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Oxford University Innovation and its Life Science Licensing & Ventures team is known for its expedited work on the Oxford/AZ Covid 19 vaccine, creating spinouts like Mirobio who provide therapeutics for autoimmune disease, or revolutionise DNA sequencing like Oxford Nanopore Technologies. The Higher Education Business & Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey by UKRI ranked Oxford University Innovation as the countrys top performing university enterprise.
Join us and you could be part of the Oxford community managing a large IP portfolio, licensing university ideas, and establishing University spinout companies or alternative routes to create impact.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a candidate to join our newly formed Licence and Alliance Management Team. The successful candidate will join this talented and supportive team and will focus on the management of a portfolio of existing licences and key partnerships arising from across Life and Physical Sciences.
The key responsibilities of the role are:
Alliance and stakeholder management.
Licence and patent portfolio management, commercial foresight, and planning.
Negotiating appropriate licensing contracts.
Protecting and strengthening the interests of OUI and the University.
The Applicant
The ideal candidate will have a sciences degree (or equivalent) and be able to demonstrat...