for The State University of New York at Stony Brook **Req ID:** 2404320