Teams at The Jackson Laboratory

Leads The Jackson Laboratory’s government and community relations strategy across federal, state, and local levels. Builds relationships with public officials, civic organizations, research and business stakeholders, and advocacy groups; monitors legislation, regulations, budgets, and policy developments; advises leadership on risks and opportunities; advances advocacy, appropriations, grants, capital investments, and economic development funding; and represents JAX within New York’s biomedical, policy, business, philanthropic, and community sectors.

Provides advanced administrative support to faculty and research labs, including calendar management, meeting and travel coordination, expense reporting, file maintenance, onboarding, grant submission documentation, manuscript support, research data entry, purchasing, budget monitoring, and office technology assistance. Serves as a liaison among faculty, research staff, institutional offices, external organizations, visitors, collaborators, and candidates while managing multiple priorities with discretion and limited supervision.

Leads the development, expansion, and execution of strategic programs and initiatives. Builds internal and external partnerships, analyzes data to improve services, designs specialized workflows, guides teams, represents JAX at industry events, and oversees stakeholder and public-facing resources. Requires strong relationship-building, interpersonal, leadership, strategic decision-making, and program implementation skills, along with willingness to travel as needed.