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University of Vermont

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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Partners Healthcare / Massachusetts General Hospital

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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Broad Institute

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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Boston University

Director, New Ventures, Technology Development

Educate, encourage, and enable members of the Boston University community to transfer their discoveries/ideas into practical applications for public use. Manage the Kindle mentoring program and provide support to a portfolio of ideas with new venture potential across all sectors through the commercialization process. Manage the Enable internship program and provide Boston University students with opportunities for experiential learning with new ventures. Orchestrate the resources necessary to advance select ideas through the new venture creation process.

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Millipore Corporation

Business Development Manager

Millipore (NYSE: MIL) is a Life Science leader providing cutting-edge technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Since its founding in 1954, Millipore has expanded its capabilities through strategic acquisitions, targeted capital investments, and organic growth.

Today we offer an extensive portfolio of products and services in: Life Sciences, Drug Discovery and Development, Lab Filtration, Lab Water, Upstream Bioprocessing, Downstream Bioprocessing and Process Monitoring. Our global customers include private research institutions, analytical, academic and clinical laboratories and biotech, pharmaceutical and contract manufacturing organizations.

There is an opening for a Business Development Manager in our Bedford, MA office. The successful candidate will be part of the Expression Technologies group within the marketing department of the Upstream Processing business unit in Millipore’s Bioprocess Division.

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