Hybrid Venture Operations Program Director

at Oracle

• Job title: Venture Operations Program Director
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $107,819 - $137,146 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Spark
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Aurora, United States

About the role

• Strategic leader advancing CU Innovations’ venture creation and proof-of-concept bio-accelerator. Collaborating with faculty and partners to drive initiatives for commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the operational lead for CU Innovations’ venture programs, ensuring timely execution of initiatives and alignment with strategic goals.
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal follow-through, accountability, and operational coordination across ventures, grants, and startup support programs.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, trackers, and reporting systems to monitor program performance, risks, and outcomes for leadership.
• Independently oversee operations and confidently make key decisions, consistently demonstrating readiness to assume leadership responsibilities whenever needed.
• Design and implement internal initiatives that support spinout ventures, grant program cohorts, and CU Innovations’ overall mission.
• Plan and execute educational, networking, and outreach events that strengthen the ventures ecosystem.
• Engage with campus innovation initiatives (e.g., CCTSI iCorps, SPARK, Startup Toolbox, VMS) to connect entrepreneurial programs and build a cohesive venture development pipeline.
• Partner with the Managing Director to identify program priorities, allocate resources, and manage timelines across multiple venture projects.
• Design and implement internal processes that improve the efficiency, transparency, and consistency of venture operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, biomedical sciences, engineering, or a related field.
• 6-8 years of experience in venture development, program management, operations, or innovation-related roles.
• PhD in biomedical sciences, or related field (preferred).
• Advanced degree in business (preferred).
• 9+ years of professional experience in ventures development working with academic investigators, program management, operations, or innovation/entrepreneurship environments (preferred).
• Experience working in an academic healthcare setting (preferred).
• Previous experience running an academic incubator program advancing faculty ventures (preferred).
• Experience developing dashboards, metrics reports, or project tracking systems (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Asana, Smartsheet) (preferred).

Benefits

• Medical: Multiple plan options
• Dental: Multiple plan options
• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 10/year
• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service