BioSTL’s Manager of Talent Development will play a key role in designing and implementing the region’s bioscience workforce strategy. The Manager of Talent Development will establish equitable and inclusive career pathways by aligning technical and transportable skills to high-demand bioscience jobs across sectors (e.g., biotechnology, healthcare, agtech, biomanufacturing). This position will develop and lead cross-sector partnerships for skills-based talent development and increase our regional bioscience and broader STEM training capacity. By ensuring St. Louis can reliably train and attract a diverse pool of skilled talent, this position will enable economic mobility in historically excluded populations, as well as company retention, expansion, and attraction. This position will report to the Director of Regional Workforce Strategy. The Manager of Talent Development will be a full-time, salaried position with BioSTL.
The Manager of Talent Development oversees quantitative and qualitative analysis of in-demand careers, regional training capacity, and certification needs. This position will design and develop evidence-based, industry- and community-responsive career pathways, and collaboratively facilitate talent development programs that help people progress through these priority career pathways, with an emphasis on developing and scaling talent development initiatives to grow and evolve our regional bioscience research, manufacturing, and analytic capacity. The Manager of Talent Development will also support the Director of Regional Workforce Strategy and other members of the BioSTL team on sector-wide workforce initiatives, including resource development to support regional workforce investment priorities. The position allows for varying degrees of supporting or leadership roles, commensurate with demonstrated experience.
- Stakeholder Engagement. Design and execute stakeholder engagement efforts across academic and training institutions, community organizations, the public workforce system, and bioscience employers to validate regional needs.
- BIOTECH Resource Management & Development. Support efforts to secure and manage resources for Bioscience Industry Occupational Training and Equity Collaborative Hub (BIOTECH) priorities, including grant proposal development and post-award oversight across federal, state, and philanthropic sources.
- Data Collection. Oversee collection of qualitative (e.g., stakeholder engagement) and quantitative (e.g., labor market analysis) data to evaluate regional bioscience workforce needs.
- Skills Match. Leverage stakeholder feedback, labor market data, and workforce landscape analysis to inform and establish equitable and inclusive onramps and pathways to advancement in bioscience careers.
- Technical Support. Provide technical support to ensure scientific and industry rigor of programming and alignment to regional workforce strategy.
- Evaluation. Design and implement a comprehensive measurement and evaluation process to assess training program quality and accessibility.
- Internal Coordination. Work closely with BioSTL Talent & Workforce team and STEMSTL to execute sector-wide workforce initiatives and meet team and organizational goals.
- Familiarity with leading stakeholder engagement efforts including developing cross-sector, talent-centered collaborations.
- Familiarity leveraging qualitative and quantitative data to inform strategic priorities.
- Familiarity with resource development.
- Experience in bioscience laboratory or production role(s); industry experience highly preferred.
- Experience designing, implementing, and managing workforce programs highly preferred
Ability to engage diverse audiences of various organizational levels and areas of expertise; analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills; multi-stakeholder engagement and partnership leadership; ability to work collaboratively and independently to achieve goals.
Pay is commensurate with experience and is benchmarked against market rates. Benefit package for full-time employees includes excellent health coverage, generous retirement savings match, tuition assistance, and other benefits to support employees personally and professionally.
Please upload a detailed letter of interest and resume to the BioSTL.org website under this job posting heading. Confidential inquiries can be submitted to bwhitley@biostl.org with this job posting title in the subject line.
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All employees must be up to date on the COVID-19 vaccine. Exemptions may be granted for medical contraindications and for sincerely held religious beliefs. Exemption requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
BioSTL is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable ecosystem. We are committed to seeking individuals of diverse backgrounds and experiences who will bring diverse perspectives to this work. This is an equal employment opportunity.
Since 2001, BioSTL has laid the foundation for St. Louis' innovation economy with a comprehensive set of transformational programs that advance St. Louis’ leadership in solving important world challenges in agriculture, medicine, health care, and other technology areas. BioSTL has introduced nationally acclaimed initiatives in startup creation and investment (BioGenerator), strategic business attraction (GlobalSTL), physical environment (including Cortex and BioGenerator Labs), entrepreneur support, seed and venture capital, a diverse and inclusive workforce, and public policy. Find us online at biostl.org and follow us on twitter @BioSTL.