Product Owner

Progressio Solutions; Tohatchi (NM); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Progressio Solutions in New Mexico seeks a Technology Transfer Coordinator to liaison between university centers and OTCs, manage patent databases, and support filing and commercialization efforts.

Responsibilities include coordinating joint projects, aligning activities with national priorities, building networks, and sharing best practices in IP management and tech transfer across partner institutions.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of university research structures and academic collaboration models.
• Patent law, IP protection, and international conventions.
• Methods of technology assessment, valuation, and readiness evaluation.
• OTC networks and tech transfer processes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the liaison between the center and the university OTCs.
• Coordinate joint projects for patent identification, protection, and promotion.
• Align OTC activities with national research priorities.
• Build and maintain a centralized patent database that compiles inventions from all partner universities.
• Support patent filing, documentation, and renewal processes.
• Monitor patent readiness levels and categorize by application area.
• Develop networks and partnerships with local and international OTCs.
• Share best practices in technology transfer, marketing strategies, and IP management.
• Facilitate collaborative research-to-market pipelines across universities.
• Maintain digital repositories of patents and research results.
• Track utilization and commercialization status of patents.

Skills

University research structures

IP protection and patent law

Technology readiness evaluation

OTC networks

Job description

• Serve as the liaison between the center and the university OTCs.


• Coordinate joint projects for patent identification, protection, and promotion.


• Align OTC activities with national research priorities.


• Build and maintain a centralized patent database that compiles inventions from all partner universities.


• Support patent filing, documentation, and renewal processes.


• Monitor patent readiness levels and categorize by application area.


• Develop networks and partnerships with local and international OTCs.


• Share best practices in technology transfer, marketing strategies, and IP management.


• Facilitate collaborative research-to-market pipelines across universities.


• Maintain digital repositories of patents and research results.


• Track utilization and commercialization status of patents.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the liaison between the center and the university OTCs.


• Coordinate joint projects for patent identification, protection, and promotion.


• Align OTC activities with national research priorities.


• Build and maintain a centralized patent database that compiles inventions from all partner universities.


• Support patent filing, documentation, and renewal processes.


• Monitor patent readiness levels and categorize by application area.


• Develop networks and partnerships with local and international OTCs.


• Share best practices in technology transfer, marketing strategies, and IP management.


• Facilitate collaborative research-to-market pipelines across universities.


• Maintain digital repositories of patents and research results.


• Track utilization and commercialization status of patents.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of


• University research structures and academic collaboration models.


• Patent law, IP protection, and international conventions.


• Methods of technology assessment, valuation, and readiness evaluation.


• OTC networks.