Head of Commercialisation: University of Bristol
The University of Bristol has an outstanding record in the commercialisation of research, ranking top 5 in the UK by some measures (Beauhurst, 2022). In recent years two new industry clusters have formed around our spinouts in the life sciences and quantum technology. The University’s refreshed strategy sets out ambitions to build upon this success and increase our contribution to a dynamic and exciting start-up community.
This is an opportunity to lead research commercialisation, generating both income and impact for the University.
Our activities in commercialisation support the University’s strategy, fostering an organisation-wide culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. The team’s work spans the identification and development of commercialisation opportunities; negotiation of contracts; management of investment funds; undertaking business development; and creating and managing spinout companies.
The goal is to ensure that the University of Bristol’s research outputs are used to create new services, products and businesses which will solve pressing societal challenges and add value to the national economy.
The post holder leads the Research Commercialisation team and will build relationships internally and externally with a wide variety of stakeholders. This includes close relationships with other RED teams support the full range of routes to impact, with Faculty offices, with senior University leaders, with investors and with local incubators.
You will need strong leadership and management skills, and the ability to negotiate with a variety of individuals and organisations, from researchers to multinational companies. We are looking for an experienced commercialisation professional who can represent the University in both national and international arenas and be a thought leader in the field.
It is anticipated interviews will be held w/c 13th March 2023
For any informal enquiries please contact Andrew Wray, Director of Research Impact and Development; andrew.wray@bristol.ac.uk