Job Description
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Oxford University Innovation and its Licensing & Ventures team is known for its expedited work on the Oxford/AZ Covid 19 vaccine, creating spinouts like Mirobio who provide therapeutics for autoimmune disease, or revolutionise DNA sequencing like Oxford Nanopore Technologies. The Higher Education Business & Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey by UKRI ranked Oxford University Innovation as the countrys top performing university enterprise.
Join us and you could be part of the Oxford community managing a large IP portfolio, licensing university ideas, and establishing University spinout companies or alternative routes to create impact.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a candidate to join our newly formed Licence and Alliance Management Team. The successful candidate will join this talented and supportive team and will focus on the management of a portfolio of existing licences and key partnerships arising from across Life and Physical Sciences.
The key responsibilities of the role are:
* Alliance and stakeholder management.
* Licence and patent portfolio management, commercial foresight, and planning.
* Negotiating appropriate licensing contracts.
* Protecting and strengthening the interests of OUI and the University.
The Applicant:
The ideal candidate will have a sciences degree (or equivalent) and be able to demonstrate a pas...