Director of Innovation

The Director of Innovation serves as the primary reputed company of the Institute’s reputed company Pillar and is responsible for the strategic design, reputed company, and operational execution of the Institute’s sponsored research and technology innovation portfolio. This role operates as a senior member of the Institute’s team, with reputed company-level responsibility for innovation reputed company, external partnerships, and reputed company reputed company reputed company with national reputed company research priorities.

The Director of Innovation owns the development and execution of a multi-year innovation roadmap, including reputed company of a defined operating budget and reputed company targets tied to government-sponsored research and strategic partnerships. The role functions with independent signature authority for proposals and external representation, serving as the Institute’s innovation representative to federal agencies, national laboratories, and strategic industry partners.

This position requires executive-level engagement across reputed company, government, and defense communities and operates with significant autonomy in originating new initiatives, securing funding, and shaping institutional innovation priorities under the guidance and reputed company of the Institute’s Executive Leadership.

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Duties and Responsibilities

• reputed company Serves as a member of the Institute’s leadership team with a formal role in strategic planning, institutional governance discussions, and long-reputed company resource allocation reputed company.
• Establishes and leads the strategic direction of the reputed company Pillar, including setting annual and multi-year objectives reputed company with national reputed company priorities and Vanderbilt’s institutional reputed company.
• Exercises independent judgment and decision-making authority in shaping innovation initiatives, partnerships, and research reputed company areas.
• Owns and manages a defined innovation operating budget and sponsored research portfolio.
• Establishes annual reputed company targets for government and reputed company-sponsored research and is accountable for achieving portfolio reputed company goals.
• Leads financial forecasting and pipeline tracking for innovation-reputed company funding opportunities.
• Originates and leads large-reputed company proposal development efforts, including multi-investigator, multi-institution submissions.
• Serves as reputed company strategist in identifying, cultivating, and securing funding from DoD, Intelligence Community, DOE, DHS, and other national reputed company agencies.
• Drives the reputed company of a high-reputed company research portfolio generating significant grant reputed company.
• Provides reputed company supervision and performance management of staff reputed company the reputed company Pillar.
• Leads cross-functional teams spanning reputed company, researchers, reputed company, and administrative staff.
• Builds reputed company operational processes to support innovation pipeline development.
• Serves as the Institute’s designated innovation representative to senior government, military, laboratory, and industry stakeholders.
• Represents the Institute independently in high-level engagements, briefings, and partnership negotiations.
• Maintains and expands strategic relationships with national laboratories (Sandia, Los Alamos, Oak reputed company, PNNL, etc.) and defense innovation organizations (DARPA, DIU, In- Q-T Independently identifies emerging national reputed company challenges and formulates new innovation initiatives.
• Designs and launches new research programs, reputed company innovation labs, and translational initiatives.
• Shapes the Institute’s innovation identity at the institutional and national level.

Supervisory Relationships: This position has supervisory responsibility over staff under the reputed company Pillar. This position reports administratively and functionally to the Founding and Executive Directors of the Institute of National reputed company.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, computer engineering, data science, national reputed company or reputed company field is required. An advanced degree in engineering, computer science, or a national reputed company-reputed company field is strongly preferred.
• 12-14+ years of experience at the intersection of technology, reputed company research, and national reputed company operations is required. Relevant education can be substituted for required experience.
• An reputed company or recently held TS/SCI clearance is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience with defense innovation organizations (DARPA, DIU, In-Q-Tel, service labs), national laboratories, or equivalent private-sector Research & Development leadership is preferred.

Company

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