Executive Manager Commercialisation

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**The Opportunity**:

- **Develop & drive enterprise-wide commercialisation strategies**:

- **Create opportunities, execute deals, optimise IP assets for value creation**:

- **Lead a high performing team & create impact at CSIRO**

We are seeking an experienced people orientated leader with expertise in scientific research commercialisation and equity/licensing portfolio management to join CSIRO’s Investment Domain.

This significant role will be responsible for developing and driving the enterprise-wide commercialisation strategy to create marketable opportunities.

If your strengths include stakeholder engagement, you will thrive in this position as you will be required to establish and maintain external relationships with the likes of investors and collaborators, to deliver on CSIRO’s pipeline of opportunities to secure growth in impact, revenue in IP, and commercialisation in line with CSIRO’s Corporate Plan.

Your passion for leading others and nurturing an effective team will be pivotal to influencing the success of CSIRO Commercialisation.

**Your duties will include**:

- Building a high performing team and providing strategic leadership and alignment of resources to the corporate plan.
- Supporting the Director - Investment, in partnering with the Board and Executive Team and BD Directors (in supporting Business Unit Directors), to develop IP and commercialisation strategies and associated business models.
- Developing and leading IP and Commercialisation business improvement and change management projects to continually improve the effectiveness and efficiency of CSIRO’s commercialisation pathways.
- Leading the team to proactively identify, guide and support the conversion of strategic IP and Commercialisation opportunities, including leading large and complex commercial projects on behalf of the organisation.
- Identifying business models and developing case studies, working closely with Corporate Affairs to communicate, promote and utilise.
- Integrating, driving and coordinating the forward CSIRO commercialisation pipeline and strategy aligned to the Corporate Plan to maximise opportunities that deliver return on investment and future revenue impacts to CSIRO and Australian industry.

**Location**:CSIRO Sites in Australian Major Cities will be considered

**Salary**:A competitive salary on offer

**Tenure**:Indefinite

**Reference: 93174**

**To be considered you will need**:

- Relevant degree in conjunction with demonstrated achievement in senior executive and managerial roles together with domain expertise in scientific research commercialisation and equity/licensing portfolio management.
- Proven experience to build and maintain strong professional and collaborative working relationships across a wide range of disciplines at all levels of the organisation and externally, including the ability to develop and manage a portfolio of strategic relationships with key investors and collaborators (including industry, universities and other stakeholders) to meet strategic and financial objectives, in line with CSIRO’s Corporate Plan.
- Ability to design and deliver strategic commercialisation initiatives through own actions, as well as driving alignment across teams, scientists, partners and clients
- delivering results that are impactful and aligned to CSIRO’s Corporate Plan.
- Established and successful leadership skills and experience that can be applied to leading a team through significant change, engaging the team and providing a unified goal and strategy for them to align themselves and their teams.
- Demonstrated experience in building a high performing team, providing coaching and development opportunities across the breadth and depth of a complex team that delivers high standards in service delivery as well as technical output, proven ability to hold a team accountable to specified results, as well as creating a culture that fosters innovative problem solving, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
- Exceptional business acumen, including in the functioning of publicly funded research organisations, technology licensing, venture creation, the operations of deep technology start-ups and how industry (large and small) adopts technology.
- Demonstrated track record of research commercialisation, including in industry, start-ups and/or universities/PFROs.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

**Eligibility**:
**Flexible Working Arrangements**:
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