University of Southern Queensland,Manager (Research Development)Jobs in Australia

Office
of Research Development

das in agriculture and natural
resource management, regional development, regional health and wellbeing,
education and digital literacy.

The USQ Division of Research and Innovation incorporates the Office of
Research, Office of Research Development, Research Institutes, Research
Centres, Office of Research Graduate Studies and various innovation,
commercialisation and partnership development functions which drive the
University’s research performance and innovation in areas of strength and
priority and build relationships with industry and business. The Office of
Research Development focuses on adding value to researchers and their research
projects. A rewarding and challenging opportunity has become available for an
experienced manager with a strong technical background to use your business
development skills to develop partnerships with industry, government,
philanthropic and private investors.

What you’ll do

You will be responsible for leading commercialisation activities within the
University, as well as developing new external relationships to meet the
objectives of the USQ Research Strategy. Reporting directly to the Director
(Office of Research Development), you will work collaboratively with
Researchers, Research Institute and Centre Directors and other senior staff in
order to focus on building an extensive network of contacts to develop strong
relationships and partnerships with community and business.  In
particular, you will:

• manage
  the identification and securing of collaborative funding sources in
  support of early stage and proof of concept projects;
• contribute
  to the strategic outcomes of the University in a consistent, cooperative
  and collaborative way;
• coordinate
  and manage the development of major submissions to government and other
  external agencies and the development of fellowship applications to
  government and other external agencies;
• manage
  the identification and evaluation of business development opportunities
  and the associated transfer of university generated intellectual property;
  
• proactively
  identify and evaluate opportunities through early stage market evaluation
  and move to protect commercial intellectual property; and
• undertake
  and manage commercial contract negotiation between parties in compliance
  with the USQ Contract Management Framework.

• postgraduate
  qualifications relevant to USQ’s Research Priorities, with experience in a
  higher education, research, commercialisation, government or similar
  environment, or extensive management experience and proven expertise in
  contractual negotiations in a commercial environment, or an equivalent
  combination of relevant experience and/or education/training;
• demonstrated
  business acumen and financial literacy within a highly competitive
  commercial environment;
• demonstrated
  experience in high-level industry engagement and understanding of industry
  needs and sectors to support commercial outcomes of significance;
• demonstrated
  ability to develop and maintain effective, high-trust business networks
  and consult, negotiate and provide authoritative information and advice on
  a range of topics at a strategic level; and
• demonstrated
  high level ability to provide strategic advice and establish and maintain
  effective relationships with a diverse range of clients and stakeholders.