Specialist, IP Transactions

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Enterprise seeks a Specialist, IP Transactions to execute university IP licensing and technology transfer transactions. You will work with inventors, licensees, founders, and governance teams to apply approved licensing pathways and finalize agreements.

Key responsibilities include structuring licenses, negotiating terms, and ensuring consistent use of institutional frameworks while identifying opportunities requiring strategic review or escalation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IP licensing, tech transfer, or related transactions.
• Experience negotiating and structuring licensing agreements.
• Ability to apply licensing frameworks and templates.
• Strong governance and transaction-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess opportunities against licensing pathways and select the right framework.
• Structure, negotiate, and execute licenses, options, and transfer agreements.
• Develop term sheets and definitive agreements within governance rules.
• Guide inventors and partners through licensing processes from initiation to execution.
• Educate stakeholders on licensing principles and pathways.
• Escalate non-standard opportunities for strategic review.
• Support governance, documentation, and execution of transactions.
• Maintain transaction records and improve templates and workflows.

Skills

IP licensing

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Technology transfer

Licensing economics

Governance processes

Documentation

Negotiation

Tools

CLM platforms

Job description

Company description

The National University of Singapore is the national research university of Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore

Job Description

About Us

We're NUS Enterprise, the innovation and entrepreneurship heart of the National University of Singapore (NUS). We back bold ideas and ambitious talent with the potential to build impactful companies that transform the way we live, play, and work —and we're just getting started.

As our innovation ecosystem continues to grow in scale, complexity, and ambition, we are building a team of experienced commercialisation professionals capable of structuring and negotiating transactions that balance commercialisation success, fair market value, and long-term stewardship of public-sector innovation assets.

The Role

The Specialist, IP Transactions is responsible for executing standard commercialisation transactions involving university intellectual property using approved transaction frameworks, licensing pathways, and agreement templates.

Working closely with inventors, founders, industry partners, and commercialisation teams, this role guides stakeholders through approved licensing pathways, facilitates efficient transaction execution, and helps ensure the consistent application of institutional commercialisation frameworks.

Success requires strong transaction management skills, sound judgment, and the ability to apply and advocate for established licensing principles while recognising when strategic review or escalation is required.

What You'll Do

• Assess opportunities against established licensing pathways and determine the appropriate transaction framework.
• Structure, negotiate, and execute standard licenses, options, assignments, technology transfer agreements, and other commercialisation transactions using approved transaction frameworks, templates, and negotiation parameters.
• Develop and finalize term sheets and definitive agreements within established commercial, governance, and approval frameworks.
• Guide inventors, founders, licensees, and other counterparties through approved licensing pathways and transaction processes from initiation through execution.
• Educate inventors, founders, and other stakeholders on licensing principles, transaction frameworks, and approved commercialisation pathways.
• Identify opportunities requiring non-standard structures, customised economics, significant stewardship considerations, or other departures from approved pathways and elevate them appropriately.
• Support governance, approval, documentation, and execution processes for commercialisation transactions.
• Maintain accurate transaction records and documentation in accordance with organisational standards.
• Contribute to the refinement of transaction templates, workflows, playbooks, and operational practice.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience supporting, negotiating, structuring, administering, or executing intellectual property, technology licensing, commercialisation, contract management, legal operations, technology transfer, or other transaction-oriented agreements.
• Experience supporting or executing intellectual property licensing transactions, research commercialisation agreements, strategic partnerships, or related transactions.
• Ability to apply, communicate, and defend established transaction frameworks and licensing pathways while identifying opportunities that require strategic review or escalation.
• Familiarity with intellectual property commercialisation, licensing economics, and common transaction structures.
• Ability to work effectively within agreement templates, transaction frameworks, and governance processes.
• Strong organisational, stakeholder management, and transaction management skills.
• Excellent communication skills and a reputation for professionalism, responsiveness, and attention to detail.

Bonus Points For

• Experience working with startup founders, venture-backed companies, SMEs, or innovation-driven businesses.
• Familiarity with university technology transfer, research commercialisation, public-sector innovation, or similar stewardship-oriented environments.
• Experience working with agreement management systems, contract lifecycle management platforms, or workflow management tools.

Why Join NUS Enterprise

This is a rare chance to shape the future of innovation in Asia — from Singapore, with global reach. You'll sit at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and capital, with the freedom to take big swings and the platform to land them.