Intellectual Property Manager – MedIComm Project: University of Central Lancashire
- Job Reference: REQ005783
- Date Posted: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Application Closing Date: Sunday, 29 August 2021
- Location: Preston Campus
- Grade/Salary: J (£52,560 – £60,905)
- Basis: Fixed Term contract until 30/09/2023
- Job Category / Type: Professional Services
- School/Service: Research & Enterprise Service
- Hours: Full time (36.25 hours per week – 1.0 FTE)
- Interview Date: To be confirmed
The Medical Innovation & Commercialisation Accelerator Programme’ (MedIComm) is a new dynamic ERDF Business Growth project. It is a collaboration between UCLan and Lancashire NHS trusts to identify commercially viable Med-tech products and service innovations in the Hospitals and Universities and to either spin out into new companies or work with Lancashire based SMEs to develop these innovations into commercially viable products and services that meet a clinical need.
The successful applicant will take a lead role in bringing intellectual property expertise across the MedIComm portfolio to ensure any intellectual property is identified and protected in order to generate commercial returns via new Spin-out companies or licensing the IP to Lancashire SMEs.
Undertake institutional Innovation/IP audits across partner trusts to identify relevant intellectual property via clearly defined approach/procedures in order to establish the ownership of that intellectual property.
Establish consistent procedures across all trusts for the identification, protection and commercialisation of IP to produce product/service opportunities that can be translated into financial returns through new spin-out companies or licensing IP to Lancashire SMEs.
The successful candidate will provide commercial expertise to medical innovators and experience in managing a portfolio of commercialisation projects across a broad range of medical and health-tech products and services. Provide hands on expertise to commercialise new product innovations into the marketplace via a new company or license to third parties.
The successful applicant will have:
- Experience of taking IP/innovations to market within a commercial environment.
- Direct experience and a thorough understanding of IP protection, licensing, and commercialisation issues.
- Ability to implement a commercialisation strategy and drive cultural change.
- Ability to evaluate commercial opportunities and associated risk, mitigating and managing risk when required.
- Trusts are complex systems so the successful candidate will need to be comfortable working in a dynamic network of other members of the MedIComm team, colleagues throughout the Trust, clinical research teams, commercialisation and IP specialists and commercial partners.
- Working knowledge of how to conduct market research and analysis including the creation of detailed business plans.
- Excellent instincts and commercial awareness coupled with a strategic mindset
- Educated to degree level in a STEM Subject or equivalent
Applicants need to meet all essential criteria on the person specification to be considered for interview. This position is based in Preston and is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.