What You’ll Be Doing
STEP is a bold and ambitious programme, and we are developing pioneering new technologies in order to achieve the goal. We are generating considerable intellectual property which we will use to inspire and enable the fusion industry, strengthening the UK’s leadership in the industry.
As the programme progresses and our whole plant and other partners come on board, you will have responsibility for leading on a range of intellectual property commercialisation projects designed to 1) stimulate the STEP commercial supply chain and 2) generate value from the intellectual property developed on STEP. The role involves working alongside the IP generation team, identifying opportunities for IP commercialisation, engaging potential licensees and working alongside others in the Commercial team to generate value from IP.
Accountabilities
Accountability 1: Stakeholder Engagement
* Stakeholder identification across UKFE, STEP programme and other bodies or entities
* Stakeholder relationship building and maintenance
* Tracking, monitoring and reporting to stakeholders
Accountability 2: Fusion industry and supply chain understanding, engagement and mapping
* Creating and maintaining an understanding of the developing fusion supply chain landscape
* Leading on mapping of supply chain IP portfolios, interests and gaps and mapping to UKFE IP portfolio
* Collaborating with other teams within STEP programme
* Attending industry events to publicise STEP and our IP commercialisation opportunities
* Building and maintaining relationships with fusion industry parties
* Working with internal and external resources
Accountability 3: Leading on the identification and development of IP commercialisation opportunities
* Leading on the IP commercialisation process in specific areas
* Identifying clusters of commercialisable IP rights
* Mapping potential use application of IP or IP clusters to industry requirements to industries and industry challenges
* Creating market engagement materials
* Working with internal and external resources
Accountability 4: Commercialisation value development
* Leadership of commercialisation value development
* Developing and understanding the potential use cases of IP assets
* Determining industry use case
* Developing an understanding of the potential value of an industry use case
* Working with internal and external resources
Accountability 5: Support commercial negotiation
* Working alongside others in the commercial function to prepare for IP commercialisation negotiation
* Leading, progressing or working alongside others in the commercial function to negotiate IP commercialisation opportunities with industry
* Working with internal and external resources
The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of activities, and you may be required to undertake other reasonable tasks or duties requested.
Qualifications
Essential:
* Minimum of a graduate degree in a relevant topic
* Demonstrable commercialisation or technology transfer leadership experience
* Proven experience advising technologists and engineers on commercialisation and technology transfer opportunities
* Experience managing an IP commercialisation pipeline and portfolio
* Demonstrable experience as a technology transfer or industry commercialisation expert
* Extensive working knowledge of IP, particularly patent rights
* Experience working in a high energy, busy project-based environment, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
* The ability to build, collaborate and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, ranging from technical to executive
* Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills
* Effective written and verbal communication skills, priority setting and attention to detail
* Strong technical background with a degree in Scientific or Engineering discipline
Beneficial:
* Experience negotiating with industry and academia
* Familiarity with the fusion or fusion adjacent sectors
* Certified IP valuation expert
* Experience developing and presenting business use case examples
Additional Information
We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly women in STEM and individuals from British black and ethnic minority backgrounds, and individuals with disabilities. Our Executive team, supported by our EDI Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
UKFE is committed to being accessible. Please email talent@ukifs.uk if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions. There is a possibility of an SC Clearance being required in the future. If a candidate already holds an SC clearance, that clearance can be transferred to UKFE.
As we work towards our mission and goals, guided by our principles, STEP has six behaviours that are intended to capture the spirit of how we work:
* We champion safety
* We all matter
* We act as one
* We embrace change
* We are pioneering
* We deliver
If applying from outside the United Kingdom or spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the government link for information on criminal records checks. If your country is not listed or UK information is unavailable, we cannot process your application.
#J-18808-Ljbffr