Simons Foundation
Vice President and Senior Scientific Officer, SFARI
160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY · Exec · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$275k-$350kDetected 35 days ago
SparkProcess ImprovementBioinformaticsResearchAnimal ModelsLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
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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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Nice to have
- A Ph.D. and/or M.D. in a neuroscience-related field, ideally relevant to the study of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.
Skills
- Related Skills & Other Requirements
- Integrity and strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
Compensation
- The full-time annual compensation range for this position is $275,000 - $350,000, dependent on experience.
Benefits
- In addition to competitive salaries, the Simons Foundation provides employees with an outstanding benefits package.
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