Momentum Biotech Program Lead

**Health and dental coverage**:
Highly competitive package for individuals and their family members, as well as access to the confidential Employee and Family Assistance Program.

**Time off to recharge**:
Starting vacation entitlement of three weeks in addition to a week-long holiday office closure and personal days.

**Transit accessibility**:
Indoor bike parking and showers along with direct access to Queens Park subway station.

**Cutting-edge building**:
Architecturally-inspiring, amenity-rich building housing some of the world’s most progressive minds.

**World-class events**:
Access to hundreds of annual conferences, lectures and networking showcases.

**MaRS Social Committee**:
Year-round team-building outings as part of our social, health and wellness program.

**About MaRS**:
MaRS supports promising high-growth companies to scale their businesses globally, while tackling key societal challenges in areas such as Health, Cleantech, Finance, Transportation, AI, and others. In addition to helping start-ups launch, grow and scale, the MaRS community is dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaboration, commercialization of discoveries, and driving ideas to impact.

We want you to be as successful throughout our recruitment process as possible. Please get in touch with us if there’s anything we can do to make your experience more accessible and inclusive, including accommodations for differing (dis)abilities.

**INVITATION FOR PROPOSAL**

MaRS Discovery District (“**MaRS**”) is seeking a vendor that will provide the following “**Services**”:
**Momentum Biotech Program Lead**

The Momentum Biotech Program Lead will work with the Momentum Program Director and other MaRS staff to create programming tailored to the needs of late-stage Canadian biotech companies. They will be responsible for:

- Assessing needs of late stage Canadian biotech startups and where Momentum can add value
- Designing and delivering program components including peer-to-peers, educational sessions, networking events and more
- Leveraging their personal network to bring in relevant advisors, speakers, and community members
- Assisting in recruiting additional biotech ventures and, as required, work with the Momentum Client Engagement Manager to support venture engagement

**We are seeking an **independent contractor** who can work with Momentum on a part-time basis.**:
**Key qualifications**
- Experience working with biotech ventures, particularly companies that have closed a Series A or B and are gearing up for clinical trials. Momentum works with companies that have raised at least $50M in capital.
- Knowledge of key challenges and opportunities for high-growth biotech companies, including raising capital, recruiting talent, preparing for clinical trials, strategic partnerships and more
- Strong communication skills - oral, written and presentation skills
- Superior interpersonal skills and demonstrated relationship management ability (collaborator and convenor)
- Leadership skills and demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders to achieve results
- Maturity and high-degree of personal accountability
- Highly-developed organizational and process management skills

This is a 1 year contract, commencing on the effective date of the contract. There is an option to renew for an additional 2 years, in MaRS’s discretion.

**SELECTION CRITERIA**
- Demonstrated experience working directly for or with biotech ventures that have closed a Series A or B and are gearing up for clinical trials.

Please submit responses that address the following **preferred qualifications**:
Rating
- Description- Score- Excellent- Response demonstrates exceptional ability, understanding, experience, and skills.- 8-10- Very good- Response demonstrates above average ability, understanding, experience, and skills.- 6-7- Good-
- 4-5- Satisfactory- Response satisfies a minimum of the criteria.- 1-3- Unacceptable-
- 0**SCORING SYSTEM**

**Description**

Response demonstrates exceptional ability, understanding, experience, and skills.

Response demonstrates above average ability, understanding, experience, and skills.

Response satisfies a minimum of the criteria.

**Rating Score** Excellent **8-10 **Very good **6-7 **Good **4-5 **Satisfactory **1-3 **Unacceptable **0

**TERMS AND CONDITIONS**

**View PDF for the invitation **here**.**: