TP01 Assistant Professor, Non-Tenure Track

Position Summary

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai invites applications for a non-tenure-track Assistant Professor position to lead strategy and business development of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Mount Sinai. 

This individual will play a central role in administering and coordinating programmatic activities, developing strategic partnerships, advancing large-scale collaborative initiatives, and helping position Mount Sinai as a leading hub for translational autoimmunity research. The role will require close collaboration with faculty leadership, clinical and academic partners, Mount Sinai Innovation Partners, and institutional development teams.

This is a unique opportunity to join a vibrant, interdisciplinary environment at one of the world’s leading academic medical centers in New York City. Mount Sinai offers unparalleled access to diverse patient populations, cutting-edge clinical programs, robust translational infrastructure, and world-class scientific resources.

We are seeking an exceptional, highly organized, and strategically minded scientist, physician-scientist, or translational research leader with experience in immunology, autoimmunity, program development, academic-industry partnerships, and/or biomedical strategy. The successful candidate will help shape the scientific, operational, philanthropic, and partnership strategy for a growing program with local, national, and international visibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate Center activities: Work closely with program leadership to organize and advance the scientific, operational, and administrative priorities of the autoimmunity program.
• Develop and manage RFAs: Help design, launch, and coordinate requests for applications, pilot grant programs, review processes, award tracking, progress reporting, and related programmatic activities.
• Advance strategic partnerships: Identify, cultivate, and manage partnerships with biotechnology, pharmaceutical, philanthropic, and academic partners aligned with the program’s scientific and translational goals.
• Work with innovation and commercialization partners: Collaborate closely with Mount Sinai Innovation Partners to identify translational opportunities, support intellectual property strategy, facilitate industry engagement, and help advance promising discoveries toward clinical or commercial impact.
• Build academic collaborations: Serve as a key connector across Mount Sinai departments, institutes, centers, and external academic partners to enable integrated research in autoimmunity.
• Support funding and philanthropic strategy: Contribute to grant applications, philanthropic proposals, industry-facing materials, strategic presentations, and progress reports. Work closely with the Mount Sinai Development Office to engage additional philanthropic support for the program.
• Manage communication and reporting: Prepare scientific summaries, partnership briefs, meeting materials, annual reports, donor-facing updates, advisory board materials, and other communications for internal and external stakeholders.
• Strengthen program visibility: Help organize scientific meetings, workshops, advisory board interactions, social media engagement, traditional media engagement, and external communications that elevate the profile of Mount Sinai’s autoimmunity program.

Qualifications

PhD, MD, PhD/MBA, MD/MBA or equivalent degree in Biomedical Sciences, or a related field. Minimum of 4 years of postdoctoral, translational, industry, program leadership, or equivalent experience. Strong understanding of immunology and autoimmune disease biology. Experience coordinating complex scientific programs, collaborative research initiatives, grant programs, or strategic partnerships. Demonstrated ability to work across academic, clinical, translational, philanthropic, and industry-facing environments. Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare scientific proposals, strategic documents, reports, donor-facing materials, and presentations. Strong organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with senior faculty, institutional leadership, administrative teams, industry partners, philanthropic stakeholders, and external collaborators. Experience with academic-industry partnerships, technology transfer, clinical/translational research, program building, philanthropic engagement, or large program grants is strongly preferred.