Business Development Manager, EPIXC Membership

ASU has been awarded the EPIXC Institute and seeks a Membership Manager to join our team. The Department of Energy has selected ASU to establish a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute devoted to the challenge of fighting greenhouse gas emissions from industrial process heating. The multi-institution effort is known as Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon (EPIXC). Be a part of the team that is making a difference in the world!

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Business Operations

EPIXC

Full-Time

KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISE DEV

Open

This is a grant funded position. Continuation is contingent on future grant funding.

$62,595 – $70,000 per year, DOE

02-August-2024-EXTENDED

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• Support the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Commercialization Officer in developing and implementing EPIXC Institute plans (i.e. institute membership and marketing plan, inclusive of the commercialization strategy for technology and training)
• Identify, pursue and manage long-term, sustainable business relationships with corporate partners that align with EPIXC Institute goals and objectives using a LAER Best Practice.
• Enable LAER (Help Land, Adopt/Adapt/Execute/ and Renew) and report progress towards membership status/goals to the EPIXC Executive Leadership Team
• Develop new, revenue-generating opportunities for the EPIXC Institute.
• Oversee and report on the financial management of assigned partnerships.
• Develop, maintain and report on metrics to gauge the portfolio’s social and economic impact on the Institute and community leaders, consistent with requirements of the cooperative agreement with the Department of Energy.
• Provide business development consulting services to Institute faculty and staff
• Create and promote a portfolio of internal offerings for external clients, resourcing from Institute activities to match partnering companies interests.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in funding opportunities and business plan development/presentation.
• Identify opportunities for the Institute to add value to existing and prospective partners priorities.
• Utilize CRM and data management tools to monitor partnership engagement.
• Follow business procedures and best practices established for the internal ASU corporate engagement community.

Bachelors degree in Business Administration, technology-related discipline or closely related field and three (3) years closely related experience OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.

• Evidence of a Masters degree in Business or technology-related field and five (5) years closely related experience with demonstrated ability to bring concepts from development to successful launch.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships in a complex organization, including global networking.
• Demonstrated knowledge of corporate relations, business operations, and business development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of strategic planning principles and practices.
• Demonstrated knowledge of marketing concepts.
• Experience in problem-solving and decision-making in a complex organization.
• Experience in planning, analyzing, and coordinating activities, and establishing priorities.
• Experience in handling confidential information.
• Evidence of effective communication skills
• Additional qualities: Genuine interest in collaboration, innovation, and improvement for all parties involved.

ASU is a diverse enterprise with a wide variety of work and learning modes, locations, and a commitment to sustainability, innovation, and employee work-life balance. We are determined to maintain our position as an employer of choice in a competitive labor market, as such the following options may be offered dependent on department needs:

Flexible work options:

• Alternative work schedules can include four, 10-hour workdays in a workweek; a nine-day, 80-hour schedule over two workweeks for exempt employees only; and staggered start and stop times.
• Hybrid work is an arrangement where employees spend a minimum of 60% of their regular workweek at their primary ASU work location. Dean or vice president-level approval is required.

Standard Working Environment:

• Climate-controlled office setting subject to extended periods of being in a stationary position.
• Constantly detects and operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.
• Ability to clearly communicate and exchange accurate information to perform essential duties.
• Expected to be responsive to customers, engaged in work production, resourceful, flexible, and respectful of others.

Electrified Processes for Industry without Carbon (EPIXC) was established to develop, scale and demonstrate electrical process heating solution using clean electricity for advanced manufacturing. EPIXC is a national public/private partnership that convenes the US Department of Energy, 37 industry, university, National Laboratory, labor unions, and other diverse stakeholders from 25 states to pursue a vision in which electric heating enables manufacturing decarbonization everywhere with benefits from everyone. Through a national innovation ecosystem, EPIXC will accelerate technology adoption at regional and national scale and accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy by 2050.

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