Senior Licensing Officer

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Senior Licensing Officer
The candidate will be primarily responsible for managing the commercialization of the engineering intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Will focus on research, assessment, and marketing of UCR IP, negotiating complex technology transfer agreements, monitoring licensee performance and obligations, and engagement with faculty and students to support technology transfer and entrepreneurial activities on campus and commercialization of their inventions. Expected to interact with internal and external stakeholders, including others on the Technology Commercialization and Technology Partnerships team, UCR faculty and students, entrepreneurs, and industry partners. Applies intellectual property/technology licensing/transfer concepts to evaluate complex commercial potential, formulating complex licensing strategy, negotiating and drafting complex agreements, and executing limited agreements for a substantial portfolio of complex inventions. Performs research and assessment of entire engineering intellectual property portfolio for commercialization opportunities, including but not limited to identifying: technology development pathway, commercialization ecosystem, competitive landscape, customer discovery, market validation, value proposition, and patent recommendation. Completes assessments for each invention in a written report/presentation format and presents during technology evaluation meetings. Markets new technology to potential industrial partners. Develops marketing material (one-page non-confidential disclosures, informational slides, executive summary, abstracts) for each available invention in portfolio. Markets technologies and engages with potential industry partners or entrepreneurs to facilitate technology transfer of inventions. Assures licensee meets all licensing obligations and intervenes or initiates action when commitments are not met. Monitors licensee performance, progress reports, due diligence, milestones, and timely payments of fees and patent cost reimbursements. Negotiates and/or approves and executes contracts and agreements involving industry, complex material testing and transfer agreements. Coordinates with researchers on commercialization strategy. On a regular and recurring basis, meets with researchers to review research direction in order to develop a commercialization strategy, review commercialization efforts undertaken by Senior Licensing Officer of the researchers' IP portfolio, and review federal grants and industry contract reports for identification of potentially commercializable IP. Evaluates complex potential licensees and development teams to evolve licensing strategies considering the market data, interest and longer term public benefit. Advises on intellectual property clauses, contracts and agreements in complex sponsored and collaborative research agreements.

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