Careers with Impact

Advancing innovations that grow businesses and nurture our community

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.

Open Positions at UB BEP

Join the exciting and fast-paced startup world as BEP adds team members to support our business incubator and startup operations, programs and administration. We are building our team to increase our impact, with more positions coming soon. If you don’t see an open role that’s right for you now, keep checking back.

Licensing Manager

Tech Transfer

UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP) is seeking a Licensing Manager to help change the world by bringing innovative new technologies to market, and to foster economic growth in the Western New York Community. You will work with diverse faculty who are conducting leading edge research to identify innovations that solve real-world problems. In this role, you will be part of the Technology Transfer team and will work with Startup Ventures and other BEP staff to develop license and startup opportunities to execute commercialization plans for your portfolio technologies.

For more information, contact Timothy Dee at tpdee@buffalo.edu or 716-645-8139

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Adjunct Clinical Instructor

UB Law School, Entrepreneurship Law Center

Adjunct clinical instructor to assist with the entrepreneurship law center (e-Law Center). Job duties will be 100% supervising student teams as part of the entrepreneurship law center. This will include but is not limited to reviewing student work product as it pertains to clients of the e-Law Center Clinic. The scope of services provided may include formation, structure, investor finance strategy, intellectual property, NDAs, vendor agreements, regulatory guidance, employment agreements, and discrete research projects.

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Why I Love Working Here

“A unique aspect I love about my job is that I’m able to interact with people from all over the world, with different backgrounds from my own. They teach me new things all the time and bring a refreshing perspective that invigorates me and my work. ”

1/18/22

Jessica Szklany
Manager, Marketing Content and Writing

“We have an awesome team of people who have a drive to do good and make a difference in our community and at our university. The work we get to do is so exciting and diverse — from helping a student start a new venture or a faculty member partner with industry to launching a new business incubator downtown, it is different every day. ”

1/18/22

Kathryn Helfer
Senior Manager, Stakeholder Engagement

“The dynamic nature of our department exposes me to new learning opportunities which helps me grow as a professional. My role does not pin me down into one ‘type’ of work — I enjoy being a jack of all trades. ”

1/18/22

Smitha James
Senior Associate Director, Finance & Program Administration

“I appreciate BEP’s efforts to be more inclusive, equitable, and diverse. It’s nice to know that your ideas and contributions are valued. ”

1/18/22

Soma Hawramee
Program Coordinator

“The BEP leadership team has fostered a culture where we aren’t afraid to take calculated risks with initiatives and programming. We have the freedom to work independently, while still being able to count on our co-workers for collaboration when needed. ”

1/18/22

Richard Kim
Associate Director of Investor & Entrepreneur Engagement

“I love that, at BEP, I am working in an environment where you can feel the excitement and eagerness in the air. Everyone here is aware that their own individual talents can and will make a difference – they are integral to the endless possibilities, opportunities and change that’s happening for the Buffalo/WNY area, and that’s meaningful. ”

1/18/22

Kimberly Chase
Administrative Assistant

“I enjoy working on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. It is exciting to work at a campus that is always evolving. The BEP team is also very resourceful, collaborative, open-minded and fun to work with! ”

1/18/22

Eric Poniatowski
Grant Administrator

“BEP is a very supportive climate where creativity is encouraged. This is a can-do team who has fun while doing great work to support businesses, students and faculty who are, in turn, supporting the WNY economy. ”

1/18/22

Alan Rae
Director, NYS Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics

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Diversity, Community and Belonging

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.