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Executive Vice President and Co-Director, Neural Dynamics Accelerator

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Visionary scientific leader sought to co-lead the Neural Dynamics accelerator, focusing on understanding brain mechanisms for flexible behavior. This role requires strong neuroscience, scientific administration, and operational expertise to drive a long-range strategic plan. Key responsibilities include scientific vision, stakeholder management, and accountability for people, administration, and operations. Ideal candidates possess proven leadership, multidisciplinary research skills, and a passion for open science and mentorship.

Key Highlights
Co-lead scientific vision and strategic plan for Neural Dynamics accelerator.
Manage people, administration, and operations, fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.
Drive cutting-edge neuroscience research in brain dynamics, neural circuits, and behavior.
Key Responsibilities
Co-lead the scientific vision and strategic research agenda for the Neural Dynamics accelerator.
Act as a strategist and planner, managing diverse stakeholder input to execute a long-range strategic plan.
Serve as the single point of accountability for people, administration, and operations within the accelerator.
Foster a collaborative, high-performing scientific culture emphasizing rigor, innovation, and inclusion.
Mentor and guide research staff, including group leads, postdocs, and early-career scientists.
Supervise scientific and operational teams, fostering their growth and development.
Co-lead the Program Management team with Operations Lead to establish, coordinate, and maintain cross-team alignment.
Advance understanding of how large groups of cells connect into neural circuits, process information, and generate cognition and behavior.
Monitor and manipulate spikes with high specificity to open new avenues for understanding neural underpinnings of behavior.
Combine cutting-edge tools for recording electrical activity with reagents for identifying and perturbing specific neuronal cell types.
Develop and advance technologies to support neuroscience research, including tools for monitoring and manipulating neural activity.
Design systems for data acquisition and analysis essential for advancing understanding of neural circuits and behavior.
Map connectivity between defined cell types across the brain.
Measure and control brain function using optical devices and light-sensitive molecules.
Develop mathematical and computational models to understand how neural circuits process information and generate behavior.
Accelerate scientific discovery by creating a best-in-class open, reproducible, and scalable platform for scientific data storage, analysis, and sharing.
Advise the scientific leadership team in the development of overall strategy and goals.
Support the development and implementation of tools, data resources, and standards to accelerate discovery.
Partner with other scientific leaders and teams across the Institute to drive cross-disciplinary projects.
Promote and support open science through data sharing, publications, and external engagement.
Represent the Allen Institute at national and international forums and serve as a thought leader in neuroscience.
Coordinate collaborative research, translation, and outreach efforts with scientific and executive leadership teams.
Develop tools and infrastructure to make data accessible and usable to the broader scientific community.
Pursue funding opportunities and collaboration across internal and external teams.
Operationalize goals, milestones, and timelines through leadership of scientific and operational teams.
Provide oversight of budget management and forecasting, and achieving operational efficiency.
Lead the annual goal setting process, implementing and monitoring performance metrics.
Proactively monitor and identify at-risk deliverables, communicate issues, and implement mitigation strategies.
Collaborate with the Legal team in developing an Intellectual Property strategy.
Secure external funding and collaborate with philanthropic, academic, and industry partners.
Plan, prepare, and execute Scientific Advisory Board meetings, and complete Annual Reports and Annual Budget Reporting.
Technical Skills Required
Neuroscience Scientific Administration Operations Management
Benefits & Perks
Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
401k plan
Paid time off
Nice to Have
Strong external partner relationship management skills working across disciplinary, geographic and cultural boundaries.
Understanding, appreciation for, and experience with, open science principles and practice.
Thoughtful partnership and emotional intelligence abilities to productively influence thinking and decision making across diverse initiatives and stakeholders.
Ability to work with abstract ideas and situations across various functional areas of the business/Institute operations.
Bold leadership and ability to think strategically to advance programs and initiatives.

Job Description

The Allen Institute accelerates science for a healthier world through large-scale research designed to answer some of the most complex questions in biology. Our multi-disciplinary teams generate foundational knowledge, tools, and data to understand how our brain, cells, and immune system work. We share our work openly so others can build on it, move faster, and ask bigger questions. We drive discovery forward and create new possibilities for improving human health.
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