Senior Program Manager, Industry Relations

🇺🇸 Buffalo, NY 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $90K - $110K 💻 Project Management 🗓️ March 14th, 2026

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University at Buffalo is hiring a Senior Program Manager, Industry Relations. This role manages and develops industry partnerships to advance research collaboration, workforce development, technology commercialization, and economic growth. It coordinates engagement across university units and external partners to execute industry-related initiatives aligned with institutional priorities.

Highlights

Serve as primary contact for select corporate and industry partners, managing relationships from engagement through execution.
Support large-scale proposals, consortia, and regional or national initiatives within the Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP) team.
Coordinate industry engagement efforts across University at Buffalo units.
Cultivate and manage strategic industry partnerships including corporate-sponsored research and applied research collaborations.
Leverage faculty expertise and technologies to create new licensing and sponsored research opportunities.
Educate researchers on outreach to industry and coordinate campus-wide engagement.
Support partnership development related to workforce development, degree pathways, and technology translation.
Track partnership activities, outcomes, and performance metrics.
Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree, three years of related experience, strong project management, communication skills, and experience working with industry or research organizations.
The salary range is $90,000 to $110,000 with a full-time schedule of 37.5 hours per week.