Vice President, Bay Science

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Buzzards Bay Coalition

Marion, New Bedford, & Woods Hole, Massachusetts

The Buzzards Bay Coalition (“the Coalition”), a nonprofit organization headquartered in New Bedford, MA dedicated to protecting and restoring Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, and their watershed lands, seeks a strategic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative leader to serve as its new Vice President, Bay Science (“Vice President”). The Coalition is on a bold growth trajectory fueled by a transformative capital campaign, creating an opportunity to reimagine the scope and deepen the impact of its foundational Bay Science program. Reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Vice President will provide strategic and innovative oversight of Bay Science to drive organizational growth in alignment with Coalition priorities and ambitions.

The Coalition is home to the oldest and largest, continually running, coastal water quality monitoring program in New England. The Coalition is also the largest private landowner in southeastern Massachusetts, providing unequaled access and site control for science activities. The Bay Science program (“Bay Science”) is indispensable to the Coalition’s work, providing the scientific basis for all aspects of its advocacy, conservation, and restoration efforts. The Vice President will join the Coalition at a pivotal moment in its growth and will play a key role in elevating its national profile, driving excellence across all scientific functions and building relationships with key external stakeholders to solve critical problems facing the Bay, solidifying the Coalition’s reputation in modern coastal science and attracting top scientific talent.

The Vice President will be an essential partner to the President, senior leadership team, and Board of Directors. The Vice President’s portfolio includes all aspects of Bay Science’s ecosystem monitoring and applied research functions and, to this end, will ensure rigorous scientific standards while strategically guiding scientific priorities, representing the Coalition externally, and growing resources and partnerships. Working closely with the President, they will set the direction for Bay Science, allocating fiscal resources to new programs, staff, and equipment that will support expanded capacity and modernization.

The successful candidate will possess a genuine appreciation for the Coalition’s conservation mission, as well as related scientific expertise. They will be an established scientist as well as a strategic leader with extensive management experience, strong relationship-building and recruiting capabilities, and the ability to develop programs and projects that contribute to the Coalition’s mission and scientific reach. Experience with field monitoring, modern research technologies, and the competitive funding landscape will be greatly beneficial.

The salary range for this role is $175,000 – 200,000, commensurate with skills and experience. This full-time, in-person position is based in Marion, MA at the organization’s Science and Field Operations Center, but will also spend time in New Bedford, MA at the Coalition’s headquarters and in Woods Hole, MA.

The Buzzards Bay Coalition has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national search firm, to assist in this important search. All inquiries, applications, and nominations for this opportunity should be directed in confidence to the search firm as indicated below.

https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/buzzards-bay-coalition/vice-president-bay-science

 

Amble Ryan, Managing Associate

Nicole Sancilio, Associate

Katanya Cathcart, Senior Search Coordinator

Isaacson, Miller

 

The Buzzards Bay Coalition is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply and will be considered without regard to race, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or veteran status.