Tech Transfer Licensing Associate, Physical Sciences

Texas A&M University System; College Station (TX); On-site; USD 63,000 - 92,000; Part time

Job summary

Texas A&M University System Offices in College Station, Texas is seeking a Licensing Associate in Physical Sciences to manage a moderate portfolio of TAMUS innovations and copyrights, assessing practical applications and market potential.

Under supervision, you will help protect intellectual property, develop commercialization strategies, and work with industry partners to move research to licensing agreements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, or Life Sciences, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two years of related experience in technology transfer in academia or an industrial setting.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to present information clearly and concisely.
• Ability to draft and interpret legal language in contracts and other documents.
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.

Responsibilities

• Assist/Advise faculty and researchers in the process of technology disclosure and intellectual property matters.
• Review, analyze, and evaluate new disclosures for commercial potential taking into account factors including, but not limited to practical application, stage of development, and intellectual property protection opportunities.
• Recommend strategies for statutory protection and best path to market.
• Conduct market research, projection, and valuation of technologies.
• Prepare non-confidential summaries of technologies for use in marketing, where appropriate.
• Contact potential licensees and explain possible utilities and value of new innovations to elicit their interest and feedback.
• Prepare and negotiate confidentiality, material transfer, inter-institutional, and other agreements, where appropriate.
• Propose and negotiate, with oversight, reasonable terms and conditions for option and/or commercial license rights to use technologies with potential licensees.
• Interact with Texas A&M Innovation operations staff to ensure assigned disclosure and agreement information is accurate, and to monitor license compliance.
• Interact and collaborate with New Ventures team concerning start-up companies licensing TAMUS intellectual property.
• Assist in educational activities to increase the general awareness of intellectual property matters among TAMUS faculty, staff, and students.

Skills

Word processing

Spreadsheet

Database

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Legal language

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, or Life Sciences, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job description

Texas A&M University System Offices in College Station, Texas is seeking a Licensing Associate in Physical Sciences to manage a moderate portfolio of TAMUS innovations and copyrights, assessing practical applications and market potential.

Under supervision, you will help protect intellectual property, develop commercialization strategies, and work with industry partners to move research to licensing agreements.