Vice President, Finance and Administration

As VP, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across NGNRI's finance, procurement, HR and facilities. You will ensure efficient, compliant operations that support the institute's research mission. Working with the COO and senior leadership, you will build robust structures and processes to enable scientific teams to focus on discovery. This is a mission-driven role requiring integrity, operational excellence, and the ability to lead high-performing administrative teams at scale. You will shape the administrative backbone that sustains breakthrough science.

• health benefits
• perks
• supportive team culture

• Oversee financial and administrative operations across NGNRI
• Lead the administrative management team (finance, procurement, HR, EH&S, infrastructure operations, and support services)
• Develop and implement budgeting, financial controls, and resource allocation processes
• Build organizational structure for NGNRI administration in collaboration with the COO
• Ensure compliance with regulations and high ethical standards in operations
• Ensure effective internal communications and dissemination of organization news to administrative staff
• Foster a progressive work culture and proactive problem solving with senior management
• Identify administrative hurdles and work with leadership to implement solutions

• Senior-level experience in finance and administration, preferably in a research or nonprofit environment
• Proven ability to recruit, lead, and grow high-performing administrative teams
• Experience building budgeting processes, financial controls, and compliant operations
• Awareness of financial, administrative, and legal challenges in biomedical research
• Strong integrity and ethical standards; strategic and operational judgement

• strong communication
• team leadership and collaboration
• diversity, equity and inclusion orientation
• financial planning and budgeting
• procurement and HR administration
• compliance and audit readiness