Global Director of Research Commercialisation (Business and Enterprise)
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Job Description
This role seeks a Global Director of Research Commercialisation to lead the university's global strategy for translating research into market value. Key responsibilities include driving industry income, intellectual property commercialization, and the development of the Research Park. Essential requirements are senior leadership experience in research commercialization and a proven ability to negotiate complex deals.
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Requirements
- Substantial senior leadership experience in research commercialisation, technology transfer, corporate development or venture capital, with a track record of building or transforming a commercial function in a research-intensive setting.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex research into market-ready propositions and to structure, negotiate and close complex deals involving IP, equity, royalties and multi-party consortia.
- Strong strategic and financial judgement, including budget and P&L ownership and familiarity with venture investment and equity management.
- Excellent influencing and stakeholder skills, credible at the most senior levels of industry, government and academia, with proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites.
- Outward-facing, entrepreneurial and globally minded, with personal integrity, sound judgement and commitment to the values of a globally engaged, mission-driven university.
- Experience at or with a top-decile research-intensive university and familiarity with REF, KEIF, HE-BCI and international equivalents.
- Experience leading the commercial development of a research park, innovation district or comparable place-based asset.
- A relevant higher degree.
- Familiarity with deep-tech commercialisation and sectors such as robotics, photonics, quantum, net-zero engineering or health technologies, and experience with UKRI, Innovate UK or Catapult centres.
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