We are seeking
a Research Commercialisation Manager to join Professor Dame Molly Stevens’s team at the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery. In this role, you will support the Stevens Group’s efforts to bring innovative biomedical technologies to market. Blending science, business, and strategy, you’ll work with researchers and industry partners to develop new products, services, and spinouts. Key responsibilities include supporting translational research, interpreting technical content, and contributing to publications, reports, and grant applications. You’ll collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Oxford University Innovation (OUI) and external academic and industry partners. We’re looking for a science-trained, commercially minded individual with experience in IP management, research commercialisation, and funding strategy. A proactive, solutions-focused approach and high professional standards are essential. The Stevens Group, based in DPAG and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, leads interdisciplinary research in regenerative medicine, biosensing, and therapeutics. Learn more at. This post is available from October 2025 for a fixed-term of 18 months, with the possibility of part-time appointments being considered. Key responsibilities:
1. Support the team in protecting arising IP and exploring avenues for commercialisation. This includes, but is not limited to, carrying out patent searches and market landscaping, drafting invention disclosure forms and business cases, and liaising with OUI and other stakeholders.
2. Lead the conception and writing of proposals for the raising of funds through pitching of applications to industry, venture capitalists, charities and grant awarding bodies. Identify new funding opportunities and co-ordinate the writing and submission of proposals and communicate opportunities to scientific colleagues.
3. Support the senior team in designing an internal funding programme for translational research projects to de-risk technology development.
4. Manage the administrative activities related to a translational research hub. This involves small scale project management to coordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines, and overseeing the allocation of funds and adherence to agreed budgets using project management software and tools.
Se****lection criteria:
5. Hold a PhD/DPhil in a field relevant to bionanoscience and engineering, or related subject, or a postgraduate degree with equivalent work experience.
6. Demonstrable experience in grant writing and managing complex successful scientific research projects, or equivalent from within industry.
7. Experience in writing and assessing invention disclosures and business cases.
8. Experience in using patent search tools and other databases to carry out prior art searchers, market landscaping and other requirements.
9. Possess a knowledge of scientific research that enables the formulation of collaborative work plans and critique of the scientific contributions made by collaborating partners.