Job Purpose
To work closely with colleagues researchers and officials to:
- Provide scientific commercial and regulatory support and analysis for commercialisation of intellectual property assets created by researchers
- Support training of researchers to support promotion of industrial engagement by researchers
- Support management of a reagents portfolio
Key Activities
- Manage agreed activities as part of wider projects relating to IP management and commercialisation resulting from research institutions
- Regularly (at least once per week although more frequent attendance may be required based on business needs) attend sites in London Edinburgh Cambridge Salisbury Swindon and Harwell to provide facetoface support to researchers
- Working with colleagues to engage legal and patent subcontractors to resolve IP and commercialisation cases
- Gathering data and providing detailed analysis to support development of business cases for IP commercialisation
- After being trained as a trainer deliver core training for staff on IP and Commercialisation
- Working with internal and external legal advice to review collaboration agreement issues
- Support identification of IP requiring protection and working with colleagues and external patent agents when appropriate to protect IP
- Maintain accurate database records of current IP assets being managed
- Supporting other team members with technology transfer activities
- Support as required promotion of industrial partnerships
- Support as required management of the reagents portfolio
- Support as required provision of entrepreneurial training
- Support as required due diligence review of applications to funding schemes for IP and commercialisation related issues
- Support as required researcher applications to other funders for the IP and commercial sections
Qualifications :
Required Criteria
- Degree (BSc MSc or PhD) qualified in life sciences
- Understanding of intellectual property management processes and ways to protect IP assets
- Ability to communicate information regarding intellectual property and commercialisation to a range of audiences using appropriate style and format of messages
Desired Criteria
- Experience of working in a technology transfer environment to commercialise life science and health related intellectual property
- Some experience of negotiating commercialisation licences
- An understanding of the different priorities of industry researchers and government when agreeing mutually beneficial outcomes for commercialisation of IP
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime