Business Manager, BETC & PracticePoint
- Employer
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Location
- Worcester
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- Institutional & Business Affairs, Business & Financial Management
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Job location: Worcester
Employment Type: Full-time
Posted data: 2019-08-02
Req: R0000603
JOB TITLEBusiness Manager, BETC & PracticePointLOCATIONWorcesterDEPARTMENT NAMEAcademic & Corporate DevelopmentDIVISION NAMEWorcester Polytechnic Institute - WPIJOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARYThe Business Manager of PracticePoint and the BETC is responsible for the day-to-day operations for both facilities. The business manager will work closely with the lab managers, corporate membership manager, and leadership team to ensure that the facilities are set up for sustainable success. Portions of the facilities will utilize a service-center model, which will require additional tracking and accounting.
PracticePoint is a WPI membership-based research, development, and commercialization alliance founded to advance healthcare technologies. The focus is on smart and secure medical devices that interact with the physical world to improve the promise of patient-centric care.
The Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center at WPI is where biotechnology professionals gain an edge. It’s an innovative partnership between academia and industry that creates customized workforce development solutions for forward-thinking biotechnology companies across the region and around the world.
To be successful, the candidate will create and implement an effective operations strategy, leverage internal and external best practices in business management, and work collaboratively within Academic and Corporate Engagement (ACE), Academic Affairs, and other WPI departments.JOB DESCRIPTION
• Responsible for day-to-day operations of the facilities, including budgets, membership tracking, service center tracking, and coordination with lab managers to keep the facilities in state-of-the-art condition.
• Design and implement business plans and strategies to promote the attainment of the mission of the facilities.
• Develop processes for tracking equipment scheduling, usage, and maintenance. Use these processes for day-to-day operational logistics.
• Develop and implement budgets with divisional budget director.
• Maintain relationships with partners, vendors, and suppliers.
• Gather, analyze and interpret external and internal data. Provide leadership with report-outs of analysis and recommendations for better optimization.
• Supervise administrative and student support staff, including administration of time sheets and schedule coordination.
• Ensure adherence to legal rules and guidelines relevant to each facility and service centers.
• Special projects and other duties as
assigned.
• Bachelor’s degree required. MBA a plus.• Five+ years working in a business process role• Demonstrated experience in process improvement and optimization.• Demonstrated experience successfully working in a customer service role.• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, databases and information systems.• Excellent written and oral communication skills.• Strong organization, business and functional knowledge.• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.• Strong creativity and problem solving skills.FLSA STATUSUnited States of America (Exempt)WPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability. We are seeking individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences who will contribute to a culture of creativity and collaboration, inclusion, problem solving and change making.Organization
Founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1865, WPI was one of the nation's earliest technological universities. From our founding days, WPI has taken a unique approach to science and technology education.
Our undergraduate and graduate students emerge ready to take on some of the most difficult challenges in science and technology. More important, they understand how their work can truly impact society and improve our lives.
Great Minds at Work in the classroom and around the world
WPI's academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, management, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to the BA, BS, MS, ME, MBA, and PhD.
At sites as close as our home city of Worcester and at over 40 other locations in 25 countries,WPI’s Global Projects Program immerses students in new cultures to tackle unstructured problems in ways that are meaningful to local sponsors in real communities. This is not your typical study abroad.
WPI faculty members and students are engaged in advanced, multidisciplinary research across a broad range of fields—from cutting-edge work in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, to explorations of the technological and policy issues surrounding cybersecurity, to studies of issues as diverse as firefighter health and security and the fire safety challenges of green buildings.
A highly regarded institution
Among recent honors for WPI are the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education and the No. 1 ranking for “faculty who best combine research and teaching.” (Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Ed, 2016)
A beautiful campus in a central location
WPI’s compact 95-acre campus is set atop one of Worcester’s “seven hills” on the residential outskirts of town. Old English stone buildings are focal points of the architecture, but modern facilities have moved in to claim their own space on the immaculately kept grounds. WPI’s newest building, the Foisie Innovation Studio, is slated to open in Fall 2018 and will house high-tech classrooms, makerspaces, labs, and a residence hall for 140 students.
Learn more at wpi.edu.
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