Career Opportunities

IMES invites applicants to apply for junior tenure-track faculty positions in the area of health sciences to begin July 1, 2025 or on a mutually agreed date thereafter. The appointment will be made in partnership with a relevant science or engineering department. The position will have equal academic responsibilities in IMES and the partner department. Applicants should hold an MD or a PhD in a science or engineering field related to health sciences by the beginning of employment. While all research areas are of interest, IMES encourages applications from candidates whose research and teaching interests would be enhanced and accelerated through deep engagement with both basic and clinical partners, and whose research program intimately involve the development and/or application of advanced computational methods.

To be the first point of contact and provide wide-ranging, responsive, and transparent support for the human resources (HR) function in a busy headquarters office. Will help to coordinate HR activities, including responding to inquiries; facilitating recruitment and onboarding; and coordinating rewards and recognition, diversity and inclusion, performance management, and compensation. Will also handle complex and diverse duties for multiple projects and programs.  
 

To provide a wide range of complex and diverse administrative support for the director’s academic, teaching, and research activities and for departmental events and special projects. Responsibilities include calendar management; composing and editing correspondence and documentation; prepare presentations and communication with internal and external stakeholders; handling the preparation of materials for faculty nominations and awards, search reports, promotion and tenure cases, etc.; scheduling, planning, and executing a variety of complex meetings/activities/events; handling a range of purchasing/accounting duties; coordinating travel; ensuring the smooth running of the director’s lab; providing research proposal and award support; and a variety of other duties. 

To create and execute a comprehensive, strategic development plan designed to raise awareness, both internally and externally; strengthen relationships; and garner financial support for IMES’ initiatives and academic programs.  Responsibilities include collaborating with the IMES director, key faculty and investigators, administration and finance officer, education director, and events/communications staff to increase the visibility of IMES and establish a thriving community of supporters, including philanthropic and industry partnerships; building, managing, and collaborating on a portfolio of individual donors and industry prospects; collaborating with MIT’s central prospect management teams and with colleagues within MIT’s SoE Resource Development group and MIT’s Office of Corporate Relations, to identify and engage prospective individual donors and industry partners.