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General Overview:
Innovation is an 80 person unit of Partners HealthCare responsible for the commercial application of the unique capabilities of its 60000 employees and faculty. It has exclusive responsibility for technology business development related investment governance and the commercialization and management of all breakthroughs of Partners staff. It supports the research requirements of its Harvard Medical School appointed faculty and its core hospitals Harvard affiliates Brigham and Womens Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital.
The Licensing Manager II represents Partners to leading companies investors and innovators. The candidate will shape and execute deals based on technology developed by Partners affiliated staff. Works closely with leading Partners clinicians investigators and other innovators. Candidate will market negotiate and interact with companies and other entities seeking to license and/or support research at Partners HealthCare. Candidate is expected to establish grow and manage high impact industrial collaborations and execute related license and sponsored research transactions.
Responsibilities:
Directly engage industry executives investors and Partners innovators to jointly shape commercial offerings based on Partners discoveries innovations research outcomes and other high value capabilities.
Assesses the commercial potential translational readiness and value of inventions and develops commercialization approach including identifying and engaging potential licensees and collaborators.
Develops strategy to optimize commercial impact economic returns and cost savings of key and emerging Partners discoveries innovations and other technological capabilities.
Works as part of a multidisciplinary team assembled to give special emphasis to areas of institutional excellence and high market potential.
Manages portfolio of medical innovations and rapidly deliver high value commerical outcomes.
Identifies assesses organizes characterizes and markets patient benefiting and cost saving technologies.
Licenses technological expertise research information intellectual property patents and software to industry and other partners.
Contributes to team performance goals by achieving personal objectives including number of licenses revenues and related agreements
Partners HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer & by embracing diverse skills perspectives and ideas we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religious creed national origin sex age gender identity disability sexual orientation military service genetic information and/or other status protected under law.
Must be capable of directly managing shaping and transacting high value technology based opportunities.
Minimum of two years of directly relevant business development investment licensing technology commercialization or deal making experience. Experience or background in life science technologies is preferred; experience or background in immunology is a strong plus.
Demonstrated capability to manage multiple highvalue collaborations with leading executives of public and private companies as well as internationally recognized innovators.
Must be able to represent Partners HealthCare and gain the confidence trust and respect of clinicians scientists investors corporate executives entrepreneurs and administrators; able to diagnose and resolve complex interorganizational interpersonal technological issues and contractual issues.
Individual should be highly organized with ability to concurrently manage multiple opportunities and relationships with sometimes competing deadlines.
Demonstrated capacity to manage medically related intellectual property and proven ability to execute a technologybased deal on a specified timeline. Experience managing a complex patent portfolio; capable of interacting with patent attorneys and investigators to proactively develop valuable patent estates.
Candidate should enjoy being exposed to and learning about new technology concepts people and organizations.
Minimum of a college degree in science required life science degree preferred or at least two years of directly relevant industry experience. Advanced degree in business law or science preferred.
Exceptional oral written communication and analytical skills.