Job Description
Location: Chicago, IL
Job Description:
- Designs, implements, and manages The Bloch's shared vision and strategy in alignment with the Chicago Quantum Exchange and reporting to its CEO.
- Implements The Blochâ™s EDA Consortium Accelerator Award to attract capital and strengthen a coalition of Fortune 500 companies, startups, world-leading universities, state and city governments, community colleges, and economic and workforce development nonprofits.
- Engages key stakeholders, internal leadership, external partners, and others to broker deals, enhance The Blochâ™s position, and grows its constellation of partnerships.
- Leverage knowledge of the quantum marketplace and connected trends to foster Bloch industry collaborations, programs, and workforce initiatives for the regional quantum economy.Â
- Serves as EDAâ™s primary point of contact for The Bloch, including leadership and presentations at EDA convenings.
- Coordinates clear and effective governance for The Bloch, including quarterly governance meetings.
- Leads regular Bloch convenings to maximize connections, share information, and develop engagement opportunities.
- Secures funding from philanthropic, corporate, venture, and federal sources of capital to establish and lead new Bloch initiatives and programs.
- Manage the CQE and Blochâ™s portfolio of industry partners, catalyzing broad efforts to develop the quantum ecosystem, including developing corporate-sponsored research, trainee workforce development and employee recruitment, and other collaborations.
- Manages the CQE Assistant Director of Industry Partnerships.
- Develops Bloch data collection and tracking processes, leveraging the CQEâ™s Salesforce system, to track growth, measure impact, inform course-corrections, and communicate The Bloch impact to a wide variety of audiences, maximizing engagement, fundraising, and overall impact.
- Works with the full CQE team to ensure integration of The Bloch activities into the CQE community and capitalize on broader ecosystem opportunities.
- Acts as a lead researcher and planner for a wide array of efforts led by the department/division.
- Establishes and maintains a database of peer and competitor profiles. Helps develop and maintain a database of faculty (international) research topics and international inter-institutional collaborations.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
Education:
- MBA or advanced degree in the sciences.
Experience:
- Work experience in science, technology, business, or a related job discipline is helpful.
- Working within an academic unit, higher education, and/or complex environment is a plus.
- Leading a data-driven team towards meeting organizational goals and objectives.
Technical Skills or Knowledge:
- Excellent computer skills evidenced by proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat.
- Project management skills including budget management, KPI tracking, and attention to detail.
Preferred Competencies
- Demonstrated excellent written and verbal presentation skills, coupled with excellent editing, proofreading and interviewing skills.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex ideas into clear, compelling, and thoughtful messaging.
- A proven track record as a strong strategic thinker with a results orientation who approaches any challenge with thoughtfulness, drive, data usage, and appropriate urgency.
- Maintain calm and courteous demeanor and to work productively and efficiently despite heavy workload, competing priorities, constant interruptions, complex problems, and tight deadlines.
- Cultivate relationships and work with multiple stakeholders to build successful business and development partnerships.
- High level of collegiality in working with faculty, staff, departmental and university administrators, including enthusiasm, energy, and creativity.
- High cultural awareness and experience working across sectors, including with industry and international partners.
- A collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible 'hands-on' team leader and player who builds strong relationships internally and externally, and works well under pressure, thriving under tight deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including outstanding judgment, discretion, a strong ethical approach to decision-making and a demonstrated ability to resolve conflicts fairly and diplomatically, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Work independently, take direction, and achieve consensus. Handle public contacts with courtesy, clarity, and diplomacy.
Working Conditions
- Office environment, remote working environment.
- Occasional extended work hours and some weekend days.
Application Documents
- Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
- Professional References Contact Information (3)(preferred)
- Writing or Presentation Sample (preferred)
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