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Director, Office of Technology Commercialization

The University of Vermont seeks a dynamic and visionary individual to lead the effort to stimulate the creation and growth of new technologies and start-up companies based on the discoveries of the University’s outstanding faculty, staff and students.  The successful candidate should have a sustained record of accomplishment in maximizing the potential and development of new technologies and intellectual property while promoting an academic mission.  The candidate must have the ability to create mutually beneficial relationships among the university and its commercial partners even when their goals may be divergent.   The university seeks an individual who has demonstrated leadership, creativity and innovation in the approach to identification, assessment, marketing and licensing of intellectual property.

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Technology Licensing Associate - Material Transfer Agreements

The Technology Licensing Office of M.I.T. is seeking an individual to help review and negotiate incoming material transfer agreements for the Institute.  This position involves extensive contact with MIT researchers interested in acquiring materials from outside of MIT.  The candidate will assist in the interaction between the researchers and the material providers/recipients (both universities and companies) to facilitate transactions.  Responsibilities will also include data entry of the material transfer agreements and tracking and updating of the status of material transfer agreements.

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Technology Licensing Associate – Physical Sciences, Engineering, Chemistry

M.I.T.’s Technology Licensing Office is seeking a Technology Licensing Associate. The Technology Licensing Associate will administer, market and maintain license agreements for the M.I.T. Technology Licensing Office working under the direction of the appropriate Technology Licensing Officers. The Associate will serve as a liaison to and communicate with the licensing officers’ industrial counterparts, faculty, patent attorneys and accountants on invention disclosures, license activities and patent education programs, as well as obtain relevant information concerning publication and sponsorship. The Associate will attend licensing negotiations with licensees and keep track of terms and issues of licensing agreements as well as draft basic clauses reflecting negotiations for review by Technology Licensing Officers. The Associate will enter invention disclosures and licensing data into a database system and keep updated files and prepare reports as required. The Associate will participate in obtaining waivers of government rights to inventions and assist in marketing studies.

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Business Strategy and Licensing Manager

The office of Research, Ventures and Licensing (RVL) at Partners Healthcare is responsible for managing the interactions of the hospital community with industry. Research and Licensing, a division of RVL, is also responsible for the commercialization of intellectual property developed by hospital clinicians and research investigators and negotiates industry sponsored research agreements, material transfer agreements, and all other agreements related to intellectual property.

Reporting to an Associate Director or a Director, the Business Strategy and Licensing Manager will be responsible for managing intellectual property and related agreements for the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) community. More specifically, s/he will identify, evaluate, market and license technologies from a range of research disciplines. Additional responsibilities include; identifying product opportunities and assessing the marketplace, and drafting and negotiating agreements pertaining to research, licensing and other aspects of investigator/industry interactions.

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Director, Industrial Collaborations and Technology Licensing

The Broad Institute stands on the leading edge of biomedical research, with a mission to broadly disseminate discoveries and information to the scientific community and general public. The Broad’s research is pursued through a blend of academic pursuits and industrial-scale lab production of biological, chemical and informational outputs, with scientists working side-by-side from Broad, MIT, Harvard, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals. The Director plays a key role in navigating this rapidly evolving landscape to ensure that the Broad Institute’s intellectual property and technological developments are effectively managed to support the mission and the strategic interests of Broad and its partner institutions.

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