Description
Promotes, identifies and evaluates invention disclosures from researchers in a broad range of scientific disciplines. Assesses the economic potential and develops strategies for protecting and commercialization. Identifies potential partners to develop the technology and for negotiating agreements to completion and subsequent management. Participates in the development of strategies to combine technologies to form the basis for attracting venture capital to finance new ventures. Education and Experience: Ph.D. degree in one or more of the sciences, preferably a life science. 5 to 7 years experience in both academic and commercial arenas and in commercializing technology. This is the senior-level Technology Transfer position reporting to the Director. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.