University of Missouri-Kansas City · 5 hours ago
Senior Director, Technology Venture Studio, UMKCs Innovation Center
Kansas City, MO
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$125K/yr - $125K/yr
6+ years expUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City is seeking a passionate leader for the Senior Director of the Technology Venture Studio. This role involves providing strategic leadership to develop early-stage technology ventures and drive the growth of the region’s innovation economy.
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No H1B
Responsibilities
Provide strategic direction to UMKC IC Technology Venture Studio; set short- and long-term goals and objectives; manage programs, operations and staff to develop early-stage technology ventures in the Kansas City region
Develop, manage and promote TVS programs including Digital Sandbox KC, KCInvestED and Whiteboard 2 Boardroom; stand up new programs as identified
Oversee the UMKC Office of Commercialization
Develop and maintain funder relationships. Seek and apply for grant opportunities; raise private funding for Digital Sandbox KC
Understand and form broad relationships with the innovation ecosystem in the Kansas City region including entrepreneur support organizations, investors, entrepreneurs and community organizations
Oversee marketing strategy and planning
Manage TVS budget
Provide program representation at community events, media engagements and partner programs; present as needed
Responsible for reporting on TVS metrics and outcomes
Qualification
Required
Possess strong strategic and critical thinking skills
Be an excellent administrator and people manager; cross-matrix management a plus
Demonstrated ability to maintain relationships with stakeholders, investors, university leadership, corporate and civic organizations
Ability to establish relationships with funders and raise funds
Experience in technology commercialization required; university research commercialization a plus
Demonstrated experience in building impactful programs for technology entrepreneurs; experience in developing accelerator programs a plus
Deep knowledge of the Kansas City regional entrepreneur ecosystem a plus
Have an understanding of the needs of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial infrastructure
Have demonstrated skill in working with partners, staff and funders
Experienced speaker and presenter
Possess strong skills in Windows, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Able to coordinate resources and set priorities to meet objects and competing priorities
Maintain confidentiality
Work with a high degree of integrity and hold high ethical standards
A Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 6 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in business, communications or equivalent education and experience and at least ten years of experience
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision plans
Retirement
Paid time off
Short- and long-term disability
Paid parental leave
Paid caregiver leave
Educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses
Company
University of Missouri-Kansas City
UMKC, Kansas City’s only R1 public research university, is part of the University of Missouri System.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.4MKey Investors
US Department of Commerce, Economic Development AdministationMissouri Department of Economic DevelopmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
2023-11-09Grant· $2M
2023-04-20Grant· $0.15M
2022-09-20Grant· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Amanda Davis MPA, CFRE
UMKC Foundation President & Chief Advancement Officer
Anna L. Simmons
* Partner, USFirst FLL Robotics at UMKC School of Computing & Engineering
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