"Senior Advisor, Health Care and Life Sciences, Harvard Innovation Labs"

Job Summary

The Senior Advisor, Health Care and Life Sciences at the Harvard Innovation Labs (HIL) is responsible for supporting and mentoring Harvard students, alumni, and affiliated founders in the health care & life sciences space. This role oversees advising and programming to inform the HIL community about opportunities and challenges in building new ventures. The ideal candidate has led or been part of the leadership team of one or more health care & life sciences startups, has a strong network in health care and life sciences entrepreneurship, and has experience as a mentor to startups and students.

Job Specific Responsibilities

• Advising and Mentoring HIL founders and teams: Serves as the primary point person for all health care & life sciences teams in the HIL ecosystem. Meets with students, alumni, and teams and provides direction and insight to build and grow their ventures. Makes introductions to entrepreneurs, co-founders, investors, and other stakeholders to support teams.
• Development and delivery of programming and content: Initiates activities and programs that build the Harvard Innovation Labs as a community for Harvard entrepreneurs and innovators pursuing health care & life sciences ideas and ventures. Creates workshops—delivered internally as well as by external guest speakers—as part of HIL’s program offerings. Codifies program offerings to align with HIL’s mission and incorporates feedback from teams. Works with colleagues on HIL’s Programs and Engagement team to integrate offerings.
• Management and oversight of HIL offerings in the Health Care & Life Sciences domain: Reviews student membership applications, supports funding opportunities, and oversees relevant tracks in the President’s Innovation Challenge. Designs, develops, and implements new initiatives for Student i-lab, Alumni Launch Lab, and Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab.
• Innovation ecosystem-building within the Harvard health care and life sciences community: Serves as a point of contact for students, postdocs, faculty, and researchers across Harvard. Fosters relationships and collaborations among Harvard schools and affiliated institutions.
• Networking and relationship-building with external stakeholders: Builds and nurtures networks to provide HIL teams with access to mentors, advisors, investors, and entrepreneurs. Participates in the broader innovation community in Boston and beyond.
• Supporting Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab and Blavatnik Harvard Life Lab Longwood: Works with stakeholders to support teams and activities at Harvard’s wet laboratories for biotech and life sciences ventures.
• This role is responsible for other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: BA/BS degree required; Over 8 years of experience including 5+ years leading or growing a health care and/or biotech company; Deep experience and network in health care and life sciences; Significant experience in the venture space; Experience as a mentor to startups and students.
• Additional Qualifications and Skills: Advanced degree relevant to healthcare and life sciences (e.g., MBA, PhD, MD); Higher education experience.