Director, Commercialisation (Social and Behavioural Sciences)
Description
- Create global impact by commercialising UQ’s world class behavioural science research discoveries
- Join Australia’s leading university-based commercialisation company
- Pivot your business/legal/health/digital expertise towards innovation projects
Are you UniQuest’s next dealmaker?
- Are you excited by innovation, discovery and early stage technologies?
- Do you have a drive for doing deals that solve real world problems?
- Are you looking to thrive in a collaborative, supportive team environment?
UniQuest is Australia’s leading university commercialisation company. We partner with researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) to create impact through the commercialisation of UQ’s intellectual property (IP). Our track record includes the licensing of Australia’s blockbuster vaccine Gardasil®, and the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program® - one of the most effective evidence-based parenting programs in the world, reaching over 4 million children and their families in more than 25 countries.
You will build and maintain strong relationships with world-class researchers and commercialise intellectual property from a wide range of UQ’s faculties, institutes and schools, including the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, as well as School of ITEE and Faculty of Medicine.
The role will drive the following:
- Identify and champion commercially valuable UQ IP which can transform the way global communities tackle the big challenges such as mental health, education, and ageing.
- Determine and secure legal IP rights necessary for commercialisation, including assessment of any third-party obligations (e.g. relating to research collaborations).
- Prepare Commercialisation and IP strategies, identifying pathways to market and funding requirements.
- Proactively market deal opportunities.
- Structure, negotiate and close deals (such as term sheets, licenses, startup creation, and other commercial transactions) to maximise value for UniQuest and UQ.
About You
As the ideal candidate you will have experience conveying ideas clearly and persuasively, fostering strong relationships with clients and partners.
Your recent career experience in business development, NGOs, health, or education will position you for a seamless transition into our dynamic and professional environment.
To support your deal track record with licences and /or startups, you will have tertiary qualifications in field relevant to the position (for example psychology, public health, digital technology, business), preferably to post-graduate level.
You will have a strong understanding of market dynamics, business models, and intellectual property rights, allowing informed decision-making and maximisation of the value of transferred technologies.
To excel in this role you will need to be adaptable, results driven, a problem solver with an entrepreneurial mindset. Your excellent communication skills enable you to build positive and long-term professional relationships with a broad range of people.
The role is based at UniQuest’s offices on The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Our Benefits
We offer a purpose driven role within a collaborative and supportive working environment, excellent benefits including salary packaging, flexible work, purchase leave options to name a few, and the opportunity to learn and benefit from your industry-experienced colleagues.
This is a rare opportunity to join Australia’s leading university commercialisation company, in a role that creates global impact by commercialising UQ’s world class behavioural science research discoveries.
For a copy of the Position Description please visit our Website
Please send your cover letter, CV and deal sheet (no more than 4 pages combined) to [email protected].
Applications close COB Monday 13 May 2024
The Company
UniQuest is the commercialisation company of The University of Queensland (UQ). We partner with researchers to create impact through the commercialisation of UQ’s intellectual property (IP). Since 1984, UniQuest has facilitated more than 125 start-up companies built on UQ IP - a milestone unsurpassed by any other Australian university. These companies have gone on to raise more than A$950 million to take UQ technologies to market. UniQuest manages the Queensland Emory Drug Discovery Initiative (QEDDI) - a world-class small molecule drug discovery and development group dedicated to translating biomedical research into drug candidates for partnering. UniQuest’s track record includes the blockbuster HPV vaccine Gardasil® and start-up companies Spinifex Pharmaceuticals and Inflazome, which were acquired in two of the highest value university start-up exits in Australian history. Products containing UQ IP licensed by UniQuest have generated gross product sales of more than A$50 billion to-date, significantly contributing to global impact.
The University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australia’s leading teaching and research universities and ranks among the world’s top universities according to several key independent rankings. More than 56,000 current students study at UQ, which has won more national teaching awards than any other Australian university. UQ’s research has global impact, delivered by an interdisciplinary community of more than 1500 researchers across our six faculties, eight globally recognised research institutes and 100+ research centres.
