Licensing Associate

Licensing Associate; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is seeking a Licensing Associate to evaluate licensing opportunities, negotiate contracts, and manage relationships with external partners to develop technology commercialization. The role includes building a network of partners and advising inventors on commercialization strategies.

The position is Hybrid, requiring some in-office presence in Ohio. Candidates should have experience in technology transfer and contracts related to software and hardware; strong

Qualifications

• Identifies, solicits and manages novel technologies for licensing opportunities.
• Translates complex scientific language for business negotiations.
• Drafts and negotiates licensing and optioning agreements.
• Assesses technology for commercialization potential.

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains a network of local, regional, national and international business partners.
• Prepares technical summaries, conference presentations and reports on licensing activities.
• Establishes and maintains policies for evaluating and marketing technology.
• Advises NCH inventors on commercialization of research and technology.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Copyright law

Bayh-Dole Act

Negotiation

Tech evaluation

Job description

Evaluates licensing opportunities, negotiates contracts, and manages relationships with external partners to develop technology commercialization at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Essential Functions:

• Identifies, solicits, and manages novel technologies for potential licensing opportunities, ensuring compliance with licensing regulations and intellectual property protection.
• Collaborates to draft and negotiate licensing and optioning agreements, translating complex scientific language into clear and understandable terms appropriate for business negotiation.
• Builds and maintains a network of local, regional, national and international business partners.
• Prepares technical summaries, conference presentations, and reports on novel technologies and licensing activities.
• Establishes and maintains policies and procedures for evaluating and marketing technology. Develops and implements annual and technology-specific strategies.
• Advises and educates NCH inventors regarding the commercialization of research and technology.

Hybrid Position Available - Ideally this means the candidate would come into the office at least once a week. It is required that the employee live within the state of Ohio.

Skills:

• Exercises excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Through understand of copyright law and software/business method patents and understanding of Federal rights in data and software (i.e. the Bayh-Dole Act).
• Ability to evaluate new technologies and work with faculty and staff to develop a commercialization pathway. Substantial knowledge of the application of basic and applied research to new product development, commercialization, and manufacturing; experience with software production management, marketing or sales, preferred.

Experience:

• Two years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience, preferred.
• Work experience in commercializing computer software and computer science related technology as it applies to health care/life science, preferred.
• Broad technology-based experience in IT hardware and software, including experience in software product development, preferred.
• Previous technology transfer or business development experience, preferred.
• Experience with contracts such as material transfer, inter-institutional and non-disclosure agreements.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Squat/kneel

FREQUENTLY: Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near, Sitting