Chief Executive Officer

Rocket Mortgage•Detroit, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an exceptional CEO who bridges science and business, either a scientifically trained business executive or a scientist with deep managerial and commercial experience. The ideal candidate brings an outstanding track record of building and leading organizations and delivering against ambitious, high-stakes targets. This role is responsible for creating and sustaining a world-class, entrepreneurial research environment where scientists can perform at their highest potential and drive transformative discovery. The CEO will serve as the organization’s primary external representative, developing strategic partnerships, funding relationships, and collaborative networks, while reporting to the Executive Director and Board. Strong experience in drug discovery through preclinical development, alongside demonstrated success in biomedical innovation and product development, is essential. We are looking for a bold, proactive leader with strong ethical standards, exceptional execution capability, and full ownership of organizational success. Less than a full-time commitment may be considered.

Requirements

Bridges science and business, either a scientifically trained business executive or a scientist with deep managerial and commercial experience.
Outstanding track record of building and leading organizations and delivering against ambitious, high-stakes targets.
Strong experience in drug discovery through preclinical development.
Demonstrated success in biomedical innovation and product development.
Bold, proactive leader with strong ethical standards, exceptional execution capability, and full ownership of organizational success.
Builder, entrepreneurial, go-getter
Visionary, motivated, able to inspire
Excellent communicator whether in writing, speech or oral presentations
Deferential to diversity, equality and inclusion and able to lead diverse multicultural teams
Someone who will embrace a bold vision and remain loyal to its purpose
Able to unite individuals and build a common agenda
Able to serve as an ambassador of NGNRI and with proven diplomatic skills
An individual with the highest integrity and ethical standards.
Ability to provide vision and motivate a team to build an organization and make it flourish
Substantive corroborated experience leading challenging goal-driven research programs or biomedical product development opportunities to success
Experience solving problems and overcoming obstacles, flexibility to consider and adopt alternative strategies when needed
Outstanding interpersonal skills, communication and team-building
Profound understanding and experience in managing an optimal environment for top level research
Proactive, go-getter with a can-do attitude together with the stamina to attend to details along the way
Ability to attract and recruit talent
Experience navigating regulatory and compliance requirements in a professional environment
Experience assuming accountability for projects or research driven initiatives
PhD in a biomedical discipline, or MBA. If an MBA, ideally accompanied by a BSc in a biomedical discipline or experience in biomedical research

Nice To Haves

Experience leading a team.
Ideally, experience as a CEO, CSO, Managing Director or Director of a biomedical research driven enterprise.
Research group leaders and PIs with strong experience leading research and with some business experience may also be considered.
A builder rather than a steady-state manager

Responsibilities

Seeking partnerships and alliances to further the agenda of NGNRI
Nurture interest and secure additional funding from other philanthropic sources and national funding agencies (such as the NIH) to strengthen and further build research efforts focused on NF1 and other neurological disorders.
Build up and promote the NGNRI organization
Establish governance structures and lead the NGNRI management team
Establish and bring to life a communication tree for internal communication as well as outreach and public relations activities to engage the community and public at large
Nurture relations with City and State officials and other regional stakeholders to promote and secure the NGNRI agenda
Together with the NGNRI Chief Scientific Officer, establish programs and activities to engage the NF1 and broader scientific community
Together with the NGNRI Chief Scientific Officer, promote the attractiveness of NGNRI guest programs to the scientists in leading research organizations and establish partnering programs with their institutions
Together with the NGNRI COO, build up and oversee the administrative operations of NGNRI
Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and guidelines as well operations at the highest ethical standards