Head of Technology Transfer
Do you have a curiosity about understanding how things work? Do you want to see into most sophisticated technologies for science discovery using high-power lasers, space system and AI-models? Have you a passion for plotting nescient technologies' pathway to benefit society? The Innovation Team at STFC does all of the above by leading on the commercialisation our groundbreaking science!
As Head of Technology Transfer, you will lead a team and play a meaningful role in helping to advance breakthrough innovations that are crafted by scientists and engineers at STFC’s National Laboratories. Directing a dynamic and fast-paced Innovation team, the Head of Technology Transfer will support a team of Innovation Mangers to deliver on our impact-orientated mission by leading on the exploitation of STFC technologies for economic and societal impact. This role will manage a team towards delivering the day-to-day requirements for successful evaluation of opportunities, development of commercialisation plans, identification of licensees and investors, to secure license deals, spinout, and commercial collaborations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
As Head of Technology Transfer, the role is to maximise STFC return on research investment by commercialising STFC technologies. This role strives to:
- Work with the Director of Innovation to champion and deliver STFC innovations into commercial technology;
- Lead a team that finds opportunities, determines the strength of the technology, understands the market demand for the product or service and finds personnel and funding to bring the technology to a market-ready status;
- Lead on interactions within STFC and with partner organisations (including universities, business, and government departments, charities and others) to ensure that licences are secured for STFC technologies and impact is generated;
- Run the Proof of Concept Fund, a key internal translational fund for the National Laboratories to develop technologies with commercial potential;
- Work to increase STFC’s commercialisation profile;
- Contribute to the decision-making of STFC Innovation Ltd. by analysing and communicating commercial opportunities for decision;
- Contribute to the evaluation of STFC’s success in commercialisation and plans for the realisation of benefits;
- Contribute to the implementation of STFC strategy through enabling the Council to maximise the impact potential of STFC’s intellectual property, expertise and facilities.
About us:
We are UKRI-STFC, one of Europe’s largest research organisations! We’re trusted to support, enable, and undertake groundbreaking projects in an outstanding diversity of fields. Through our world-class facilities and people, we’re driving pioneering advances in science and technology.
Our Innovation Team seeks to apply the knowledge generated from STFC’s facilities, research, and technology programmes to the wider economy, delivering UK economic growth through exciting spinout companies and impactful technology licences.
Our Benefits:
Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits including a flexible working scheme, a Career Average Revalued Earnings pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.
As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, this is a place where there’s always something new to learn- about the world around us, about your career, but most of all about yourself.
For more information please visit – https://www.careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-careers/jobs/head-of-technology-transfer-3465.