Venture Operations Program Director
Oracle
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Aurora • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $107,819 - $137,146 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
Spark
About the role
- Serve as the operational lead for CU Innovations’ venture programs, ensuring timely execution of initiatives and alignment with strategic goals.
- Act as the primary point of contact for internal follow-through, accountability, and operational coordination across ventures, grants, and startup support programs.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, trackers, and reporting systems to monitor program performance, risks, and outcomes for leadership.
- Independently oversee operations and confidently make key decisions, consistently demonstrating readiness to assume leadership responsibilities whenever needed.
- Design and implement internal initiatives that support spinout ventures, grant program cohorts, and CU Innovations’ overall mission.
- Plan and execute educational, networking, and outreach events that strengthen the ventures ecosystem.
- Engage with campus innovation initiatives (e.g., CCTSI iCorps, SPARK, Startup Toolbox, VMS) to connect entrepreneurial programs and build a cohesive venture development pipeline.
- Partner with the Managing Director to identify program priorities, allocate resources, and manage timelines across multiple venture projects.
- Design and implement internal processes that improve the efficiency, transparency, and consistency of venture operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, biomedical sciences, engineering, or a related field.
- 6-8 years of experience in venture development, program management, operations, or innovation-related roles.
- PhD in biomedical sciences, or related field (preferred).
- Advanced degree in business (preferred).
- 9+ years of professional experience in ventures development working with academic investigators, program management, operations, or innovation/entrepreneurship environments (preferred).
- Experience working in an academic healthcare setting (preferred).
- Previous experience running an academic incubator program advancing faculty ventures (preferred).
- Experience developing dashboards, metrics reports, or project tracking systems (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Asana, Smartsheet) (preferred).
Benefits
- Medical: Multiple plan options
- Dental: Multiple plan options
- Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision
- Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
- Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year
- Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
- Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
- Holiday Days: 10/year
- Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
- ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
venture developmentprogram managementoperationsinnovationdashboard developmentmetrics reportingproject tracking
Soft skills
leadershipaccountabilityoperational coordinationdecision makingevent planningnetworkingcommunication
Certifications
Bachelor's degreePhDadvanced degree in business