Careers with Impact

Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP) is the catalyst for innovation and entrepreneurship at the University at Buffalo. We work to connect startups and mature companies with technical expertise, incubation space, technology, talent, mentoring, funding resources and networks to start and grow businesses. We’re a mission-driven team working together to provide opportunity for all.

The Technology Transfer team at UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP) is seeking a Technology Assessment Specialist to identify and aid in the development of commercialization opportunities for the technology from university research, aiming to bring them to market and boost economic growth in Western New York. The role involves working with faculty to identify commercially viable innovations, conducting intellectual property and market assessments, engaging in customer discovery, assisting in patent prosecution, and preparing marketing materials and proof-of-concept funding proposals. 

The Technology Transfer team at UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP) is seeking a Contracts Manager to help facilitate industry-sponsored research and technology transfer of innovative new technologies necessary to get novel products to market and to foster economic growth in the Western New York community. The role involves working with diverse faculty who are conducting leading-edge research to enable the creation and testing of innovations that solve real-world problems. 

Business & Entrepreneur Partnerships seeks a Senior Program Manager for its startup ventures team. This role will oversee and support various startup programs (WIN, Cultivator, NSF I-Corps, Seed Fund, and more), including the process, operations and logistics associated with building a qualified funnel of startups and enabling the growth of those startups through marketing, fundraising and other initiatives. In addition, the Senior Program Manager will help BEP build and maintain relationships with regional economic development organizations and seek continued funding opportunities.

Business & Entrepreneur Partnerships is seeking a Tech Hub Innovation Concierge to support the NY SMART I-Corridor National Tech Hub through its Commercialization and Collaboration Center (C3). C3 university partners will play a leading role in advancing regional semiconductor manufacturing capabilities in Upstate New York. The innovation concierge will assist local businesses in accessing equipment, facilities, labs, research and expertise across the Innovation Corridor to allow these businesses to collaborate with the region’s universities, bring new ideas to market and accelerate growth of the semiconductor industry in the region.

Business & Entrepreneur Partnerships is seeking a Business Development Manager to work with diverse faculty, companies and community partners to foster research and development collaborations that solve real-world problems and promote workforce development in Western New York. The role involves corporate prospect identification, project development and management, partner engagement, managing related contracts, interacting with UB faculty and researchers, and ongoing relationship management.

At BEP, we celebrate our differences as strengths.

We know that diverse teams not only perform better based on access to diversity of ideas, perspectives and experiences, but also due to richer information processing — producing better decisions, more creative ideas and, ultimately, achieving higher levels of innovation and success. We believe that innovation is change and are committed to making change happen as we continuously work to grow a more diverse team that makes impacts in Buffalo and beyond.

Whoever you are, we welcome you as you are. Join us and help shape our future.
 

Learn more about UB’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Working at UB BEP comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. Each day, we contribute to our community and make a difference.