Strategic Partnerships & IP Licensing Lead

Mitre Corporation; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE seeks an Agreements and Partnerships Success Lead within the Technology Transition and Partnership Office. This role interfaces with MITRE divisions to accelerate IP licensing, manage NDAs, MOUs, and licensing agreements, and build university partnerships.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience coordinating multiple organizations, strong legal and business judgment, and can operate onsite multiple days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience executing corporate agreements such as NDAs, MOUs, or other collaborative agreements.
• Ability to coordinate multiple contributing organizations from first contact to signature through success management.
• Sound judgment in legal, contracts, and business terms; know when to escalate to senior leadership.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Word, including tracked changes, document comparison and redlining.
• Experience using contracts, licensing, and customer relationship management software/databases.
• Exceptional verbal, writing, and collaboration skills; relation-builder and detail-oriented.
• Minimum of 4 days on-site per week.

Responsibilities

• Agreement Intake and Triage: serve as first contact for external parties and MITRE colleagues for NDAs, MOUs, licensing agreements, and more; triage by type, risk and urgency.
• Agreement Review and Mark-up: review against templates, prepare redlines, manage version control and communications; assist with nonstandard terms; use DocuSign for execution.
• Success Management: track post-agreement milestones, renewals, and notifications; manage communications to ensure compliance and public good; develop training materials.
• University Partnerships: collaborate with partners to strengthen MITRE relationships with universities and explore co-research or internship opportunities.

Skills

NDA Coordination

MOU Coordination

Contract Review

Redlining

Document Management

Stakeholder Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

MS Word

DocuSign

CRM Software

Job description

MITRE seeks an Agreements and Partnerships Success Lead within the Technology Transition and Partnership Office. This role interfaces with MITRE divisions to accelerate IP licensing, manage NDAs, MOUs, and licensing agreements, and build university partnerships.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience coordinating multiple organizations, strong legal and business judgment, and can operate onsite multiple days per week.