Product Development Executive - Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

The Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a Product Development Executive.

About the Opportunity

The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is a comprehensive multidisciplinary patient care, education, and research institute providing neurological and mental healthcare through more than 300,000 visits annually. The 300+ physicians and scientists of the RNI improve lives by pioneering advances in neuroscience, brain health, and therapeutics. The RNI team uses the latest technologies with academic, government, and industry partners to make tangible progress to combat public health challenges ranging from addiction to Alzheimer’s disease.

The RNI’s flagship facilities are located on the WVU Health Sciences campus in Morgantown, with more than 2,200 dedicated team members across seven departments, patient care units, and research laboratories. For more information, visit WVUMedicine.org/RNI.

The PDE will work with the leadership team to oversee the execution of RNI’s strategic vision, mission, and business objectives particularly with respect to FUS neuromodulation. The PDE has the primary responsibility for overseeing the development of the RNI FUS neuromodulation product. In that role the PDE will strive to create an atmosphere of teamwork, shared goals and urgency.

The role is a remote position with a requirement to be on campus as requested.

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:

• 37.5-hour work week
• 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
• 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year (employee leave)
• 18 sick days per year (for when you’re ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family’s, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ’s.
• Wellness programs

What You'll Do

• In alignment with RNI leadership, set a clear vision, strategy, and operational plan for development of the RNI FUS neuromodulation product including timelines for launching associated spin-out companies.
• Foster teamwork and urgency to execute the RNI FUS neuromodulation product plan. Build teams as necessary to achieve goals while staying nimble and capital efficient. Be accountable and hold team members accountable to schedules and milestones.
• Demonstrate excellence, integrity and urgency. Create credibility and lead by example. Adhere to WVU and RNI procedures and guidelines. Respect and facilitate success of team members in all roles.
• Plan, create and use a Quality Management System that is continuously updated to be efficient suitable for stage of product development including human clinical trials.
• Provide vendor management oversight as part of RNI FUS neuromodulation product development including interfacing with legal and other stakeholders.
• Create value for the RNI through intellectual property development.
• Assist leadership with the preparation of meeting materials and communications to the Board of Directors and other key stakeholders.
• Identify the need for and manage consultants including establishing scope of work and managing expectations and costs.
• Under the RNI leadership, engage with outside parties and stakeholders for strategic collaboration, partnership, expansion—strategic collaboration/liaison, pipeline, investments, acquisitions, institutional and corporate alliances etc.
• The PDE will collaborate with the RNI leadership team across critical functions including financial services, strategy and business development, and research operations.

The Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for a Product Development Executive.

About the Opportunity

The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is a comprehensive multidisciplinary patient care, education, and research institute providing neurological and mental healthcare through more than 300,000 visits annually. The 300+ physicians and scientists of the RNI improve lives by pioneering advances in neuroscience, brain health, and therapeutics. The RNI team uses the latest technologies with academic, government, and industry partners to make tangible progress to combat public health challenges ranging from addiction to Alzheimer’s disease.

The RNI’s flagship facilities are located on the WVU Health Sciences campus in Morgantown, with more than 2,200 dedicated team members across seven departments, patient care units, and research laboratories. For more information, visit WVUMedicine.org/RNI.

The PDE will work with the leadership team to oversee the execution of RNI’s strategic vision, mission, and business objectives particularly with respect to FUS neuromodulation. The PDE has the primary responsibility for overseeing the development of the RNI FUS neuromodulation product. In that role the PDE will strive to create an atmosphere of teamwork, shared goals and urgency.

The role is a remote position with a requirement to be on campus as requested.

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:

• 37.5-hour work week
• 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
• 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year (employee leave)
• 18 sick days per year (for when you’re ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family’s, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ’s.
• Wellness programs

What You'll Do

• In alignment with RNI leadership, set a clear vision, strategy, and operational plan for development of the RNI FUS neuromodulation product including timelines for launching associated spin-out companies.
• Foster teamwork and urgency to execute the RNI FUS neuromodulation product plan. Build teams as necessary to achieve goals while staying nimble and capital efficient. Be accountable and hold team members accountable to schedules and milestones.
• Demonstrate excellence, integrity and urgency. Create credibility and lead by example. Adhere to WVU and RNI procedures and guidelines. Respect and facilitate success of team members in all roles.
• Plan, create and use a Quality Management System that is continuously updated to be efficient suitable for stage of product development including human clinical trials.
• Provide vendor management oversight as part of RNI FUS neuromodulation product development including interfacing with legal and other stakeholders.
• Create value for the RNI through intellectual property development.
• Assist leadership with the preparation of meeting materials and communications to the Board of Directors and other key stakeholders.
• Identify the need for and manage consultants including establishing scope of work and managing expectations and costs.
• Under the RNI leadership, engage with outside parties and stakeholders for strategic collaboration, partnership, expansion—strategic collaboration/liaison, pipeline, investments, acquisitions, institutional and corporate alliances etc.
• The PDE will collaborate with the RNI leadership team across critical functions including financial services, strategy and business development, and research operations.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering in a directly related field (biomedical, electrical, software, mechanical).
• A minimum of eight (8) years of executive level leadership experience in medical device companies including oversight of product development, intellectual property, quality, clinical trial execution, and strategy for innovative technology.
• Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experienc