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Senior Licensing Associate – Office of Technology Management
Company | Wash U |
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Location | St. Louis, MO, USA |
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Salary | $75200 – $128800 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Master’s |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Master’s degree
- Three years of experience in a university tech transfer office or in commercial development within the private sector
Responsibilities
- Completes the Technology Assessment and Commercial/Patent Reassessment on assigned invention disclosure within established OTM time frames.
- Works with legal counsel to protect intellectual property either through patenting or other proper tactics for assigned portfolio.
- Works with faculty to understand research being conducted and recommend strategies that will result of commercially successful innovation.
- Negotiates key terms and execute license agreement with licensee.
- Markets top tier technologies including those that are more complicated in nature as compared to those assigned to Licensing Associates.
- Manages a portfolio of existing licenses with respect to technology development, milestones and non-financial terms of the licensees.
- Manages special initiatives and outreach to faculty and other inventors as identified by OTM.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Education includes advanced degree, preferably MS or PhD, in the life science, medical, or bio- or biomedical- engineering area