Manager Intellectual Property Commercialisation

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Swinburne University of Technology Full time

Senior leadership role within Swinburne University
- Full time Fixed Term for 2 years position at our Hawthorn campus
- HEW 9 salary 17% Super and benefits with flexible working options

**About the**
The Manager, Intellectual Property Commercialisation will lead and support activities and provide expertise in the following areas:

- Best practice in IP portfolio management, including maintaining an up-to-date patent database and reminder systems;
- Ensuring that IP/ technology assessments are undertaken in high priority research areas and advising on patentability, structuring of patent specifications and patent prosecution;
- Supporting the creation of business plans for technology commercialisation;
- Negotiation and documentation of technology commercialisation relationships with external parties;
- Education of Swinburne staff in IP and commercialisation.

The Manager, Intellectual Property Commercialisation will work closely with colleagues across the Swinburne research and the Commercial innovation ecosystem including:

- Research staff, especially research leaders and inventors;
- Swinburne Research teams in the functional areas of major initiatives and proposal development and research contracting and grants management;
- Research engagement, translation and commercialisation functional areas including Industry Research Engagement Team members and other teams in the Innovation and Enterprise portfolio;
- Legal office.
- Commercial Innovation Teams

**About You**
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities:

- Demonstrated and relevant commercial/legal experience (preferably in the private sector), with some specific practical involvement in technology and/or business systems
- Understanding of processes for intellectual property capture and protection across key international jurisdictions (especially the countries parties to major treaties and harmonisation initiatives).
- Ability to work autonomously and in a team
- environment, to develop and implement management processes and to follow through on tasks to completion with mínimal
- Knowledge of government funding programs (at both state and federal levels) available to facilitate IP commercialisation, industry development and collaboration between industry and research organisations.
- Understanding of contract research, intellectual property capture and commercialisation processes as conducted in Australian

**Qualifications**
- Tertiary qualifications, preferably in law and/or a relevant scientific discipline. Additional intellectual property, patent attorney, business or management qualifications/experience would be highly regarded.

**About Swinburne University of Technology**
Swinburne Horizon 2025 draws upon our understanding of future challenges. With this new strategic plan, we choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university - one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship, and proud of it. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research, so that:

- Every Swinburne learner gets a work experience
- Every Swinburne graduate gets a job
- Every Swinburne partner gets a tech solution
- Swinburne is the prototype of global best practice

The achievement of our 2025 moon shots depends on our capacity to work collectively, always, as One Swinburne.

**To Apply**
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**Close: Sunday July 16th at 11pm**

Swinburne offers flexible working options, leave and parenting/carer policies to support work life balance.

**Equity and Diversity**
Swinburne is a large and culturally diverse organisation and we are proud of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. For further information on all our initiatives visit our Equity & Diversity website.

We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants**
- We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant_

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