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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 蜜桃传媒. 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

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.

Why I Love Working Here

鈥淗ere at UB, and within BEP, we interact with brilliant and innovative people from all over the world. I love learning new things from them; all the unique perspectives invigorate me and my work. 鈥�

3/31/23

Jessica Szklany
Associate Director of Marketing Communications

鈥淭he BEP leadership team has fostered a culture where we aren鈥檛 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. 鈥�

7/29/22

Richard Kim
Director of Startup Ventures

鈥淲e 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 鈥� 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. 鈥�

4/6/22

Kathryn Helfer
Senior Manager, Stakeholder Engagement

鈥淭he 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 鈥榯ype鈥� of work 鈥� I enjoy being a jack of all trades. 鈥�

4/6/22

Smitha James
Senior Associate Director, Finance & Program Administration

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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.

Employee Groups

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

LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association

OUR BENEFITS

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

Comprehensive health plans

Retirement plans with contributions

Ample vacation and sick time

Generous parental and family leave

Learning and development

Volunteer opportunities

Team building activities

Healthy work-life balance

OUR VALUES

Problem Solver

Finding creative solutions with a positive attitude and being able to pivot to address challenges.

Collaborative

Respectfully and actively engaging with cross functional teams and people with diverse perspectives.

Results Focused

Prioritizes and executes to achieve objectives.

Inclusive

Constantly pursues diverse thoughts and experiences and actively works to provides an environment with equitable access to opportunities and resources for all.