Project Manager

Progressio Solutions; Indiana; On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Progressio Solutions is seeking a technology transfer professional to coordinate patent identification, protection, and promotion across university partners. The role involves aligning OTC activities with national priorities and building centralized patent databases, while supporting filing, documentation, and renewal processes.

The candidate will monitor readiness levels, develop international partnerships, and share best practices in IP management and tech transfer to facilitate

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.

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

Technology transfer

IP management

Patent law

Academic collaboration

International conventions

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.