Location: Binghamton, NY Category: Professional Posted On: Mon Jan 22 2024 Job Description:

Budget Title: Staff Associate (SL-4)

Salary: $85,000 - $100,000

The Binghamton University Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships (EIP) manages economic development, intellectual property rights, and technology transfer activities for Binghamton University, including through technology licensing, business incubation programs, entrepreneurship training and support, and innovation initiatives.

The Technology Transfer Manager is a key member of the EIP technology transfer unit responsible for advancing Binghamton's physical science and information technology assets from intake to assessment through to securing intellectual property rights protection, marketing, licensing, and translation. The role includes supporting the launch and growth of university spinout companies, including through campus and partner technology commercialization and business incubation resources.

Responsibilities

Work with campus inventors to encourage and facilitate submission of New Technology Disclosures

Assess inventions and creative works relative to potential to patent or copyright and to license to company development partners; design and support pathways for commercialization, including via campus spinout companies

Advise and educate Binghamton creators regarding intellectual property law, funding agency regulations, and SUNY policies as they apply to ownership, revenue sharing, and management of conflicts of interest

Prepare marketing materials and undertake campaigns to present physical science inventions, software, and creative works to potential company commercialization partners

Coordinate inventors in working with RF SUNY and outside counsel on patent filings and copyright registrations

Guide faculty, staff, and students to resources helpful in translating and commercialization their inventions and in launching spinouts, including through support from institutional, state, and federal grant programs, as well as university and external technology commercialization and business incubation resources

Participate in deploying and delivering EIP programs designed for educating and supporting university inventors in the process of technology translation and commercialization

Build and foster relationships with corporate business development teams

Draft and negotiate agreements, e.g., options and licenses, nondisclosure, material transfer, intellectual property, and inter-institutional agreements

Manage caseload through docketing database (Minuet by Inteum), and utilize additional database platforms used by EIP, such as Airtable, as appropriate

Assist Division of Research relative to compliance function, e.g., in making reports of inventions to government and industry sponsors of research

Contribute to EIP funding proposals and implementation of grants awarded

The ideal candidate is organized, a team player who can also work autonomously, an excellent communicator, is inquisitive and an active learner, adept at research and analysis, has an aptitude for outreach and networking, and is capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment.

Job Requirements:

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

A bachelor's degree in physical or natural sciences or engineering

Two (2) years of professional work experience, preferably in a technology transfer role at a university, in R&D, in a business development group in industry, or other roles related to technology commercialization

Proficient with MS Office Suite and Google Workspace

Preferred:

Master's degree in physical sciences or engineering, an MBA, or a JD

Five (5) years of professional work experience, preferably in a technology transfer role at a university with a state or federal agency or in the private sector with startups, incubators or investment firms, or in a business development group in industry

Project management and with hands-on contracting experience are pluses, as is having been part of a startup

Additional Information:

Offers of employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and verification of degree(s) and credentials.

Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus.

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