Simons Foundation

Vice President and Senior Scientific Officer, SFARI

160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY · Exec · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$275k-$350kDetected 6 days ago

SparkProcess ImprovementBioinformaticsResearchAnimal ModelsLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

The VP/SSO will also provide strategic input to the EVP on SFARI's overall grants portfolio (which currently includes grants to 300 Investigators), and on plans for new Request for Applications (RFA).
In addition, the VP/SSO will contribute to SFARI's entire scope of activities, which include clinical cohorts and biorepositories (e.g., SPARK, Simons Searchlight, Autism BrainNet ), animal models (e.g., mice and rats ) and induced pluripotent stems cells.
SFARI operates with an annual budget of approximately $100 million.

Serve as the scientific lead for the SFARI grants process.
Lead process improvement efforts pertaining to the full grant making cycle.
Manage a portfolio of funded grants. This includes working directly with investigators to evaluate progress and review relevant reporting, working in collaboration with the Simons Foundation's grants team.
Organize and lead working groups and workshops/meetings with the aim of refining SFARI's scientific priorities and developing new scientific initiatives.
In partnership with SFARI leadership, design strategies to increase inclusive excellence in autism research, work to advance scientific collaboration and data sharing, and identify opportunities to partner with other organizations.
Provide leadership support for Autism BrainNet (ABN).
Partner with other funders in the autism space to ensure synergy/non-duplication of efforts.
Maintain a future focus on emerging fields that may bring new scientific tools, technologies and approaches to autism research.
Collaborate with the Simon Foundation's communications team. Make recommendations for areas of science to highlight on the website and newsletters, contribute content, review draft articles, etc.
Oversee a team of Scientific/Senior Scientific Officers. Provide support and guidance to the team as needed.

Strong scientific background, and broad knowledge of neuroscience to complement a senior team with expertise in genomics, molecular and cell biology, neural circuits, and human subjects research.
Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of clinicians, neuroscientists, geneticists, and experimental researchers to address scientific questions.
Experience with data-sharing and open science initiatives.
Experience working with neuroscientists resulting in strong connections across the field.
Experience directing an independent research group is strongly valued.
Ability to think broadly and critically about scientific problems and experimental approaches
Perform other duties or tasks as assigned or required.

A Ph.D. and/or M.D. in a neuroscience-related field, ideally relevant to the study of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.

The full-time annual compensation range for this position is $275,000 - $350,000, dependent on experience.

In addition to competitive salaries, the Simons Foundation provides employees with an outstanding benefits package.
The Simons Foundation is committed to advancing basic science and mathematics to benefit humankind and expand our collective understanding of our world.

As part of our mission, we support partners, programs, and initiatives that seek to broaden the scientific community and open pathways to science and mathematics careers.

This listing is sourced directly from Simons Foundation's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.