Hiring: Vice President and Senior Scientific Officer, SFARI Company: Simons Foundation Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:24:31 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Spark About the job Experience: •10+ years of work experience post-training including 5+ years of strong operational management with a proven track record of leading, developing and motivating high-performing teams who are experts in their field. •Strong scientific background, and broad knowledge of neuroscience to complement a senior team with expertise in genomics, molecular and cell biology, neural circuits, and human subjects research. •Foundation in computational approaches to neuroscience, biology, or a related quantitative discipline. •Demonstrated capacity to recognize and support the value of integrating theoretical and computational methods with experimental approaches in neuroscience. •Comprehensive expertise in academic neuroscience research and strong knowledge across human and animal model systems. Required Skills: •This is a full-time position located at the Simons Foundation offices in New York City, and travel to conferences is expected. Visit the Simons Foundation career page to learn more. •Manage a portfolio of funded grants. This includes working directly with investigators to evaluate progress and review relevant reporting, working in collaboration with the Simons Foundation’s grants team. •In close coordination with the EVP and the second VP/SSO, contribute to shaping and advancing SFARI’s strategic planning and scientific priorities. Organize and lead working groups and workshops/meetings with the aim of refining SFARI’s scientific priorities and developing new scientific initiatives. •In partnership with SFARI leadership, design strategies to increase inclusive excellence in autism research, work to advance scientific collaboration and data sharing, and identify opportunities to partner with other organizations. •Provide leadership support for Autism BrainNet (ABN). In partnership with the SFARI SSO who oversees ABN, and the ABN Principal Investigator, organize scientific workshops to define program goals and strategy in pursuit of advancing ABN’s mission, assemble and coordinate the ABN Scientific Advisory Council. •Stay abreast of the field of autism research and related fields by reading the relevant scientific literature and by attending relevant external scientific seminars and meetings nationally and abroad. Attend relevant scientific seminars, workshops and courses hosted by the Simons Foundation, including the Flatiron Institute. •Partner cross-functionally with the Simon Foundation’s communications team. Make recommendations for areas of science to highlight on the website and newsletters, contribute content, review draft articles, etc. •Oversee a team of Scientific/Senior Scientific Officers. Provide support and guidance to the team as needed. Qualifications: •A Ph.D. and/or M.D. in a neuroscience-related field, ideally relevant to the study of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders. Compensation: •$275,000 - $350,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!